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Schoolhouse Theater: Present Laughter
October 16, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
Schoolhouse Theater: Present Laughter
The Schoolhouse Theater’s Pandemic Players weekly Zoom play readings continue with Noel Coward’s Present Laughter. Bordering on farce, Present Laughter follows several days in the life of a light comedy actor in mid-life crisis preparing for an African tour. Coward starred in the original production and his role has been reprised in subsequent productions by Albert Finney, Peter O’toole, Ian McKellen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George C. Scott and Kevin Cline.
The Schoolhouse Theatre, 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.
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