Love Letters, a play by A.R. Gurney, will be performed for one night only at Mundelein High School on Saturday, December 28 at 7:30 p.m. The performance is a benefit for Mundelein Theatre, which was recently selected to perform their production of The Elephant Man at the Illinois High School Theatre Festival. Proceeds from the benefit will help cover the expenses of remounting the production for the festival. Admission for the event is a donation to Mundelein Theatre. There will be a reception at the school following the performance.

Mundelein Theatre director Jonathan Meier and his wife, Jill Reznick Meier, will perform the play. Love Letters explores a life-long relationship between Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, carried on primarily through the letters they write to each other. They carry on their loving friendship across 50 years of letters written to each other in Christmas cards, at camp, boarding school, college, travel and career, as well as through several relationships and their own short-lived affair.

“The evening will be a celebration of the success of Mundelein Theatre,” said Jonathan Meier. “We are extremely proud of the work our students have done over the years. We want to invite alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and community members to join us for a performance of this funny and moving play, followed by a chance to catch up with friends and swap some stories.”

The Meier’s met while working as actors in Chicago in the mid 1980’s. They have been married for thirty years and have three children. This is the second time the couple has performed Love Letters together, having done it 12 years ago in a benefit performance.

Further information can be found at www.mundeleintheatre.org.