As part of its 2024-2025 Season, The Old Academy Players is proud to present The Dining Room, a comedy written by American playwright A.R. Gurney. The Old Academy Players’ 547th production will run June 13-29, 2025; with Friday and Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and two Sunday matinées, June 20 and 27 at 2 p.m.
Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. – better known as ‘A.R.’ Gurney was an American playwright, novelist, and academic. He is known for plays including: The Dining Room (1982), Sweet Sue (1986/7), The Cocktail Hour (1988), and for his Pulitzer Prize nominated play Love Letters (1988).
The Dining Room premiered at the Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizons on January 31, 1981 and transferred to the Astor Place Theatre on February 24, 1982 and closed on July 17, 1982.
Old Academy Players’ stellar cast (playing various roles) includes: Susan Blair, Norm Burnosky, Bonnie Kapenstein, Susan Mattson, Harrison Rothbaum, Jay Steinberg, and Michael Tarringer.
Loretta Lucy Miller directs.
If You Go
June 13-29, 2025.
Friday and Saturday performances at 8 pm and Sunday matinées at 2 pm.
Ticket prices are: $25 per adult; $15 for Students under 25 with valid ID; group rate (15 or more) $21 each.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.OldAcademyPlayers.org. Reservations and more information can be obtained by calling the Box Office at 215-843-1109.
Old Academy Players is located at 3544 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129. Parking for all performances is free.