STORY BY KAREN BOSSICK
PHOTO BY KIRSTEN SHULTZ
Learn the personal stories behind the creation of the award-winning Company of Fools at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey.
Company of Fools is staging an evening of food and reflection titled “Dinners with Friends: Recipes for Storytelling” as part of The Center’s current BIG IDEA project “At the Table: Kitchen as Home.”
Admission is free but reservations are required as the evening is limited to 75 guests. Donations of $10 would be appreciated.
Those who attend will learn how the Fools’ founding members spent a year preparing and eating meals together in the Richmond, Va., kitchen of company founder Rusty Wilson as they discussed their desire to explore the world of storytelling through theatre.
Founding Company of Fools members Joel Vilinsky and R.L. Rowsey, who produced the Fools’ 23rd season, will gather the COF family to reflect upon the art of storytelling and the people, food and memories that have nurtured their creative lives.
“ ‘At the Table: Kitchen as Home’ explores how the things that happen in the kitchen have a profound impact on our lives,” said Rowsey. “We created Dinners with Friends to give the artists of Company of Fools a chance to connect with our audience by sharing personal stories from our own kitchens that have shaped who we are as artists and as human beings. The evening is sure to be a veritable lovefest.”
To reserve your space, visit www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 208-726-9491.