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June 10, 2019
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‘Always Open’
Set in 1994, Always Open follows a group of friends who inhabit a 24 hour diner in the middle of the night when two new arrivals force them to evaluate themselves. This ensemble comedy explores the relationships of friends as they idle their lives away among soda refills and nachos.
The play takes place at 11:45 at night in two acts. The first is inside the diner and the second takes place outside during the same time period. Inspired by the works of Alan Ayckbourn the two acts interact with each other and things you think you know in the first act are re-contextualized in the second when you see what really happened. While a comedy about smart alec friends too clever for their own good, the play also packs a heart. To quote the new comer Murphy, “For people with not a lot going on, they have a lot going on.”
