Renown playwright A. R. Gurney's comic drama, The Dining Room, is the Wimberley Player's last full-length production of their highly successful 2003 season. Gurney, one of America's most prolific modern playwrights, is the author of such theatrical treats as Love Letters, Sylvia, The Cocktail Hour, O. Jerusalem, and The Golden Age. The play opens November 14 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 PM and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 PM through November 30.

A highly talented team of cast and crew has assembled under the direction of Jenny Benedict to bring Gurney's richly conceived comedy to the Greenhouse Theatre in Woodcreek. 

WP Board Member Rob Sandefur is serving as producer and Carla Daws is Assistant Director. Cast members are veterans Jenny Benedict, Carla Daws, John Daws, Allan Eastwood, Bill Hamilton, Judith Laird, Kevin Pierce, Rob Sandefur, Kimy Suarez, Amanda Troxell, and Steve Uzzell together with newcomers Chandler Allen, Taylor Allen, Jamie Christian, Kristyn Crowe, Justin Finch, Mallory Mazzarella, and Thomas Uzzell.

The play is unique in that it takes place on a single set, a dining room, representing a host of dining rooms belonging to a host of different characters, 57 to be exact. The action is comprised of a collection of inter-related scenes that range from the comic to the serious. Each sketch introduces a different set of people and events, from little boys to stern grandfathers, from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. As one comic scene succeeds another, a whole pattern of American life emerges. "If the dining room walls could talk, this is what they would say!"

Reservations for this humorous and compassionate portrayal of family traditions, tensions, and heartfelt memories can be made at any time with Visa/MasterCard by calling (512) 847-0575, or you can buy your $12 tickets at the Box Office located in the Ozona Motor Bank Lobby on River Road and pay with cash, check, or credit card. Box Office hours are Monday-Friday, 1-5 PM beginning November 10.