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New Play Sounding Series | Free Reading

A NIGHT WITH THE FAMILY

By Matthew Ivan Bennett

Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 7 pm

A love letter to Kaufman and Hart
An oddball play with a twist toward 21st century problems

Director Mark Fossen
Cast Michael Gardner, Mark Gollaher, JJ Peeler, Teresa Sanderson, Richard Scott, Cassandra Stokes-Wylie

A NIGHT WITH THE FAMILY is a comedy surrounding a character-driven, dysfunctional family who has gathered together in Salt Lake City. Playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett describes his script as "a love letter to the Kaufman and Hart, an oddball play with a twist toward 21st century problems." In A NIGHT WITH THE FAMILY, we meet: Donald- a New Age hoarder, Diane- a micromanager and a cougar, Antoine- a French-Canadian modern dancer and soon-to-be stepdad, Bree- a Mormon convert whose husband has an internet porn addiction, and Donny- a newlywed with anxiety attacks. We meet a family..... full of advice.

We are thankful to the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and the Dramatists Guild Fund for their generous support of SLAC's New Play Sounding Series program.

God of Carnage

By Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christpher Hampton

October 12-November 6, 2011
Directed by John Caywood
With Darrin Doman, Nell Gwynn, Zack Phifer, Christy Summerhays

A Tony Award-winning comedy centered around two sets of parents having a cordial meeting in reaction to a neighborhood brawl by their sons. When parents parent you on parenting, the only thing left standing is the set.