Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams: A New Play
By (Author) Terrence McNally
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
27th June 2006
United States
General
Non Fiction
812.54
Paperback
96
Width 139mm, Height 209mm
141g
Four-time Tony Awardwinning author Terrence McNally returns with a powerful new play about how far one will go for ones love of the theater. In a small upstate New York town, Lou, a speech and drama teacher, and Jessie, a dog groomer at The Dapper Dog, bring joy to their community through running an amateur theater company. They become obsessed with buying a derelict movie theater and turning it into Captain Lou and Miss Jessies Magic Theater for Children of All Ages. The only obstacle in reaching their dream is Annabelle Willard a terminally ill and manipulative widow who owns half the town. Will these naive dreamers be able to grasp the brass ring, and at what cost