Café Variations

Incorporating dialogue, music and dance, a series of vivid and visceral explorations of life, love and identity cast Gershwin classics in a new light. One woman awaits the future love of her life; meanwhile, her waiter experiences love at first sight. Couples quarrel, philosophize and reconnect. Unabashedly romantic, this world premiere celebration of café culture recalls a time when the café was a place for civil discourse—and reflects the courage it still takes for one person to reach out to another.