"Clever Little Lies" presented by Circle Theatre

CIRCLE THEATRE - FORT WORTH, TX

Circle Theatre


The Travelling Toe and a Dear Friend recently attended the Saturday matinee performance of "Clever Little Lies" at Circle Theatre in downtown Fort Worth.

The play was written by Joe DiPietro and had it's premier in NYC in 2013.  Mr. DiPietro has won 2 Tony Awards and several other prestigious awards.  


 

Joe DiPietro -playwright

The play is described in Circle Theatre's brochure as follows:

...a story about love and marriage...for better...and for worse.  It follows what happens when family secrets and lies are revealed over the course of an evening.  

The play runs 90 minutes with no intermission and has 3 scenes.The first scene takes place in a tennis club changing room where father (Bil Sr) and son (Billy) have a serious but sometimes funny conversion about their tennis game, life and love affairs.  The second scene Billy and his wife Jane, with new baby in tow, are in the car on the way to visit his parents.  The final scene takes place in the living room of Billy's parents, Bill and Alice.

The Travelling Toe does not want to give too much of the plot away, but there are a couple of surprises that do pop up along the way.

The 4 members of the cast were exceptional .  The interaction between the actors throughout the play generated great chemistry between them.  There are some funny lines and we all laughed quite a bit.  One negative point is that the F-word was used a lot and The Travelling Toe thinks it can become tiresome especially in a small intimate theater.


CAST:            

Bill Jenkins                    Bill Sr.


Jake Buchanan             Billy


Linda K Leonard           Alice


Kelsey Milbourn            Jane



Circle Theatre is celebrating it's 35th year and is honoring 5 playwrights that Circle has featured in previous years. 

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