'Love Letters' is an excellent character study

If you haven’t already seen StageWest’s current production of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” do yourself a favor and grab some friends to go see it with you this weekend.

It’s not a mushy romance, but rather a character study of two people whose lifelong exchange of letters began as children, born to wealth and position, writing thank you notes for birthday gifts and post cards from summer camp.

Jamie Javorsky shines as Melissa, a flamboyant woman who does what she darn well pleases, and doesn’t mince words when writing to her lifelong friend, Andy. Mark Sheldon is superb as Andy, the proper ma...