The show must go on: Postponed Terms of Endearment will go on in May

Lord Fairfax Community College will host Selah Theatre Project’s production of TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, adapted by Dan Gordon, based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Larry McMurtry and the Oscar-winning screenplay by James L. Brooks, and directed by LaTasha Do’zia. Originally scheduled to be performed in March due to technical issues, this postponed production is finally going to see the lights up on May 20-22 & 27-29.

The cast of Terms of Endearment. Photos courtesy of Selah Theatre Project

The play follows Emma whose often exasperated by her highly opinionated mother, Aurora. They talk every day about their problems, f &-rom Aurora finding unexpected love even as she becomes a reluctant grandmother, to Emma’s struggle in her troubled marriage. But when they need one another the most, their relationship has turned from a typical mother/daughter bond to best friends. TERMS OFENDEARMENT, is a funny and touching story that captures the delicate, sometimes fractured bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, lovers, both old and new.

Paige Ulevich and Beau Bostock

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT stars Paige Ulevich (Glory Bea, Barefoot in the Park, To Wake the Dead) as Aurora Greenway and Beau Bostock (in her Selah Theatre Project stage debut) as her daughter Emma. This production also features: Richard Clem as Garrett, Jacob Reed(Twelve Angry Jurors, The Diviners, Kindergarten) as Flap, Corinna Taylor (The Diviners, The Vagina Monologues) as Patsy Clark/Doris/Nurse, Paul Martin as Doctor Maise, and Eric Lee Santiful (The Fall of Heaven, Fences) as an understudy for Dr. Maise.

“It is a privilege for me to work for the first time with Selah Theatre onstage”, says Richard Clem. “The cast has a tremendous command of the stage that engages the audience from lights up to curtain,” says director, LaTasha Do’zia, “The power of how relationships affect every aspect of our lives is ever present in this show”.

Jacob Reed and Beau Bostock

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT has some mature language and topics. Performances begin on Friday, May 20 at 7pm for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 29. Seating is limited due to COVID-19 regulations at LFCC. Audience members are required to wear masks during the performance.

For tickets, go online to www.selahtheatreproject.org/terms or call 540-686-5185.

Paul Martin, Paige Ulevich, and Richard Clem