Collected Stories

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When

To Apr 22, 8 pm

Price

Tix $25/20

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Theatre

Rogues WestEnd Theatre announces their debut production! Directed by the award winning actor Christiane Hirt with Katherine Young & Madeline Wahl. Join us at our studio theatre, 400- 1026 Davie Street in the heart of Davie Village.

STORY SYNOPSIS
Donald Margulies' provocative play, COLLECTED STORIES, chronicles the relationship of Ruth Steiner, teacher and respected short story writer, and her student and protégée, Lisa Morrison. Under Ruth’s mentorship, Lisa journeys from insecure student to successful writer. After publishing a well-received collection of short stories, Lisa writes a novel based on Ruth's affair with poet Delmore Schwartz, drawing the women into a moral dilemma -is it appropriate for a writer to use another person’s life events as fuel for their creative process? At the heart of Margulies’ story is the conflict between the established artist and the adulatory fan who becomes a protégé, disciple, colleague and friend—and finally threatening rival. COLLECTED STORIES is a funny and sad meditation on issues of friendship, rivalry, honor and the waning power that accompanies aging.

THE PLAYWRIGHT
Donald Margulies is a dynamic American playwright who received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2000 for his play, Dinner With Friends. Other notable works include Time Stands Still (2009), Shipwrecked! An Entertainment — The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) (2007), Brooklyn Boy (2004) and Sight Unseen (1991). Sight Unseen and Collected Stories were also both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.