Nassau Community College's Theatre and Dance Department is proud to present the play "Bus Stop," which will be performed December 9 through 12 and 16 through 19 at the Mainstage Theatre. Performances begin at 8:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Written by William Inge, "Bus Stop" is set in a diner about 30 miles west of Kansas City in March 1955. A freak snowstorm has halted the progress of their bus, and the play's eight characters have a weather-enforced layover in Grace's diner. Cherie has been trying to lose the callow cowboy who wants nothing more than to lasso her and take his prize home to Montana. There are complications aplenty when the bus driver makes a play for the proprietor and a professor takes aim at a waitress who is much too young for him.
Originally a Broadway play, "Bus Stop" ran for a total of 478 performances. It was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1956. It was also made into a movie starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray and Eileen Heckart.
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