*Lips Together* photos

Lips-Together, Teeth Apart (1991), by Terrence McNally
at Spokane Civic Theatre from April 29-May 23, in the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre

directed by Wes Deitrick
with Dave Rideout as John Haddock, Melody Deatherage as Chloe Haddock, Amy Nathan as Sally Truman, and Ron Ford as Sam Truman

photos by Young Kwak for The Pacific Northwest Inlander
see the preview in the April 29 issue, and visit the Blog at inlander.com

Cast for *Lips Together, Teeth Apart*

at the Civic's Studio Theater, April 30-May 23

Directed by Wes Deitrick

with Amy Nathan and Ron Ford as Sally and Sam Truman, and Tami Rotchford and Dave Rideout as Chloe and John Haddock

Two married couples spend the Fourth of July weekend at the home of one of the women's brothers, who recently died of AIDS. The 1991 play was written by Terrence McNally (b. 1939); the original Manhattan Theater Club production starred Christine Baranski as Chloe, Anthony Heald as John, Swoosie Kurtz as Sally and Nathan Lane as Sam. McNally uses interior monologues, ghost characters (the gay men next door), and a symbolically upscale house and swimming pool to examine the couples' loneliness and insecurities.

Frank Rich's 6/26/91 review in the New York Times is here.

[ image: from a Sept. '09 production in Upper Montclair, New Jersey ]