No Strings Theatre Company presents their Tenth Annual production of A.R. Gurney's 1988 smash hit "Love Letters" with 2 performances on Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14 at 5:00 and 8:00 pm at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. No Strings Theatre Company's annual production features a different couple each year. Toni Marie and Peter Herman star in the 2010 production of this delightful two-character play which chronicles the life-long relationship between a man and a woman solely through their correspondence. Toni Marie has been seen in "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks," "Woman Before A Glass," "Aunt Raini," "The Belle of Amherst," and "Three Viewings" at the Black Box Theatre. Peter Herman is the Resident Designer and Technical Director of No Strings Theatre Company and was seen in the Fifth Annual production of "Love Letters" with his wife, Ceil.

"Love Letters" tells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd and Melissa Gardner, whose poignantly funny friendship and ill-fated romance takes them from second grade through adolescence, maturity, and middle age. "Love Letters" has gained a unique reputation all over the United States and overseas owing to the celebrity casts who performed it throughout the 1990s. It is a truly unique and imaginative theatre piece which, in the words of playwright Gurney, "needs no theatre, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorization of lines, and no commitment from its two actors beyond the night of performance."  The letters, as the actors read them aloud, create an evocative, touching, frequently funny, but always telling pair of character studies. The Wall Street Journal called Love Letters "the love affair of a lifetime" and "an exhilarating, funny, moving event," while Time Magazine lauded it as "one of the best American plays of the decade," and the New York Times praised it as "wittily, irresistibly moving."

There will be two performances on February 14 to better accommodate Black Box Theatre patrons who wish to attend, as this production is usually completely sold out. Refreshments will be served after the performances of "Love Letters." Tickets are $10.00 regular and $9.00 students and seniors over 65. and may be reserved by calling (575)-523-1223 after January 9, 2010. Reservations are highly recommended as space is limited.

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Keeping It Riehl Comedy Troupe

February 28, 2010 ar 2:30 & 7:00 pm

The Keeping it Riehl Comedy Troupe featuring some of the Southwest's Hottest Amateur Stand-up Comics will be performing twice on one day only at the Black Box Theatre!  On Sunday February 28, 2010 the Comedy Troupe will take center stage with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7pm. 

All regular Black Box Theatre discounts are valid!  Tickets are $10.00 per person ($9.00 per Senior, student, and Military with valid I.D.).  Make your reservations now by calling or emailing Alan Riehl at 575-312-8760 (alanriehl@hotmail.com).  Please leave your last name, the number in your party, and which performance on the 28th you would like to attend. There may be some adult language.  Reserve now before both performances are sold out!

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