Playground Theatre kicks off 2018 with dramedy ‘The Tutors’
Play follows a group of friends who aim at accomplishing dream. IF YOU GO
Pondering your day job versus your dream job is at the thoughtprovoking heart of Erica Lipez’s 2013 off-Broadway dramedy “The Tutors,” receiving its local premiere courtesy of Playground Theatre beginning Thursday, Jan. 4 in the Mathile Theatre of the Schuster Center.
Set in New York City circa 2007, the play concerns Joe, Toby and Heidi, friends and roommates whose dream of creating a Facebook-esque social networking site has difficulty getting off the ground. In order to pay the rent, they tutor wealthy prep school students, but it’s a line of work that doesn’t compare to the possibilities of impacting the world with their site joinme2u.com. Disappointed and distressed, they question their future while craving connection.
“This play is very relevant to what’s going on in today’s society,” said Playhouse co-founder Jenna Valyn, sharing directorial duties with co-founder Christopher Hahn. “In many ways, loneliness surrounds the whole story. One important line in the play, the thesis of the play, mentions how we can survive without shelter and food for a little bit, but WHAT: “The Tutors” WHERE: Mathile Theatre of the Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton WHEN: Jan. 4-7; 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
COST: $15-$20
TICKETS: Call Ticket Center Stage at 937-228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage. com
INFO: Visit theplaygroundtheatre.org kindness is too close to water, and if you go for too long you’ll become dehydrated. These characters are dehydrated and are in need of and seeking kindness.”
“The social media aspect is important to the plot but the relationships, how everyone intertwines with each other even if
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