Talley’s Folly – a love story
By: Alissa Blaeser 03/01/2012
Workhouse Theatre Company continues its run of Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning love story, Talley’s Folly. The show opened on February 24 and continues through March 11. The story revolves around Matt, a Jewish refugee, and Sally, black sheep of the prosperous Talley family, on Independence Day, 1944. Directed by Mark Hauck, Talley’s Folly stars Bruce Abas and Jaime Kleiman. Matt has come to rural Missouri to woo Sally, but has been run off the place by her anti-Semitic brothers, and has taken refuge in the family’s dilapidated boathouse down by the river. Sally sneaks away to tell Matt to leave her alone, but she may have another agenda. Smart and feisty, Sally doesn’t fit into society much better than Matt does. Over the course of a magical evening, the two of them begin to wonder if perhaps they’ll fit together.
Talley’s Folly runs February 24 through March 11 at The Warren - An Artist Habitat, 4400 Osseo Rd. The performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., March 2-11. There is a special pay-what-you-can performance on Monday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door ($13 online); $13 for students and senior citizens ($11 online). To reserve call 612-216-1583 or purchase at www.workhousetheatre.org.