Description

Three former First Ladies will be sharing secrets in the unforgettably vivid one-woman show, TEA FOR THREE: Lady Bird, Pat, & Betty.

Written by Eric H. Weinberger and Elaine Bromka, and starring the Emmy Award-winning Ms. Bromka, the play is a witty and intimate re-imagining of three women who suddenly found themselves celebrities -- a behind-the-scenes look at Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford, revealing the personal cost of what Mrs. Nixon called the “hardest unpaid job in the world.”

Weaving in the presidents, social change and politics of the time in a way that appeals to both male and female audiences, Tea for Three has been critically acclaimed for its blend of humor and passion.

Tickets $20. Visit LaGruaCenter.org for more information or to purchase

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Elaine Bromka has been a professional film and television actress for over thirty years. Her credits include Uncle Buck, In the Family, Without a Trace, A Bread Factory, The Blacklist, Maniac, Friends from College, Sex & the City, E.R., The Sopranos, Providence, Dharma & Greg, Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims' Unit , and Criminal Intent. She also played Stella Lombard on Days of our Lives, the Emmy Award-winning Playing for Time with Vanessa Redgrave, and Catch a Rainbow, for which Ms. Bromka herself won an Emmy. She has appeared on Broadway (The Rose Tattoo, I'm Not Rappaport, Macbeth) and off-Broadway (Cloud 9 at the Lucille Lortel, the Roundabout's Inadmissible Evidence with Nicol Williamson, the world premiere of Michael Weller's Split at Ensemble Studio Theatre and Candide with the National Theatre of the Deaf.) She has played leads at regional theaters across the country, including Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT/Seattle, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Shakespeare and Company, McCarter Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and the Folger Theatre Group. Her portrayal of Shirley Valentine at the George Street Playhouse was cited as the 1997 outstanding solo performance in New Jersey by the Star Ledger. After its Off-Broadway run, Ms. Bromka has taken her solo show, TEA FOR THREE: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty to 27 states across the country. The impetus for that play came from her portraying the last eight First Ladies opposite Rich Little in The Presidents on tour and for P.B.S.

She is a member of The Actors Studio and Ensemble Studio Theatre. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College, she returned as a faculty member, teaching “Acting for the Media” there. As a guest artist, Ms. Bromka has taught her one-day “Acting for the Camera” and “Exploring the Monologue” workshops at more than 150 colleges and prep schools across the country.