Love Letters is an intimate and emotionally charged two-person play that unfolds through decades of correspondence between Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, a dependable, buttoned-up politician, and Melissa Gardner, a brilliant, impulsive woman from a privileged but troubled background.

From childhood notes to adult confessions, their letters chart a relationship marked by deep affection and missed chances. As Andrew and Melissa navigate two very different lives, the letters reveal what they can say on paper but never fully act on in person.

Love Letters is a powerful meditation on love postponed, choices made too late, and the enduring ache of “what might have been.”

Staged Theatre Company is very proud to present this Pulitzer Prize finalist as our first show of the 2026 Season. Please take care when selecting your tickets as for the first time we have two sets of actors performing in this. Nick Smith and Sean McDermott play Andrew, whilst Peta Beattie and Lisa Lorna Blair take on the role of Melissa.

Lisa & Sean Performance Dates:

Friday, 17th April @ 7.30pm

Saturday 18th April @ 7.30pm

Saturday 25th April @ 2.00pm

Saturday 25th April @ 7.30pm

Peta & Nick Performance Dates:

Saturday 18th April @ 2.00pm

Friday 24th April @ 7.30pm

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