Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

The Gin Game by D. L. Coburn

Performance Dates & Tickets

About the Play

Yes, Weller, God gave me the card.

Directed by Eric Oswald

Starring Steve Ryan and Linda Ryan

D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer prize winning The Gin Game is about a woman in her twilight years, Fonsia Dorsey (Linda Ryan), who enters a "home for the aged" and is for a while saved from melancholy by the crusty charm of Weller Martin (Steve Ryan).

The sardonic Weller cajoles Fonsia into playing a series of games of Gin on the home's sunlit porch. As they seemingly become close companions, much is revealed about their respective regret-filled lives -- to the steady shuffling and playing of cards. Their mutual need for solace is momentarily satisfied, until Weller's pent-up rage, and Fonsia's subtle needling, build to a terrible confrontation.

*** We are hosting a special sneak preview of The Gin Game as a fund raiser for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. On Thursday, April 19th, at 8pm we will have a Special performance at $25 a seat. Tickets for this special performance are AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ONLY and will not be pre-sold. All proceeds that evening (minus the performance rights) will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Thank you for helping us in the fight against breast cancer!