Pandemic Players: Sweet Bird Of Youth
The Schoolhouse Theater’s Pandemic Players’, the longest regularly performing virtual theatre company in the country, weekly (impromptu) play readings continue with Tennessee Williams’ 1959 Sweet Bird of Youth.
About Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth tells the story of a gigolo who returns to his home town with an aging movie star whom he hopes can help him break into the movies. The play was adapted for the screen in 1962 starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight and Ed Begley. And won three Oscar noms for Best Acting for everyone except Newman.
About the Schoolhouse Theater
The Schoolhouse Theater, founded by Lee Pope in 1983, is Westchester’s oldest non-profit Actor’s Equity theatre. The theatre, dedicated to producing new plays, has seen no less than seven of its shows moved to Off-Broadway. They have produced works by Jules Feiffer and Tina Howe. It’s current Artistic Director, Bram Lewis founded and ran The Phoenix Theatre in Purchase where he worked with Alan Arkin, Ellen Burstyn, Horton Foote, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Frances Sternhagen, Horton Foote and Elain Stritch among others.
An event every week that begins at 9:45 am on Sunday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until December 1, 2024