"I don’t know why I’ve been so slow about writing to you, since I think of you every day of my life I’m sure" —
A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again
Sarah Ruhl, one of the theater’s most celebrated playwrights, teams up with WP Theater to present this New York premiere production. Drawn from the famed correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell – two of the twentieth century’s most brilliant poets – Dear Elizabeth tells a tale of unconventional friendship and intimacy that spanned thirty years and more than 400 letters, with postmarks from Maine to Key West, from London to South America.
Performed with a rotating cast of the theater community’s most brilliant and beloved performers, don’t miss this insightful and impassioned examination of Bishop and Lowell’s lives, their work, and the true nature of friendship. Kate Whoriskey directs.
Cast will include:
David Aaron Baker
Kathleen Chalfant
Rinde Eckert
Cherry Jones
Mia Katigbak
Ellen McLaughlin
Polly Noonan
J. Smith-Cameron
John Douglas Thompson
Harris Yulin
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 3 PM
