Fifth of July

Silver Spring Stage presents Fifth of July, Lanford Wilson’s play that follows the bumpy road traveled by former 1960’s radicals on their way to becoming boomers. Wilson’s play, the final chapter in his Talley trilogy, details the reunion of three generations of the Talley family as they try to move forward from yesterday (the Fourth of July) through the rest of their lives (the 5th of July and beyond) no matter what effort it takes. Peppered with humor, the play shifts from comic to heart clenching. As with all of Wilson’s plays even the quirkiest characters are never caricatures, but fully rounded human beings.