LONELY PLANET
by Stephen Dietz; directed by Michael Ducharme
August 28 thru September 28, 2025
A UNIQUELY HUMAN STORY
Jody owns a small map store on the oldest street in an American city, and is seemingly worldly and knowledgeable. Carl, is a frequent visitor to the store, is a friend of Jody, and seems to lie a lot about his life and occupation. The play begins with Jody explaining how he found a chair placed in his store one day, without notice, by Carl. Pretty soon, the store is littered with chairs, and after some argument between the two, it is revealed that every chair has a special history and the mystery is solved.
But Mr. Dietz has something besides humor in mind (even if there is plenty of it) and that something — the weight of grief, the paralyzing fear of illness — emerges over the course of the show, like a photograph coming into focus in a dark room.
