The Gin Game

The Amelia Earhart Playhouse, in partnership with the Das Europaeische Theater, presents "The Gin Game." Play dates are:

• Sept. 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 12 and 19 at 6 p.m.

The plot:

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident.  While playing their games of rummy, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin rummy games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.

This performance is recommended for mature audiences due to adult subject matter and language.