Close Ties
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 25, 2008
Closed Oct 12, 2008
Opened Sep 25, 2008
Closed Oct 12, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Ensemble Studio Theatre presents the New York Premiere of Elizabeth Diggs' Close Ties. Pamela Berlin directs.
The play tells the story of three generations of the Frye family gathering at their vacation home in the Berkshires. The center for all of them has always been the willful matriarch, Josephine. The play reveals what happens to the very fabric of a family as they have to face the realization that this once indomitable center can no longer hold. It is a play that celebrates with humor and truth the mystery and very nature of family.
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Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
This theater is renowned for presenting new theatrical works. Each season presents almost 250 new works, ranging from readings to full-length plays. Many first time scripts are produced during the company's two festivals: the Octoberfest and the S [...] Read More
549 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019
This theater is renowned for presenting new theatrical works. Each season presents almost 250 new works, ranging from readings to full-length plays. Many first time scripts are produced during the company's two festivals: the Octoberfest and the S [...] Read More
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Should Grandma be sent off to a nursing home? That's the question at the center of Elizabeth Diggs' poignant family drama, Close Ties, now at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. And while it takes a little too much stage time to produce the answer, the complex emotions the play evokes are nicely rendered by a strong cast, under the direction of Pamela Berlin.
In the play, 84-year-old matriarch Josephine (Judith Roberts) is going senile. She holds conversations with her dead husband, and her memory lapses and obsessive behavior are beginning to both annoy and scare her family. Her daughter Bess (Carole Monferdini) believes it's her duty to care for her mother herself, but Bess' husband Watson (Jac[...]