Old Times

In a secluded country home, Kate and Anna reunite for the first time in more than a decade to reminisce about their bohemian youth in the streets of London. But if they were as close as their stories suggest, why has Kate’s husband, Deeley, never heard of Anna before tonight? After-dinner drinks turn dangerous as history is written and rewritten, and each new revelation or fabrication might eliminate one of them entirely.

Strawdog Artistic Associate Kimberly Senior earned her place among Chicago’s top directors by putting vibrant new spins on classic texts (like our sold-out run of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard) or bringing dangerous intimacy to taut thrillers (like Redtwist’s award-winning The Pillowman), and we’re thrilled to let her use both talents on what Clive Barnes (The New York Times) called “the finest play of a master dramatist.”