RELEASE: One-Thirty Productions Presents "The Lady with all the Answers" - 3/4 to 3/21

Area Premier of The Lady With All The Answers Makes the Connection


Dallas - One Thirty Productions is all about connections. The three founders of the company, Marty Van Kleeck, Gene Raye Price, and Larry Randolph, spent more than twenty years working together until Randolph’s death in August. They worked together at the Granbury Opera House and they have spent the last seven years building Dallas’ only matinee only series.

Recently, their connections pulled them together at Theatre Three where Van Kleeck directed the extended run of “Shear Madness” and Price played the irrepressible Mrs. Shubert. The connections continued in January with Theatre Three’s acclaimed production of “Tru” starring Jaston Williams, a former student and close friend of Randolph’s who was slated to direct the production previously directed by Randolph at the Zach Scott Theatre in Austin. Van Kleeck, who felt a real connection with Williams and the show, stepped in to direct. After twenty years of working with Randolph, she was comfortable undertaking the project because she had a real sense of what Randolph had envisioned and was able to move that vision forward. And, now Van Kleeck and Price have joined forces to produce the area premiere of David Rambo’s The Lady With all the Answers. In cooperation with the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the Bath House Cultural Center, Van Kleeck directs and Price plays Eppie Lederer, “Ann Landers.”

David Rambo’s The Lady with All the Answers is an insightful, compelling and engaging portrait of the renowned columnist who for decades answered countless letters from lovelorn teens, confused couples, and a multitude of others in need of advice. No topic was off limits and that makes for a delightful afternoon in the theater. Set in 1975 in her fourteen-room Chicago apartment, Landers struggles late into the night writing a column, the most important of her career. This particular column is very personal and she hesitates to let sixty million readers know that she indeed may not have all the answers.

Joining director, Van Kleeck is David Tenney whose set design brings Landers elegant North Shore apartment to the stage. Light design is by Stewart Mikkelesen and sound will be designed   by Marco Salinas.

Performances begin on Wednesday, March 4, and continue through March 21 with an additional performance on Tuesday March 10^th at 1:30PM. All other performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 1:30PM. All seats are reserved and reservations are strongly recommended. Ticket prices range from $12-$16. For additional information, group sales and reservations call the Box Office at 214-532-1709.

The Lady With All The Answers, opens One Thirty Productions eighth season at the Bath House Cultural Center at 521 E. Lawther, Dallas TX 75218.

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The Bath House Cultural Center is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. The center is dedicated to fostering the growth, development and quality of multi-cultural arts within the City of Dallas. The center emphasizes innovating visual and performing arts as well as other multi-discipline events throughout the year. Funding for the Bath House Cultural Center is provided by the City of Dallas, with additional support from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

LOCATION AND HOURS:

The Bath House Cultural Center is located on the eastern shore of White Rock Lake at the end of Northcliff Dr. off of Buckner Blvd. at 521 E. Lawther, Dallas, TX 75218. Hours of operation are Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM. The center is open until 10:00 PM on nights with theatre performances. For general information about cultural programs at the Bath House Cultural Center, please call (214) 670-8749 or visit the center’s website at http://www.bathhousecultural.com/