Play With Your Food Lunchtime Playreadings

After a sold-out series of performances in January, Play With Your Food is back and ready to “play” again February 14 – 16 in Westport, Southport and Greenwich. And in an exciting twist, audiences will be treated to some major star power this month: Connecticut-based theater, film and TV actors Patricia Kalember and Daniel Gerroll will take on Tom Stoppard (whose play Leopoldstat is currently on Broadway) when they perform a scene from his Tony Award-winning masterpiece, The Real Thing. Still beloved from her years on TV’s Thirtysomething and Sisters, Kalember’s most recent venture was taking on Gloria Steinem in Broadway’s Gloria: A Life. Prior to that, she starred in Don’t Dress for Dinner and has been featured on numerous television shows such as Madam Secretary and Orange is the New Black. Daniel Gerroll’s breakout role was in Chariots of Fire and has long performed on stages and screens (large and small) across the UK and New York City. Broadway plays include Plenty, The Homecoming, Enchanted April and Misery while his most recent films include Still Alice and Those People. Artistic Director Carole Schweid couldn’t be more delighted that Kalember and Gerroll are returning to PWYF stages!

Also on the February menu are two additional one-act winners: Tony Award winner John Patrick Shanley’s The Red Coat and Craig Pospisil’s Dissonance. In honor of Valentine’s Week, all three plays tackle the complexities of love, new, old and somewhere in the middle. Casting is in development.

Tickets are nearly sold out for the February 14 performance at MoCA Westport but tickets are available for February 15 at Pequot Library in Southport and February 16 at Greenwich Art Council. All performances begin at 12 noon and are followed by a talkback with the cast and director. Rounding out the day is a delicious fresh boxed lunch that audiences can stay and enjoy in the beautiful art-filled galleries at each of their carefully chosen venues or take
“to go.” February caterers are Marcia Selden Catering (Westport), The Porch at Christie’s (Southport) and Aux Delices (Greenwich.) Tickets are $60 each. For more information on the February performances, remaining 2023 Play With Your Food schedule or to purchase tickets visit the website at JIBProductions.org or call the Box Office at (203) 293-8729. Masks are recommended but not required. Play With Your Food is produced by not-for-profit arts organization JIB Productions, Inc. and receives support from CT Office of the Arts and CT Humanities.