1. 1. Lifeboat Drill & For Whom the Southern Bell Tolls

   February 20 at 5:30 p.m.

   A Tennessee Williams comedy plus a Williams parody by Christopher Durang, starring Marilyn Sokol.

2. 2. The Chairs

   February 28 at 12:30 p.m.

   Absurdist king Eugene Ionesco’s tale of the greeting of invisible guests, starring Tammy Grimes and Tony Roberts.

3. 3. The Real Thing

   February 26 at 12:30 p.m.

   No, not the Stoppard play. This one is Susan Charlotte’s adaptation of Henry James’s dark, comic work about a middle-aged couple who model for a painter.

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