As the curtain opens on the play, friends are gathered around a table in the middle of a game of Trivial Pursuit. As a former English teacher, I couldn't help noticing a wonderful metaphor right before my eyes. Like the game which has six different categories and pieces for a complete "pie," there are six human counterparts - each as different from one another as the Trivial Pursuit categories. Want more? The game is over and complete when one pie is filled with the six different pieces. Well, here goes - each one of ladies complements and completes one another. Here at the table, Vera, Mickey, Renee, Olive, Florence, and Sylvie round out the friendship. It seems that a game night is not complete without each and everyone.
Still hungry for more? Taste this - Pursuit is defined as "the action of following or pursuing someone or something." Each one of the characters, the two brothers as well, is wanting something. I won't spoil it here; you'll have to discover that. Trivial means "of little importance." Rhetorical question - Is what these characters want really trivial, or are these wants and needs essential? Did Neil Simon intend this lesson, or did the former English teacher "pursue" the "trivial"?
John Tilford- Director
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