Stratford Actress Nadine Willig to Appear in Nearby Productions

Play With Your Food (PWFY) – Fairfield County’s
innovative lunchtime theater series -- has announced the selections for its
upcoming productions in Westport (Feb. 4-6) and Fairfield (Feb. 11).

Now in its 12th year, PWYF provides patrons with a
theater experience that includes a gourmet buffet lunch, a selection of one-act
play readings and post-event discussions with professional actors and
playwrights – all packed into a 90-minute program.

Shows are presented at Toquet Hall in Westport and
at Fairfield Theatre Company. February’s lunches will be provided by Matsu
Sushi in Westport and Osianna Mediterranean Taverna in Fairfield.

Refinements at FTC have enhanced the Fairfield
offerings, notes PWYF Managing Director Inge Maki. "Audiences at FTC are
now enjoying lunch either in the newly renovated art gallery or on the stage of
the theater,” said Maki. "Eating in these warm, cozy spaces has heightened
the overall PWYF experience for our audiences."

For February, PWYF Artistic Director Carole Schweid
has selected three plays by well-received authors: Pulitzer Prize-winner David
Auburn (Proof) is represented by Amateurs, a cynical look at legal
agreements and their consequences. The
Interview by A.R. Gurney (The Dining Room) questions a father’s trust of
his son; and Package Deal by Frederick
Stroppel, takes the audience into the world of shrewd, calculating Hollywood,
turning what looks like a normal situation and into something hilarious.

Cast members will include Nadine Willig (Stratford),
Susan Vanech (Fairfield) and Scott Bryce (Weston-Weston).

“We try and cast just the right actors in each
part," says Schweid. “Nadine and Susan are perfect for their roles in Package Deal. They are both known to
our audiences for their humor, their timing and their willingness to do just
about anything for a laugh. We have a ball working together. And, we are
looking forward to working with Scott Bryce, who is known for his movie work as
well as his roles in daytime and prime time television.”

Upcoming performances at Toquet Hall in Westport are
set for March 4- 6 and April 1-3. At Fairfield Theatre Company, productions
will be held March 11 and April 8. In addition, Play With Your Food at the
Greenwich Arts Council is offered Feb 7, March 26- 27, and April 16-17.

New this season is an evening production of PWYF in
Greenwich on Friday, Feb. 7. The program will include a cocktail hour, with
wine and hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m.; plays and discussion from 7 to 8 pm.
Plays include Move On or Sondheim at
Studio 54 by Michael McKeever; Busy,
Busy from Off Broadway’s I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change (Joe DiPietro); and J-E-T-S, by a PWYF favorite playwright Fred Stroppel. Catering
will be by Louie’s in Cos Cob.

Highlights of the remainder of the 2014 Play With
Your Food season include excerpts from Noel Coward’s Private Lives, featuring TV and film personalities Daniel Gerroll
and Patricia Kalember, who recently performed the work together at the Guthrie
Theater in Minneapolis; and The Audience,
a new play by Peter Morgan that is attracting sell-out crowds in London and
spans the lifetime of Queen Elizabeth and her audiences with 11 Prime
Ministers. Cast will include OBIE winner, E. Katherine Kerr. Also on the roster
is Arthur Miller’s glimpse at immigration in Grandpa and the Statue.

Tickets for all Play With Your Food shows, including
lunch, are $43. To purchase tickets, and see a complete schedule and locations,
visit www. jibproductions.org or call the box office at (203) 293-8831
Monday-Friday between 10 a.m and 4 p.m.

The PWYF concept, and caliber of performances, has
been praised by the New York Times as
well as local media, critics and audiences.