The Waiting Room
Playwright: Samm-Art Williams
Directed by: Ron Himes
January 18 - February 3, 2008
Starring: Rob Demery, Eddie Webb, Rita Washington, Chuck Lavazzi , William Roth*, Roman James, Choyce Johnson and Candice Jackson
Patrick Innes and his sister, Jessie Innes James, arrive at the waiting room of the county hospital in their North Carolina home, awaiting further news about their brother, who has suffered a heart attack. While Jessie frets and Patrick pontificates about anything that comes to his mind, they are soon joined by their nephew Riley, a successful restaurateur who lives with his wife and two children in one of the state’s big cities. Riley’s arrival allows his country farmer uncle the opportunity to bring him up to date on his dad’s condition as well as politics, romance and the family itself.
This is a STLAS Black Rep. Co-production.
•Members Actors' Equity Association
Richard Green, Talkin’ Broadway
“Above all, Samm-Art Williams' play about an (unexpectedly) diverse family is a lovely little comedy, led by the excellent Eddie Webb. Never has rampant adultery been more charming, especially as presented by a bunch of Southern subsistence farmers who would probably swear that the "sanctity of marriage" is among the highest of the virtues - at least, for others.”
