Dedicated to the ART of Theatre
Thu, Feb 13
|Falls Ballroom
Love Letters-Feb 13
Enjoy a Pasta Buffet Dinner and a live performance of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney at a Premiere Venue in Little Falls. The play's two characters are a man and a woman who exchange letters, but not marriage vows, in a warm and complicated friendship lasting 50 years.
Time & Location
Feb 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Falls Ballroom, 15870 MN-27, Little Falls, MN 56345, USA
About the event
Come join us for a wonderful & romantic Valentine's Day Dinner with a Play Performance !
THE STORY: Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. Romantically attached, they continue to exchange letters through the boarding school and college years—where Andy goes on to excel at Yale and law school, while Melissa flunks out of a series of “good schools.” While Andy is off at war Melissa marries, but her attachment to Andy remains strong and she continues to keep in touch as he marries, becomes a successful attorney, gets involved in politics and, eventually, is elected to the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, her marriage in tatters, Melissa dabbles in art and gigolos, drinks more than she should, and becomes estranged from her children. Eventually she and Andy do become…