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PPTOPA SIMON SERIES
Neil Simon's
Brighton Beach Memoirs
August 1,2,8,9,15 & 16
8:00 PM Evening Performance
August 2,3,9,10,16 & 17
2:00 PM Matinee Performance
Walter C. Young Resource Center's, Jim Davidson Theatre
Growing up can be delightfully entertaining, as award-winning playwright Neil Simon depicts in this charming semi-autobiographical comedy. This hilarious, yet compelling, story explores and resolves the conflicts we have all suffered by speaking to us through one common thread - family.
This inspiring adventure of the human spirit is told through a precocious, wisecracking 15-year-old narrator named Eugene. Like all boys his age, Eugene's mind is full of fiercely fantasized dreams of baseball and dimly fantasized images of girls.
A deeply appealing comedy, Brighton Beach Memoirs captures the challenges of the Great Depression with enormous spirit, dignity, and vigor. You may even recognize someone from your own family as Eugene and the other members of his household grow to learn that life - at once humorous and poignant - is something to celebrate.
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