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YaYa is a young Parisian cabaret singer. Andrew is an American in his 60s on holiday in Paris. Both are recovering from recently ruined love relationships. When they meet at a café and then, without quite meaning to, spend the day wandering together through the city, they speak of all the reasons why they shouldn't fall in love.

And so, of course, they do.


“Charles Mee is one of America's most theatrical writers, creating stage images that are rich and simple simultaneously... His flair for including the right amount of pop culture with the deepest of thoughts makes a Mee play a feast for the mind and, when the subject is love, a feast for the heart.”
- The Austin Chronicle

“The writing is witty and lyrical, with distinctive and sympathetic characters.”
- Variety

“What's been called Charles Mee's most accessible play, Limonade Tous les Jours (Lemonade Every Day) seems to be about nothing much, but actually it's about everything. It's a wry exploration of lovers' meetings studded with laugh-out-loud moments of truth and makes a delightful and refreshing change from the sturm and drang in most relationship stories.”
- Curtain Up

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“I came to Paris to forget,” Andrew says.

“I don’t know. Maybe this is not the place to forget about love,” returns Ya-Ya.

“Right. Well. But now it’s too late. Because here I am.”

And so begins Andrew and Ya-Ya’s delightful, sometimes sexy and often surprising day sauntering through the streets of Paris. Each time they go to part, they find another reason to continue; travelling briskly from café, to smoky French cabaret, to an apartment, a fancy restaurant in the 9th, a lovely garden in the 5th, a trendy dress shop in Montmarte, and so on and so on until there is nothing left to do but say goodbye.

Limonade received its US premiere at the Humana Festival in 2002. It was subsequently produced at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, directed by Zoe Caldwell and featuring Alan Alda. Alda remarked to The Times, “the play is exceptional writing, really fun…Take a vivacious young French chanteuse, a middle-aged American tourist, and a singing waiter…mix in a tall Parisian glass and you have whimsical romance.'' Most recently, it played to great appeal (and an extended season) in Los Angeles where CurtainUp hailed it as Mee’s “most accessible play.”

This production marks the New York City premiere of Limonade Tous les Jours and the first pairing of Austin Pendleton and Charles Mee. It features a host of beautiful dresses, live piano cabaret music, giant projection installations, and an opera singing waiter.

About the Performance Space
Opened in 2008, The Cell Theater is one of the newest theaters located in the heart of Chelsea. A flexible space with 20? ceilings, balcony, and booth, The Cell can transform to best suit whatever play or piece it presents and prides itself on being a theatrical curator. With its grand white gallery walls, theatrical lighting grid and sound system, projection capabilities, and baby grand piano, The Cell becomes the perfect venue for the theatrical installation Limonade Tous les Jours.

Located on 23rd Street, between 8th and 9th, The Cell Theatre is just a half-block from the C, E Subway stop at 23rd and 8th and a little more than one avenue from the 1 Train at 23rd and 7th. Street parking is available and a parking lot is conveniently located several blocks from the theater.