By AARON MUELLER
Niles Daily Star

Residents of Niles don’t need to go far to find a romantic dinner theater production around Valentine’s Day.

Dale and Martha Banks, the president and secretary of the Four Flags Players, will perform “Love Letters,” a Pulitzer Prize-nominated two-person drama Feb. 8 at the Niles Riverfront Cafe at 7:30 p.m.

The prices for the dinner and the show vary based on the food ordered. Menu prices are between $23 and $27.

“‘Love Letters’ is a back and forth between a man named Andrew Makepeace and a woman by the name of Melissa Gardner,” Dale said. “It’s them reading the letters that they sent back and forth over a period of their lives.”

These notes, letters and cards are written over the course of 50 years and deal with the couple’s hopes, dreams and disappointments.

“It’s a fun show in a venue we’ve never used before with a dinner approach to a play,” he said. “Around Valentine’s Day it’s appropriate.”

Dale is the chairman of the St. Mary’s College Education Department, while Martha is the artist in residence at St. Mary’s School in Niles.

For more information, contact Dale Banks at dbanks@saintmarys.edu.