Kenyon College Dramatic Club opens theater season with productions of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and The Food Chain

GAMBIER, Ohio (September 21, 2004) The Kenyon College Dramatic Club will present Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30, and Saturday, October 2, and The Food Chain at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 1, and Sunday, October 3. Both productions are in the Hill Theater, where seating is open. Admission is $1.00. The box office is open from 1:00-5:00 p.m. from Monday through Sunday during the week of the productions.

Written by Terrence McNally and originally produced off-Broadway in 1987, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune is a bittersweet romance involving middle-aged losers in love who work together in a greasy spoon restaurant in Manhattan.

In contrast, Nicky Silver's The Food Chain combines social satire and absurdist comedy. The play centers on the actions of an anorexic poet, her closed-mouthed husband, a male model, and his food-junkie stalker, along with a wacky crisis-hotline volunteer. An award-winning comedy about the emotional food chain we have structured in today's society of instant gratification and obsession with appearances, the play skewers American's preoccupation with beauty, sex, food, and fashion.