What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the President of the United States, and she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight?
Witty, sly and deeply moving, TEA FOR THREE — opening upstairs in theotherspace at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Monday, September 20, at 7:00pm — explores the hopes, fears and loves of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford.
In keeping with the theatre’s pay-what-you-can opening night tradition, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 6:30pm September 20 for a $5 minimum donation.
In three scenes taking place in the family quarters of the White House just prior to the end of living there as the wife of a president, each of the women (played by Yarissa Tiara Millan, Sara Anderson and Kelsey McCollaum) confides alone to the audience. Secrets are spilled about their early years, their husbands’ rise to power, their romances with the men, their unique paths as wives in the White House, and their feelings about imminent retirement. Each of the three portraits becomes intimate, by degrees, as the women wrestle with what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.”
Directed by Ryan Bowie and written by Eric H. Weinberger and Elaine Bromka, TEA FOR THREE is presented through special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois, www.dramaticpublishing.com.
TEA FOR THREE is presented in theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy Regional Theatre. Performances run September 20 through October 5 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $30 (adults) and $15 (10 and under) and may be reserved online via the button below, by phone at (931) 645-7699, or at the theatre during regular box office hours (9:00am to 2:00pm, Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to curtain). Military and APSU students can receive two tickets for the price of one to Monday performances during the run.
HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: Facial coverings masking the nose and mouth are now REQUIRED inside the Roxy Regional Theatre (except when eating or drinking) for everyone, regardless of vaccination status. The Roxy Regional Theatre reserves the right to change this COVID-19 policy at any time and will communicate any necessary changes electronically or in person.
