Plaza Suite - Meet cast member Amy Solo
Tell me a little bit
about your character.
Karen Nash is living
the dream, married to the love of her life, and finds herself in danger of
losing everything she holds most dear. Her kids are in college and she has looked
up in life to find that this time with her beloved that she was looking forward
to may be going a different way than she was counting on. She is also radically
accepting of the aging process, a concept that is fairly unusual, and not just
for the 2007 time frame in which this part of the play has been set. Feeling
the ground beneath her shake a bit, she engineers an opportunity to rekindle
the romance in her marriage. Things do not go as planned. But Karen is not
going to go down without a fight.
What were some of
the challenges for you in work
Karen and Sam have an
interesting love language, but I think it is one that people will recognize. On
its face it could be read as bickering, but there is genuine affection
there. And they really have what a lot
of people aspire to in a partner: an intellectual equal who will keep you on
your toes for an entire lifetime. This could be a challenge I guess, but Neil
Simon’s amazing words, Shawn’s direction and the incredible partner in crime I
have for this Act make it enjoyable. On its face this scene could be read as a
fight but it really is a dance. Lucky me, I have the amazing Jack Stein to
dance with! This “work” has really been a total pleasure with Jack. Poor Jack, he’s stuck
with me now.
What do you hope
audiences will take away from this play?
I so hope audiences
feel the love on (and behind) that stage. And oh! The wonderful supporting cast
we have! Awesome does not begin to cover it. There is a lot of love, a lot of
funny and a profound sense of care that has gone into bringing Plaza Suite to
life and I guess the happy obligation is to reflect that back onto an audience.
For the chapter on the Nashes from Mamaroneck the reminder that love is a
choice, a daily choice, in every long term relationship is what I hope everyone
walks away with. Some days are easier than others to choose that beloved again
and again, but I hope everyone lets that Neil Simon laughter wash over them and
feels good about their choices.
Plaza Suite will be playing at LTA June 14 - July 5. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thelittletheatre.com
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