Yesterday afternoon I went to Wichita Community Theatre to see "Waiting in the Wings" by Noel Coward. A dear friend of mine was one of the leads. The story is set in a charity home for aging actresses. The theatre is comfortably small, so that the actors and actresses are only a few feet away from the crowd. I looked around at the audience and made note that 95% of us were of the age to be in the home! Such is a Sunday matinee crowd, not wanting to drive at night, though I'm guessing most of us gave up nap-time for the adventure 😉😉
I think the play touched wonderfully on so many human emotions and situations. One character has lost it mentally and ends up setting her room on fire ("It was so pretty!!!"). There is sadness, frustration, anger, fear and loads of laughter. Coward did such a great job offering each character's different viewpoint on being a resident at the place.
Continually grateful for the arts and the sanity they bring to life!
Leta
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