Ludlow High School - Lion Yearbook (Ludlow, MA)

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26 A WINNING PRODUCTION The Ludlow High School Student Players’ pro- duction of The Dining Room turned out to be their winning entry into the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival. Ludlow’s cast included Maryanne Abeid, Christopher Burrage, Rebecca Clark, Heather Kenneally, Richard Marceau, Andrew Snyder, and Maura Snyder. These seven actors portrayed twenty-four characters in The Dining Room, A. R. Gurney, Jr.’s sometimes biting satire of upper middle-class Wasps. The play is a humorously poignant series of vignettes on the changing role of the classic formal dining room over the course of three generations. People and their relationships and even the time of day keep THE DINING ROOM dissolving into one another without warning. Only the dining room furniture remains stable. In one scene, a father rushes off madly to avenge a slur made on his brother. In another, an oppressive Depression-era father lectures his children on grammar and manners. In yet another, a young mother contemplates on running out on her own child’s party with someone else’s husband. All in all, Gurney’s play is a cleverly conceived series of alternately hilarious and touching vi- gnettes, all set in a charming suburban dining room featuring seven talented actors and actresses who continuously change roles and ages. The kids celebrate a birthday.

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1 RR Maryanne’ Abeid discusses something with Rick Marceau. ea eee th: . wt é oe Heather Ken- neally plays her part well. “Breakfast iS served.” THE DINING ROOM a |