Breakfast for Quartet

by Nicholas Thurkettle

Four strangers sit at a diner counter. Each has their own story, just like each has their own order for the waitress. But if you listen, you can sometimes hear harmonies.

Four strangers sit at a diner counter. Each has their own story, just like each has their own order for the waitress. But if you listen, you can sometimes hear harmonies.

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Breakfast for Quartet

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  • Elin Hampton: Breakfast for Quartet

    They breathe the same air, they have breakfast at the same coffee shop... but they're four completely different people. They'll go on with their lives today and then come back again tomorrow. This play reminds us to take the time to listen. Everyone has a story.

    They breathe the same air, they have breakfast at the same coffee shop... but they're four completely different people. They'll go on with their lives today and then come back again tomorrow. This play reminds us to take the time to listen. Everyone has a story.

  • Lee R. Lawing: Breakfast for Quartet

    I loved this play so much. Inspiring as much as it is revealing those pockets of every day life that we all wade through. Love the set up, the dialogue and the characters, each voice so true that it gave me that rush of jump starting my day by sharing some time with this wonderful quartet.

    I loved this play so much. Inspiring as much as it is revealing those pockets of every day life that we all wade through. Love the set up, the dialogue and the characters, each voice so true that it gave me that rush of jump starting my day by sharing some time with this wonderful quartet.

  • Steven G. Martin: Breakfast for Quartet

    The title Breakfast for Quartet is apropos as Nicholas Thurkettle composes dialogue for four distinct voices. Themes emerge for each character and then for the larger group as phrases repeat and evolve, and sometimes blend into others. Thurkettle shows that even distinct, diverse characters have commonalities, which could enrich our lives ... if only we would take a moment to listen.

    The title Breakfast for Quartet is apropos as Nicholas Thurkettle composes dialogue for four distinct voices. Themes emerge for each character and then for the larger group as phrases repeat and evolve, and sometimes blend into others. Thurkettle shows that even distinct, diverse characters have commonalities, which could enrich our lives ... if only we would take a moment to listen.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Year 2017

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Year 2018