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    Naples dramas: From classic drawing room to a doughnut emporium
    Luther (Will Conners), left, gets heated with Franco Wicks (Fredley Sylvain) during a scene from the play Superior Donuts on Oct. 25. The Studio Players' production of the Tracy Letts play ran Oct. 27 through Nov. 12 at the Joan Jenks Auditorium in the Golden Gate Community Center. Photo by Chris Tilley
    Arts & Leisure, Front Row Seat
    By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com  
    3 November 2023

    Naples dramas: From classic drawing room to a doughnut emporium

    We begin with the holidays in a 19th-century culture of lace collars and long dresses, before blue words and “you guys” were ubiquitous. Then it’s a sea change to gritty Chicago in 2008, where those blue words are on the wall in the first scene, and the costumes are tie-dyed tees and afros.

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