Jul122018 by June Alane ReifNo Comments
Valley Players ‘Old Friends’: Go see this play

Valley Players ‘Old Friends’: Go see this play

In the News, The Old Friends
Napa Valley Register Review, John Henry Martin, July 11, 2018 Go see this play. You’ll be glad you did. It’s called “The Old Friends,” by Horton Foote, and it is a dramatic potboiler filled with adultery, money and marital strife, all submerged in a sea of alcohol. The play is virtually a river of cocktails, fueling alcoholic rages and general misanthropy that will make even a teetotaler want to go to an AA meeting. The Valley Players perform it for one more weekend at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. (more…)
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Jun102018 by Karen ChadbourneNo Comments
Who is Horton Foote?

Who is Horton Foote?

The Old Friends
Horton Foote was born on March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Texas. He began his career at the tender age of 16, convincing his parents to allow him to go to acting school. He ended up in Pasadena, California, where he studied for two years at the Pasadena Playhouse. He subsequently moved to New York City and studied at Tamara Daykarhanova's Theatre School, where he was indoctrinated into Michael Chekhov's version of the Second Studio technique developed at the Moscow Art Theatre. In time, Foote the dramatist would be hailed as the "American Chekhov". (more…)
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May142018 by June Alane ReifNo Comments
The Old Friends

The Old Friends

2018 Season, The Old Friends
The Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater and Valley Players present The Old Friends by Horton Foote for six performances on July 7 through 15 at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in Yountville. July 7, 13 & 14 at 7pm. July 8, 14 & 15 at 3pm. GET TICKETS! (more…)
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