Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
By Richard Alfieri
June 1 - June 25, 2006

Thurs, Fri & Sat 8 PM
Sundays 6 PM except the final Sunday June 25 is at 2 PM
Sign Language Interpreted on Sunday, June 4 at 6 PM by Christine Lafinhan
and Gary Beck

Starring Elaine Jabenis and Michal Simpson.
Directed by Bill Bohannon
Choreography by Michal Simpson
Costume Design by Ron Osborn & Nancy Ross
Set Design by Bryan McAdams
Lighting Design by Mike Runice
Sound Design by Dave Podendorf

Antagonism gives way to profound compatibility in the play, “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” by Richard Alfieri. A formidable woman hires a former broadway dancer to give her dance lessons in her Florida condo. The play is part comedy, part drama, part cha-cha-cha. The play communicates the age-old lesson of old-age lessons. Grab a relationship and hold on for dear life. And if you’re going to learn to dance, let it be the two-step: love and companionship. Watch as a friendship melds with the music, the dance and a brilliant sunset.

The play is chock full of acerbic, raunchy humor and genuinely witty one-liners. In “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” Alfieri goes beyond merely skillful painting by the comedic numbers and attains some appreciable depth in the play’s depiction of the human need for mutual honesty, acceptance and unconditional love. Like a polished score by a popular composer who really knows how to win you over and push your emotional buttons, the script heaps the laughs and heart tugs on a silver platter, and then delivers them with panache.

“A joy to watch! Richard Alfieri’s “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” is feel-good lessons in life”— New York Post

“Thoughtful, razor sharp, charming, funny and genuinely moving.” —The Hollywood Reporter

“A heart warmer!” —The Los Angeles Times

“Richard Alfieri’s smart new play, a poignant comedy, is a charmer — a crisply written script that crackles like caramelized sugar on top of a crème brulee. !”—Poughkeepsie Journal

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