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Love Letters (2007)

By A. R. Gurney [PG]

Directed by Bernie Cardell.

In such critically acclaimed plays as The Dining Room, The Cocktail Hour, and Sylvia A.R. Gurney has wittily captured the manners of upper-middle class America, but never as gracefully or with such dazzling humor and economy as in Love Letters.

Tracing the lifelong correspondence of the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa Gardner, the story of their bittersweet relationship gradually unfolds from what is written -- and what is left unsaid -- in their letters.

A smash hit both off and on Broadway, Love Letters captures Andy and Melissa with a precision of detail and depth of feeling only Gurney can command.

Cast

Bernie Cardell Director

Bernie is thrilled to bring Love Letters to Evergreen and to be working with The Evergreen Players again after appearing as Toad in A Year with Frog and Toad and directing last fall's thriller Wait Until Dark. Thanks to Len and Lisa for being the perfect couple and to Mathew for being one half of another perfect couple. Upcoming directing projects include Moon Over Buffalo (opening in March) with the Evergreen Players, Mr. Marmalade (opening in September) with Next Stage, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (opening next January) with Longmont Theatre Company. Bernie is pleased to serve on the board of the Evergreen Players and serves as chairperson of the Play Selection Committee. Thank you for being our valentine and supporting live theatre.

Lisa DeCaro Melissa Gardner

Lisa DeCaro received her BFA in Acting from the University of Southern California. During and after college, Lisa acted professionally in Los Angeles, appearing on television, film, and the stage. A member of the Screen Actors Guild and the AFTRA, her film and TV credits include The Thing Called Love, The Intruder, A Major Find, The Watcher, The Golden Girls, and Highways. Her favorite stage roles include: Sylvia in Sylvia, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Lee in Marvin's Room, Emily in William Saroyan's Hello Out There, and multiple roles in a long-running improvisational/sketch comedy show in Los Angeles, Fumbling with the Light. As always, love and thanks to Len, the love of her life. And thanks to Bernie Cardell for the opportunity to do this wonderful show, with a great director, and read love letters to the man she loves... It doesn't get any better than this.

Len Matheo Andrew Makepeace Ladd III

Len began his acting career in New York City. After studying acting at S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, he performed in many off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions, including the US Premiere of The Hired Man and Horton Foote's Blind Date. Len's recent roles with the Evergreen Players include: Dan in Down the Road, Captain Keller in The Miracle Worker, Linus in Sabrina, and Greg in Sylvia. He's been seen elsewhere in Colorado and New Mexico as Lopahkin in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Cliff in Cabaret, Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard, and The Husband in Hello Out There. Love and thanks to Lisa, Len's partner in all things.

Production Crew