Marianne Owen and Kurt Beattie in The Gin Game (Tracy Martin) |
The Gin Game
Village Theatre
Issaquah: through February 25, 2018
Everett: March 2-25, 2018
A two-hander (two people) about a couple of older people in
an old-folks home, The Gin Game opened
in 1976 with the classic theatrical couple Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy. I’ll
bet these two were great to watch on stage. Now, Village Theatre has pulled off
a similar feat by casting Kurt Beattie
and Marianne Owen, the classic
Seattle theatrical couple, in their production.
Directed by another Seattle treasure, Jeff Steitzer, the production is probably as good as you can
imagine a production should be. Beattie and Owen hit all the right emotional
notes as the two relatively new home inhabitants get to know each other and don’t
much else to do but play gin.