This intimate scene is very well done, thanks in part to intimacy coach Laura Sturm, who has also supervised other close contact among actors within the show.Īs director, Margaret Knapp cleverly and cleanly moves the action along to various parts of the stage. One of the more notable scenes occurs when Cora entices Bailey to share her bed. Judi Schindler as Cora brilliantly lights up the stage every time she is featured. Despite the gravity of all this, the show is not without its humor.
The story is rife with an array of tales about such issues as abandonment, state intervention in the guardianship of minor children, physical and mental illness, domestic abuse, and suicide. The bulk of the show is made up of interactions and conversations among the five of them, and we learn about their past sexual histories and relationships with families and children-and also about their sexual fantasies and desires for a gay relationship today. There they all meet up with each other and with the cruise director.
Gloria has arranged for a singles “meet-and-greet” and a couples “meet-and-greet.” After the four passengers separately discuss what it means to be either single or a couple, all choose to attend the singles activity. As they come on board ship, the four become acquainted with cruise director/activity director Gloria (Stacie Doublin). It’s almost as if the characters are fellow shipmates, and we have all the time in the world to listen to them.Ĭora (Judi Schindler) and Bailey (Martha Hansen) have been assigned to be roommates in cabin 302, whereas Audrey (Adrianne Cury) and Teresa (Millie Hurley) are fellow travelers in next-door cabin 304. In spite of details about so many personal tragedies, the plot is fairly easy-going. Considering that most of these women came up in an era where they were expected to have husbands and children, they reflect upon their lives and on social and sexual matters as they have been and as they might have wanted them to be.
The story explores the inner lives of each these older women, including their heartaches and heartfelt moments, including discussing situations about how difficult it can be to identify as gay in a straight world and how to find and express their own inner lesbianism. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Light and Sound Productions’ world premiere of “Seven Days at Sea” tells the story of five lesbian women on board an Alaskan cruise ship.