THEATRE
The Boys Next Door
June 11-June 26, 2010
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This very funny yet very touching play focuses on the lives of four mentally handicapped men who live in a communal residence under the watchful eye of a sincere, but increasingly despairing, social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth. Filled with humor, the play is also marked by the compassion and understanding with which it peers into the half-lit world of its protagonists.
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11880 W Old FM 2243, Building 4
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Adults-$15, Seniors/Students-$12, Children-$8
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June 11-June 26, 2010Times:
06/11/2010 at 8:00 PM
06/12/2010 at 8:00 PM
06/13/2010 at 3:00 PM
06/18/2010 at 8:00 PM
06/19/2010 at 8:00 PM
06/25/2010 at 8:00 PM
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