A CREATIVE
ESCAPE
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Over the course of more than forty plays, Residency One playwright A.R. (Pete) Gurney
has established himself as America’s leading chronicler of New England’s WASP
establishment. Now, he returns to Signature with the final play
of his residency, the World Premiere of Love & Money.
Longtime Gurney collaborator Mark Lamos directs
this incisive comedy, in which the wealthy widow
Cornelia says goodbye to WASP culture by
donating her vast estate to charity. Along the
way, an unexpected visitor arrives, spurring
her to imagine the legacy – and the family –
she’d like to leave behind.
Signature is thrilled to partner with the
Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut –
where Lamos is the Artistic Director – for this
co-production: the play will run for three weeks
in Westport before arriving at The Pershing Square
Signature Center. Earlier this summer, Gurney
and Lamos sat down with Signature Literary
Associate Nathaniel French to discuss
their years of collaboration, theatre
as escape, and finding value in
rarely-produced work.
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