The wall between the actors and audience

BENNINGTON- Old Castle Theatre, 331 Main Street, presents “The Fourth Wall” which runs through Sunday, August 19.
In theatrical terms, the fourth wall is the imaginary wall between the actors on stage and the audience. In A.R. Gurney’s play The New York Times called “cleverly experimental,” Peggy has redecorated her living room and her husband Roger can’t stand it. Peggy’s usual exquisite taste was overcome by a mysterious lapse, which caused her to redo the room as if it were a stage set. Everything faces one wall, the “fourth wall,” which she has left bare and which is really the audience. Unable to cope any further, and needing someone to talk to, Roger asks  their old friend Julia to fly up from New York.
Julia agrees that something strange is going on, especially since everyone who enters the room begins to behave as if they were acting in a play, or even a musical when occasionally someone feels the urge to sing. Floyd, a local theater professor is called. Roger asks Floyd to come in the hope he can “doctor” Peggy and bring it to a close. But Floyd is in agreement with Peggy. General admission is $39, premiere tickets are $50, and VIP tickets are $65.  
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