Vitriol & Violets chronicles The Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers and their friends who met daily at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan for the decade of the Roaring Twenties. During the course of their “ten year lunch,” Table associates Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Heywood Broun, Harold Ross, Jane Grant, Harpo Marx, and various friends gained fame and fortune as much for their acerbic repartee as for their achievements. Vitriol & Violets follows the arc of the decade and the friendships through vignettes created to a great degree from Table members’ actual works.
Produced by Rainy Day Productions; presented by Artists Repertory Theatre as part of Portland’s inaugural Fertile Ground New Works Festival.
OPENING NIGHT FRI 23: PLEASE COME IN TWENTIES COSTUME IF YOU ARE SO INSPIRED!
Music and Lyrics by: Dave Frishberg
Book by: Shelly Lipkin, Louanne Moldovan & Sherry Lamoreaux
Directed by: Louanne Moldovan and Shelly Lipkin
Musical Direction by: Bill Wells
The ensemble cast: Lauren Bair, Adair Chappell, Rae Kraemer, Isaac Lamb, Ted Roisum, Mark Schwahn, James Sullivan, Michael Teufel and Joe Theissen.
Scottish Rite Temple, 1525 SW Yamhill St., Portland, OR 97205
Previews:Fri. and Sat. Jan 16 and 17, 8:00 pm; Sun. Jan 18, 2:00 pm
Evening shows: 8:00 pm Fri. Jan 23 (opening night); Sat., Jan 24; Fri. Jan 30 and Sat. Jan 31
Matinees: 2:00 pm Sat. Jan. 24; Sun. Jan 25, Sat. Jan 31 and Sun. Feb 1
