The Old Friends

Hallie Foote returns (Alley’s Dividing the Estate, 2011) in award-winning Texas playwright Horton Foote’s The Old Friends, a Southwestern premiere directed by Michael Wilson. The Old Friends tells the story of Matriarch Mamie Borden and the remaining members of two longtime Texas families who await a visit from Mamie’s son Hugo and his wife Sybil. When Sybil arrives with alarming news, old friends on opposing sides must confront the issues surrounding legacy, loyalty, and the meaning of happiness that have hounded them for generations.