Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant Tickets
About Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant
Directed by Steven Carpenter and starring Alan Wade as Sam and Benjamin Russell as Andre.
Postponed from last season, an eye-opening account of two very unexpected friends and their influence on each other through the decades. Their unlikely friendship began when an aspiring writer, an Irish expatriate in France, gave a young man (whose remarkable size made him the object of derision) rides to school each day, discussing playwriting, pro wrestling, and where their lives would lead them. A belated Area Premiere.
Run time
1 hr, 45 mins
Categories
Age
13+
Start date
January 13th, 2022
End date
February 6th, 2022
Venue
Washington Stage Guild
Directions
All performances are at The Undercroft Theatre, in the ground (street) level of the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church at 900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
The Undercroft Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Washington D.C. on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 9th Street (NW) and is just steps from the New Convention Center, and blocks from the National Mall, the Smithsonian, the Capitol One Arena, and Chinatown.
The church sits at the point formed by the intersections of 9th St, Massachusetts Avenue and K St, NW. One may enter from either of the street level side entrances on Massachusetts or K St, under the front of the church.
More information about Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant
"The current offering at Washington Stage Guild is a delight…Both actors give us rich performances that draw us into their lives as much as the words of the script do…This is an elegant, understated work that is both mesmerizing and comforting at the same time. Go see it. It doesn't disappoint."
- Mary Ann Johnson, MD Theatre Guide
"Sam and Dede is an honest show about a fictionalized truth.... warm, intellectual and musing. It probes the viewer just as much as it probes the character, and perhaps leaves one with more questions than answers. The production is quite enjoyable, and a good show to see with friends, as one is sure to need to talk about what this piece presents."
- Tavish Young, Broadway World DC
“{Benjamin} Russell brings an affable and warm presence to André, a perpetual teenager whose lust for life is infectious, both transmittable and at times dangerous. His laugh, broad smile, and Belgian-inflected bass-noted voice conjure André without slipping into parody. {Alan} Wade’s Beckett…is cool, professorial, an observer who says less than he sees, hiding behind his quarter-sized lenses above his down-turned lips. The two have an ease together..."
- Chad Kinsman, DC Metro Theater Arts
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