The tale is, as Matt Friedman tells us, "a waltz... a no-holds-barred romantic story." Yet it is much more. As Matt, a St. Louis accountant, woos Sally Talley of Lebanon, Missouri, and strives to break through her protective shell, pieces of his past are revealed. He and his family were victims of European anti-Semitism, and Matt cannot forget that fellow humans destroyed his family. His horror finds expression in a decaying Victorian boathouse on a quiet river, as he and Sally slowly draw together on a July evening in 1944.
Sally, too, has known suffering. Now a spinster of thirty-one, she escapes the restraint of small-town values not her own by retreating to the ornate boathouse, which is known to the townspeople as "Talley's Folly." Here she need answer to no one except on this one evening, when she must answer to Matt. With compassion and humor, Lanford Wilson shows us two lively, lovable people opening up their interior worlds. The triumph of Matt and Sally is the triumph of Lanford Wilson's humanity.
Our opening night performance on the 3rd will be a benefit performance, for the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. Ticket prices for that night only will be $15.00, $5.00 of which will go to the School.
Join The Star Bar Players in this exquisite valentine March 3,4, 10th and 11th at 7:30 pm in the Lon Chaney Theater at the corner of Kiowa and Weber. There will also be a matinee performance March 12th at 2 pm, which will be signed for the hearing-impaired. Tickets are available for $9.50 each general admission and $8.50 each for students and seniors. Call 578-6855 for more information.
In the plum roles of Matt Friedman and Sally Talley, Director Linda Chastain has cast Jerry Pettus and Rusty O'Ryan.
Back up to Star Bar Players.
Andy Rabagliati / andyr@wizzy.com 14 February 1995