JEFF RECOMMENDED!!!

Orange Flower Water tells the story of two ordinary suburban couples caught in a private web of deceit as they tear down their everyday lives in search of a greater happiness that seems to be always just beyond their reach. Told through an intensely intimate series of theatrical, voyeuristic scenes that all take place on or around a single revolving bed, we see the unraveling of both troubled marriages from every angle. Eventually, the construction of a very fragile new beginning for everyone concerned seems to emerge . . . but for how long?

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Praise

JEFF RECOMMENDED!!

- Jeff Awards

“Hutchinson’s staging in the round, centering on a bed that rotates from scene to scene, mirrors the unstable negotiations of the two couples. Tony Bozzuto plays betrayed husband Brad with a tensile energy, suggesting he’s been waiting to snap for most of the 15 years of his marriage to Beth (Shelley Nixon). In one beautifully played scene, Kettering and Huysman capture the raw unpredictability of a marriage on the rocks, careening from sex to tearful isolation.”

- John Beer, Time Out Chicago

“These people aren’t sexy or unique or even that interesting. They are your friends and neighbors. And Wright (a frequently produced playwright in Chicago whose television credits include “Six Feet Under”) is offering a glimpse — at turns bitter, comical and devastating — of what happens behind locked doors while you’re going about your day muttering about your own life.”

“There’s no question the acting is good — especially Tony Bozzuto as Brad, the hilariously confrontational, full-bore crass-hound dumped by Beth, his wife of 15 years . . .”

- Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune