Staged reading. By Tedra Millan: ELBOW ROOM fulfills the symbolic smiling and frowning masks of theatre through its dark comedic style. Situated in a Philadelphia restaurant, the play follows nine individuals whose lives become entangled during the course of one evening. Relationships are revealed among strangers and the familiar while the Manhattans are being served. As someone is shouting from atop a table, ballroom dancing through the restaurant and blowing out the birthday candles once again”¦the ovens are heating up and so is the drama.