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Bonnie Grice will play Melissa Gardner in "Love Letters" at Southampton Cultural Center. COURTESY SCC
Matthew O'Connor will play Andrew Makepeace Ladd III in A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters" at Southampton Cultural Center. COURTESY SCC
This weekend, March 1 to March 3, Boots on the Ground Theater, the theater-in-residence at Southampton Cultural Center, presents “Love Letters,” A.R. Gurney’s two-person play that offers a funny and emotional portrait of the powerful connection of love. The play was originally set to run in mid-February, but was rescheduled due to a health issue.
“Love Letters” tells the story of two friends, rebellious Melissa Gardner (played by Bonnie Grice) and straight-arrow Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (played by Matthew O’Connor) who have exchanged notes, cards and letters with each other for over 50 years. From second grade to college — and well into adulthood — they have spent a lifetime discussing their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments. But long after the letters are done, the real question remains —have they made the right choices?
The play will be performed at Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton, on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 ($15 students) at scc-arts.org or at the door beginning 45 minutes before the performance.
Staff Writer on Feb 1, 2024