The Outer Critics Circle to Discuss Horton Foote at Sardi's Event

By Andrew Gans
14 Oct 2009

Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Photo by David Spagnolo

The Outer Critics Circle will host a panel discussion at Sardi's that explores the late Horton Foote's The Orphans’ Home Cycle.

The Nov. 4 discussion, entitled Horton Foote…The Journey, will be held at 5 PM in the Eugenia Room of Sardi's Restaurant.

The event will be chaired by OCC executive committee member Rosalind Friedman, who will also serve as co-moderator along with OCC president Simon Saltzman. Participating in the panel discussion will be Hartford Stage artistic director Michael Wilson; founding artistic director of New York's Signature Theatre, James Houghton; and members of The Orphans' Home Cycle company, including Hallie Foote, Bill Heck and James DeMarse.

The evening will include a buffet dinner, open seating and cash bar.

Sardi’s Restaurant is located in Manhattan at 234 West 44th Street. Tickets are $35 per person. To reserve tickets, send a check no later than Oct. 30 to Thomas Gentile, 179 Enfield Avenue, Providence, RI 02908.



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The Orphans’ Home Cycle begins performances at the Signature Theatre in New York Nov. 5.

Outer Critics Circle is the "organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway."