Road trip becomes theatrical journey in Whitefish Theatre Company performance
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Whitefish Theatre Company presents "The Best We Could (A Family Tragedy)"
The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a Black Curtain performance of “The Best We Could (a family tragedy)” by Emily Feldman.
In this funny, wise, and heartbreaking debut from Emily Feldman, a daughter’s road trip with her father becomes a theatrical journey across more than just state lines. Though 30-something Ella has nearly given up on life, she agrees to accompany her father Lou on a long-distance trip to adopt a rescue dog.
Guided by a narrator called Maps and interspersed with memories and phone calls from Ella’s mother, Peg, their journey reveals hard truths as their pasts slowly rise to the surface.
“Is ‘the best we could’ good enough, especially when the inevitable is right before our eyes? And if we don’t choose to acknowledge its eventuality, can we really say we didn’t know anything when it happens?” a press release asks.
As a Black Curtain production, actors will read from scripts and there will be a minimal set, props and costumes.
A 7:30 p.m. performance will be held March 21. Two performances are scheduled at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 22. The play will be staged at the O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., Whitefish.
The play is sponsored by Marianne and John Evenhuis and Masterpiece Carpet One Floor & Home. For more information, call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.