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The Playhouse Sunday Symposium program, free and open to the public, provides the audience with guest speakers’ in-depth insights and observations about the production, followed by an interactive dialogue. Debra Baron, Westport Country Playhouse education director, will moderate the Sunday Symposium. It is open to all, including those who attend a performance of “Tryst” at another time. The Sunday Symposium is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Ms. Leach’s first play was an adaptation of “The Snow Queen.” She was artistic director of Bootstrap Theatre for three seasons. Her first full-length play “The Mysterious Mr. Love” was produced in 1997 at the Comedy Theatre in the West End. It received its first US performance in 2000, at the Penguin Rep. Her first book, “In the Shadow of the Dreamchild: A New Understanding of Lewis Carroll,” was published in 1999, and created a considerable controversy when it claimed that Carroll's biography was more myth than fact. “Tryst” premiered off-Broadway in 2006. Brancato is the founding artistic director of Penguin Rep in Stony Point, Rockland County, NY, where he recently directed the NY premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's “The Fall to Earth” starring Tony Award winner Michele Pawk. He directed Penguin Rep's commission of Alan Knee's “The Man Who Was Peter Pan,” which was the basis for the film “Finding Neverland” starring Johnny Depp. Named by The New York Times as "one of America's most insightful directors,” Brancato directed the NY premiere of “Tryst” as well as the Drama Desk Award-winning “Cobb.” Set in Edwardian London, “Tryst” tells of George Love, a dashing swindler who has a habit of marrying plain, well-off women who become inexplicably poor and husbandless the day after their honeymoon. Looking to con his next bride, he happens upon Adelaide, a lonely milliner’s assistant who is sitting on a small nest egg. He woos her and two days after they’ve met, he convinces her to marry and bring the total of her bank account. Once they get to the honeymoon, however, the tables are turned, as Adelaide appears not to play victim to his deceptions. She too has her own agenda in marrying Mr. Love and will try anything to get what she wants. “Tryst” will play August 5 - 23. Board of trustees sponsor for “Tryst” is Johnna G. Torsone. The Playhouse is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. Single tickets range from $30 to $55; opening night tickets, including post-performance reception, are $65. Students and educators are eligible for 50% discounts. There are also flex plans available for multi-ticket purchases. Groups of 10 or more save up to 30% off the regular ticket price. For group sales information call (203) 227-5137, x120. Celebrating its 78th season, the venerable Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, Artistic Directors; Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, Managing Director) is creating innovative new works and dynamic revivals. The Playhouse has produced more than 700 plays, 36 of which later transferred to Broadway including “Come Back, Little Sheba” with Shirley Booth; “The Trip to Bountiful” with Lillian Gish; “Butterflies Are Free” with Keir Dullea and Blythe Danner; “Absurd Person Singular” with Sandy Dennis, Geraldine Page and Tony Roberts; and “Our Town” with Paul Newman. The list of actors, directors, and other theatre artists who have worked and continue to perform on the Playhouse’s legendary stage reads like a "Who's Who" of the American theatre. Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2005, the Playhouse now produces year-round, welcoming 85,000 audience members annually. In addition to a full season of theatrical productions, the Playhouse presents educational programming and workshops; a children’s theatre series; symposiums; music; films; and readings of short fiction, classical works and new plays. Westport Country Playhouse serves as a treasured home for the theatrical arts, its audiences and its artists. For the State of Connecticut, it is a true cultural landmark. Your experience begins at www.westportplayhouse.org. For tickets or more information, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Information about the Playhouse is also available at www.westportplayhouse.org. © Copyright by StamfordPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of StamfordPlus.com, Stamford Plus magazine, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. Articles may have been edited for brevity and grammar. 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