Attend Wed 10/14 Special Event: Talk Back After THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE, Sponsored by Smith College

We would be delighted to have you join us this Wednesday, October 14 from 7:30-10 pm for a very special event: attend a performance of the romantic comedy The Inn at Lake Devine, based on the novel by Elinor Lipman, and stay after for a glass of wine and audience talk back with Ms. Elinor Lipman.

This is the ONLY talk back being offered with Elinor Lipman about the production, which is a world premiere adaptation by Jake Lipman (no relation), a Smith College alum (class of 2000).

Tickets are $25 and are open to the general public: http://www.smithclubnyc.org/article.html?aid=626

Elinor and Jake Lipman, surrounded by the company of THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE

Event overview: please arrive before 7:30 pm, for the start of show (there is no late seating).  Enjoy the play with music (running time 2 hours, 15 minutes, including an intermission), followed by wine and audience talk back with Elinor and Jake in the theater.

Venue: Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor (in a non-descript high rise between Broadway and Eighth Avenue).

Play synopsis: Where chutzpah meets reservations.
Spring 1964.  When Natalie Marx's mother inquires about summer accommodations in Vermont, she gets the following reply: "The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922.  Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles."

For fourteen-year-old Natalie, who has a stubborn sense of justice, these words are not a rebuff but an irresistible challenge, setting in motion events that will forever change her life.

For more about the production, and Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions, visit www.tictheater.com.

About Elinor Lipman: Elinor is an accomplished writer of novels and essays, whose books include Then She Found Me (turned into a major motion picture starring and directed by Helen Hunt), The Way Men Act, Isabel's Bed, The Inn at Lake Devine, The Ladies' Man, The Dearly Departed, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, and My Latest Grievance.  She is the recipient of the New England Book Award for fiction for a body of work.  She has taught writing at Simmons, Smith and Hampshire colleges and was the Elizabeth Drew Chair in Creative Writing at Smith for 2011-12.

About Jake Lipman: Jake graduated from Smith College in 2000 and received her MFA in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School.  She founded Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions in 2006 to produce and perform thought-provoking comedies, and her adaptation of The Inn at Lake Devine marks the company's 31st production.  More at www.tictheater.com and www.jakelipman.com.

A huge thank you to the Smith College Club of NYC for sponsoring the event.  A portion of the tickets benefit the Smith College Scholarship Fund.