Poker Play Brings Gambling to Theater

Playing through the 2nd week in April is a play that brings the chancier elements of poker and gamely addiction to the board’s with a script titled Dealer’s Choice. Directed by Paul Tei, the play boasts only six actors who offer a drama centering around the themes of dreaming, risking, and the destructive forces of lying to yourself.

Set in a restaurant in the outskirts of London, and overnight poker game provides the atmosphere for the characters to explore family ties, friendship, in the dreams of becoming a professional poker player. With poker movies beginning filming soon, and poker TV shows still birthing practically every month, the addition of a play based on poker is a welcome break from the ordinary….

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Fri, March 31st, 2006

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