Getting Away With Murder

By Stephen Sondheim & George Furth

Directed by Carin Zakes

March 13, 2009 thru March 29, 2009

** Please note - extra performance added on Sunday, March 29 at 2pm. Please call the box office for tickets.

The esteemed and retired Dr. Conrad Bering has selected several individuals for group therapy. On this particular evening the members of the Group gather as usual in Dr. Bering's office only to discover that the doctor has been murdered. To call the police will subject them to reckless scandal, relentless investigation and turn them all into fodder for the hungry media, so a collective decision is made to try to solve the murder themselves. Act One is a "whodunit" and by its end the audience knows the murderer. Act Two becomes a suspense play… will the characters figure it out? Will someone actually be "getting away with murder?"

Cast
Jeff Allen, Caity Brown, Deborah Burke, Rasha Clark, Scott Faubel, Bill Gross, Marc Hartog, Raymond G. Michaud, Neil Nothwang, & Dainelle Testori-Gartner

Mid-Strut

By Eric Burns

Directed by Jeanine DeFalco

January 16, 2009 thru January 31, 2009

An original play from a local playwright, Mid-Strut is the story of a man going through a personal crisis who, after many years, seeks out a woman who was his fondest desire.

Cast
Michael Day, Mario Fuentes, Amber Gordon, Raymond G. Michaud, Daphne Platt, & Jeffrey F. Wright II

The Dinner Party

By Neil Simon

Directed by Dan Friedman

October 24, 2008 thru November 8, 2008

Here is a decidedly French dinner party served up in a chaotic mode that only a master of comedy could create. Five people are invited to dine at a first rate restaurant in Paris. They do not know who the other guests will be or why they have been invited. Tossed together in a private dining room, they have a sneaking suspicion that this unorthodox dinner party will forever change their lives. The evening is filled with playful antics, sudden zaniness and masterful comic dialogue as the mystery unfolds. John Ritter and Henry Winkler starred in the wildly successful Kennedy Center production and on Broadway.

"A blizzard of one liners.... The audience can bank on some good laughs."---N.Y. Daily News.

"Frequently hilarious but also dangerously serious.... An invitation you [will be] glad you accepted."---N.Y. Post.

Cast
Deborah Burke, Laura Coyle, Geoffrey Gilbert, Shelley Lepetich, Rob Nichols, & Jeff Pliskin

Cry Havoc

By Allan R. Kenward

Directed by Richard Mancini

July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25 & 26 of 2008

This is the story of nurses on Bataan. In a sort of dugout subjected to gunfire the individual characters emerge to offer a collective reaction to war. These include the strong minded doctor, her restrained and poised assistant and the volunteer nurses: a vacuous Southern girl, a swaggering bully, a couple of timid aesthetes, an ex burlesque girl and the inevitable spy. This is a compelling, caustic revelation of human beings under fire.

Cast
Caity Brown, Deborah Burke, Rasha J. Clark, Lisa Dahlstrom, Amber Gordon, Kristen Habacht, Kimberley Lowden, Elizabeth May, Sue O’Hara, Ali Prince, Caryn Raimondi, & Nancy Sinacori

Durang 4.1

By Christopher Durang

Directed by Karina Ramsey

April 25, 26, 27, May 2, 3, 4, 9 &10 of 2008

The Darien Players present 4 one-act plays by Christopher Durang:

MRS. SORKEN
Mrs. Sorken is an introductory, welcoming speech to the audience in which the over-articulate, somewhat dotty Mrs. Sorken explains her likes and dislikes about theatre, her views on the meaning of life, and what the audience can expect to see this evening.

FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS
A parody of Tennessee Williams wonderful play The Glass Menagerie. In this version Amanda is frustrated with her over-sensitive, hypochondriac son named Lawrence. Lawrence’s more “normal” brother, Tom brings home a female caller, Ginny, from the warehouse he works at, and Lawrence is overwhelmed by this butch girl who is deaf and shouts all the time.

A STYE IN THE EYE
Stye of the Eye is a giddy parody of Sam Shepard plays, especially Lie of the Mind, Fool for Love, a bit of Curse of the Starving Class, with bits of John Pielmier’s Agnes of God and David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross thrown in for good measure. A parody of a kind of drama – poetic, symbolic drama seeped in the myth of the American west.

THE ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE
This play was inspired by the popular dream that an actor must perform in a play that they have inexplicably never been to rehearsals for, and for which they know neither the lines nor the plot. George is an accountant who wanders onto an empty stage, not certain where he is or how he got there. The stage manager informs him he’s the understudy, and must go on in a few minutes. George doesn’t know his name, doesn’t think he’s an actor (“I think I’m an accountant”), and has no idea what play he’s supposed to do.

Cast
John Amadao, Caity Brown, Kathryn Browne, Sarah Farkas, Carin Freidag, Danielle Glick, Kristen Habacht, Barbara Lencheck, Laurel Lettieri, Bob Liftig, James Moran, Rob Nichols & Katlyn Picard

Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Joel Fenster

March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21 & 22 of 2008

A modern dress version of Shakespeare's classic of political intrigue.

Cast
Ann Alford, Julie Bell, Evan Christiano, Tim Cronin, Stephen DiRocco, Natasha Fenster, Dan Friedman, Mario Fuentes, Frank Gaffney, Andrea Garmun, Amber Gordon, Shelley Lepetich, Bob Liftig, Rob Nichols, Sue O'Hara, Suzanne Ochs, Alisa Pruner, Christina Richardson, Kevin Rishel, Mary Jane Schaefer, Phillip Schaefer, Raymond Stephens, Kevin Thompson and Amy Wade

Six Degrees Of Separation

By John Guare

Directed by Carin Zakes

January 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, February 1 & 2 of 2008

Cast
Nancy Anderson, Caity Brown, Robert Burian, Daniel Cicero, Evan Christiano, Peter Green, Laurel Lettieri, Kimberley Lowden, Patrick Marro, Sea McHale, James Moran, Kim Mueller, Perren Page, Katlyn Picard, Jac-Que Robinson, & Peter Waluk

The Elephant Man

By Bernard Pomerance

Directed by Peter Barbieri, Jr.

November 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17 of 2007

This Tony Award winning play is the story of John Merrick, a man whose body is hideously deformed, is exploited by a Victorian society and philanthropy. They come to discover that within is a remarkably sensitive and intelligent being.
He is befriended by an ambitious and brilliant surgeon and well-known actress who look after him as he becomes dependent on the success the novelty of his deformity brings.

*This production contains brief nudity and may be inappropriate for children under age 16

Cast
Evan Christiano, Amanda Cizek, Phillip Cook, Judeth DeMott, Dimitri Friedenberg, Mario Fuentes, Donna Glen, Lori Jaques, Chris Luongo, J. Kevin Smith, & Vic Terenzio

A Raisin in the Sun

By Lorraine Hansberry

Directed by J.D. Higgins

July 27, 28, 29, August 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11 of 2007

Set in Chicago's South Side during the 1950s, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams of and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family. Mama dreams of moving to a decent home as she's received her deceased husband's insurance settlement. Her son, a chauffeur, dreams of buying a liquor store and being his own man. Her young, liberated daughter dreams of medical school. This powerful drama is built on sacrifice, heartbreak, trust, love and mama's heroic struggle to hold the family together. There are multiple themes all culminating in the family's climatic refusal to sacrifice human dignity to the demands of a money driven, racist society.

Cast
Scott Bunkin, Alex Exum, Dolores Fleming, Brandon Gordon, Josue Jasmin, Floyd Lawrence, Sandra Metellus, Scarlett Lee Moore, Rene O'Neal & Kevin Thompson

Children

By A.R. Gurney

Directed by Robert Cusack

May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 of 2007

The action takes place in the summer home of a wealthy "WASP" family on a resort island off the New England coast. In residence are a middle-aged but still attractive widow; her divorced daughter; and her prep school teacher son and his wife. Their pleasant regimen is interrupted by two jarring events: the mother's announcement that she plans to marry an old family friend and the unexpected arrival of her younger son and his family. The younger son, "Pokey," has always been out of step with the rest of the family, and while he remains a shadowy offstage figure throughout, it is quickly evident not only that (for reasons of his own) he objects to his mother's remarriage and to the plans which his siblings have hatched for the house, but also that he can, and will, stop them. Much that has been repressed in them rises to the surface, and they are forced to painful (yet often funny) examinations of their own rather sterile lives.

Cast
Betsy Barber, Bridget Cusack, Carin Freidag and William Kozy

Wait Until Dark

By Frederick Knott

Directed by Dan Friedman

March 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23 & 24 of 2007

A sinister con man and two ex-convicts have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his wife, Susy. The con man and his cohorts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in a murder, and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade.

Cast
Dan Aloisi, Julie Bell, Jeff Pliskin, Kevin Rishel, Zoe Shwidock and Vic Terenzio

Biloxi Blues

By Neil Simon

Directed by Frank Gaffney

January 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26 & 27 of 2007

In a unique situation The Darien Players is teaming with The Acting Company of Greenwich and Curtain Call, Inc. to present the Neil Simon trilogy - a semi-autobiographical set of plays about the Jerome family: "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Biloxi Blues" and "Broadway Bound" - over the course of the upcoming season. All three plays will be directed by Frank Gaffney and will feature the same actors where appropriate.

We will be presenting the 1985 Tony Award winner for Best Play, "Biloxi Blues," the second play in the continuing saga of Eugene Morris Jerome, alter ego of the youthful Neil Simon. When we last met Eugene, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Here Eugene gets his introduction to the world beyond Coney Island by enlisting in the US Army in 1943, during World War II. Eugene is sent to basic training at Biloxi, Mississippi where he must live with a variety of fellow soldiers from all walks of life, while also enduring the whims of a mentally unstable drill sergeant. And, yes, the ubiquitous journal is still with him, as he continues to faithfully record his adolescent musings. Eugene and five other assorted enlisted men suffer under their sergeant, confront the daily "mess" served up in the mess hall, join together in a visit to a local prostitute and, generally, become adults. For the first time, Eugene confronts the degradation of anti-Semitism; and, for the first time, he falls in love. "A fine comedy, and another step in the process of making Simon neither so simple, nor so simplistic." N.Y. Post. "Joyous and unexpectedly rewarding." N.Y. Times. "A play that rings with a newer, deeper, sweeter truth." N.Y. Magazine.


BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS played from September 15 thru September 30 of 2006 at Curtain Call in Stamford.

BROADWAY BOUND plays April 27 thru May 13 at The First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich.
For Tickets:
visit www.ActGreenwich.org or
Call 203-863-1919.

Cast
Joseph Kiley, Brad Shwidock, Kevin Rishel, Terry LaPolice, Rich Masotti, Evan Christiano, Eugene Kopman, Kimberly Mueller & Julie Bell

The Rimers of Eldritch

By Lanford Wilson

Directed by Peter Barbieri, Jr.

October 27, 28, 29, November 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11 of 2006

A man has been murdered. The mystery is, who he is, who murdered him and what were the circumstances? And to solve it, Wilson looks at the outsides and insides of his tiny, Middle Western town. He is grasping the very fabric of Bible Belt America, with its catchword morality ("virgin," "God-fearing") and its capability for the vicious. He senses the rhythm of its life and the cruelty it can impose. He understands the speech patterns of its loveless gossips, its sex-hungry boys, its compassionless preachers, its car-conscious blondes. In the end his portrait of Eldritch is full length, and the truth of its revelations will be pondered long after the stage lights have dimmed and the play has ended.

Cast
Julie Bell, Ann Deiters, Will Jeffries, Kathy Mack, Ali Prince, Christina Richardson, Kevin Rishel, Will Rogers, Michael Romano, Kyle Runestad, Mary Jane Schaefer, Cynthia Sepe, Nancy Sinacori, Bobby Thomas, Justin Wade, Abigail Warren & Megan Ziminsky

Leonardo

By John Fiorillo

Directed by Will Jeffries

August 11, 12, 13 18, 19, 20, 25 & 26 of 2006

The time is 1498. Is science the enemy of faith? What is the place of the artist/visionary in society? In this play, a triangle of brilliant men (Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Girolamo Savonarola) struggling for political and religious power, navigate the treacherous arena of Renaissance Florence.

Cast
Ed Donahue, Will Dunham, Manny Lieberman, Perren Page, Nicholas Schaefer & Richard Warren


Produced by Dan Friedman
Stage Manager: Tim Cronin

Sly Fox

By Larry Gelbart

Directed by Joel Fenster

May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 of 2006

Based on "Volpone" by Ben Johnson
To tickle the humor of today's audiences, "Volpone" has been moved from 17th century Venice to turn of the century San Francisco. Volpone is now called Foxwell J. Sly and he is the same scheming, rapacious miser bent on extracting fortunes from a trio of rich, greedy opportunists. Sly, pretending to be on his death bed, says he will name each of the three as his sole heir. The extent that the trio will go to acquire Sly's fortune knows no bounds. One goes so far as to disinherit his only son; another offers up his wife to the lecherous Sly. Sly is aided and abetted by his conniving servant in grabbing the other men's gold.

Cast
Travis Branch, Tim Cronin, Rita Gantt, Amy Beth Gelineau, Larry Greeley, Marc Hartog, Judith Kealey, Manny Lieberman, Bob Liftig, Jeff Pliskin, Caryn Raimondi & Fred Scahrmer

Room Service

By John Murray & Allen Boretz

Directed by Dan Friedman

March 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 of 2006

A nimble-witted producer, living on credit with several actors in a Broadway hotel, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and, by great good luck, he also finds an angel with $15,000. The play shows how, during a hectic few days, the producer plays hide-and-seek with the angel who wants to withdraw his financial support, manages to outwit creditors, and at the very last moments puts over his play in spite of the most ludicrous and unexpected obstacles.

Cast
Dan Aloisi, Travis Branch, Rita Gantt, Carl Gingola, Marc Hartog, Ron heinbaugh, Bob Liftig, Vanessa Miller, Perren Page, Michael Pelazza, Caryn Raimondi, Michael Edward Raimondi, Kevin Shea & Carol Shwidock

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

By Tennessee Williams

Directed by Frank Gaffney

January 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 of 2006

In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy’s daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she’s finally become pregnant by Big Daddy’s favorite son, Brick, but Brick won’t cooperate in Maggie’s plans and prefers to stay in a mild alcoholic haze the entire length of his visit. Maggie has her own interests at heart in wanting to become pregnant, of course, but she also wants to make amends to Brick for an error in judgment that nearly cost her her marriage. Swarming around Maggie and Brick are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son. By evening’s end, Maggie’s ingenuity, fortitude and passion will set things right, and Brick’s love for his father, never before expressed, will retrieve him from his path of destruction and return him, helplessly, to Maggie’s loving arms.

Cast
Ann Alford, Julie Bell, Alexandra Cahr, Geoffrey Cahr, Jonathan Cahr, Benedetta Cordaro, Tim Cronin, Victoria DeCrescenzo, William Edwards, Natasha Fenster, Larry Greeley, Bob Liftig, Michael Limone & Frank Sisbarro

Black Coffee

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Robert Cusack

October 28, 29, 30, November 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 of 2005

This little known mystery will surprise and delight Christie fans. The story concerns a physicist named Sir Claude Amory who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb (Black Coffee was written in 1934!). In the first act, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case. He does so after many wonderful twists and turns in true Christie tradition.

Cast
Barry Corn, Bridget Cusack, Robert Cusack, Norma du Vivier, Marc Hartog, Bob Liftig, John Miller, Vanessa Miller, Al Precourt, Christina Richardson, Marie Rowe, Jimmy Santora & Fred Scharmer

Writers' Workshop Staged Readings

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July 8, 9, 15 & 16 of 2005

Abused by Alex Fraser directed by Dan Friedman
4 Women by Steve Mitchell directed by Carole Claps
Going Down by Lindsay Price directed by Dan Friedman
Easter by William Campbell directed by Joel Fenster
Sketches of Provence by Scott Gerschwer directed by Nick Schaeffer
The Trifecta by Kevin Shea directed by Dan Friedman
To The Death of My Own Family by David L. Meth directed by Dan Friedman
Weavers by Evan Guilford-Blake directed by Dan Friedman
The Smoking Gun by Valerie Stocking directed by Joel Fenster
A Team Player by Dale Anderson directed by Dan Friedman
Like The Ocean by Steve Koppman directed by Dan Friedman

Cast
Barbara Herman, Carly Lichtenstein, Elayne Mordoff, Shelly Lepetich, Lyuba Kurbanova, Karen Manion, Marnie Kruse, Christine Lorenzo, Jimmy Santora, CHrista Lowman, Carl Gingola, Bill Yurkas, Pieter Van Winkle, Rita Gantt, David McKinley, Kevin Shea, Dan Friedman, Joel Fenster, Amy Rabinowitz, Farah Bala, Candace Caplin, Tara Jamshidian, Barbara Lencheck, Brad Shwidock, Carol Shwidock, Al Precourt, Suzanne Mernyk, Perren Page, Andrea Garmun and Dan Aloisi

Book of Days

By Lanford Wilson

Directed by Joel Fenster

May 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20 & 21 of 2005

When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page-turning mystery.

Cast
Julie Bell, Travis Branch, Joseph Cooke, Ann Deiters, Dan Friedman, Frank Gaffney, Rita Gantt-Hannah, Kimberley Lowden, Jeff Pliskin, Mary Jane Schaefer, Kevin Shea & Justin Wade

Biography

By S. N. Behrman

Directed by Catherine Lindsey, Robert Cusack & Bob Louis

March 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 of 2005

Marion Froude leaves her village for New York and becomes a popular portrait painter. Into her life comes Dickie Kurt, the ardent editor of a magazine hungry to publish her autobiography. The prospect dismays her former lover, stiff and cautious Bunny Nolan, for he wants to be a United States Senator. He and his prospective father in law exercise their influence to kill the story, and eventually Marion burns it in the stove of her studio. Dickie is a vindictive editor, chiefly because his father, a striking coal miner, was killed as he stood innocently with his little son on the outskirts of a riot. He raves and rants in the best manner of the comfortable radicals, and despite Marion's cool counsel and warm embraces he goes away, leaving her to pursue her casual, contented and optimistic career.

Cast
Bridget Cusack, Robert Cusack, Marion Greig, Bob Louis, Bob Liftig, Vanessa Miller, Al Precourt & Jimmy Santora

Epic Proportions

By Larry Coen & David Crane

Directed by Dan Friedman

January 21, 22, 23, 28 & 29 of 2005

Set in the 1930s, EPIC PROPORTIONS tells the story of two brothers, Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to be extras in the huge Biblical epic Exeunt Omnes. Things move very quickly in this riotous comedy and before you know it, Phil is directing the movie, and Benny is starring in it. To complicate matters further they both fall in love with Louise, the assistant director in charge of the extras. Along the way there are gladiator battles, the Ten Plagues and a cast of thousands portrayed by four other actors.

Cast
Teressa Bur, Amy Louise Carter, Ed Kaine, Mike Krysiuk, Bob Liftig, David McKinley, Caryn Raimondi, Michael Edward Raimondi, David Shepard & Bill Yurkas

Five By Tenn

By Tennessee Williams

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 2004

Talk To me Like The Rain And Let me Listen
A Perfect Analysis Given By A Parrot
I Can't Imagine Tomorrow
Lord Byron's Love Letter
27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Cast
Jason Scott Upchurch, Andrea A. Dixon, Ron Heinbaugh,Ann Deiters, Norma DuVivier, Carin Freidag, Robert Cusack, Bridget Cusack, Frederick A. Scharmer, Christa Lowman, Kathy Mack, Kevin Shea & Paz Echenique Johnson

Darien Players 25

By Frank Gaffney

Directed by Frank Gaffney & Joel Fenster

September 17 & 18 of 2004

A celebration and review of scenes and songs from various show that The Darien Players have staged over their first 25 years.

Cast
Amy Louise Carter, Mary Crwaford, Sally Cross, Martha Dostal-Hathaway, Nancy Draper, Norma DuVivier, Anne Ernst-Wright, Natasha Fenster, Ellie Finkelstein, Dan Friedman, Joanne Garroway, Carl Gingola, Ron Heinbaugh, Mike Krysiuk, Jon Olmsted, David Osherow, David Pollard, Michael Edward Raimondi, Victoria Roy, Ed Ryan, Mary Jane Schaefer, Fred Scharmer and Special Guests

My Gay Son's Wedding

By Jeffrey Kagan-McCann

Directed by Kenn Woodard

August 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 & 14 of 2004

Cast
Terry LaPolice, Kenn Woodard, Judith Kealey, Manny Lieberman, Tracy Locke, Susan DeVaney & Andrew Birch

Noises Off

By Michael Frayn

Directed by Joel Fenster

May 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21 & 22 of 2004

Cast
Teressa Bur, Dan Friedman, Carl Gingola, Larry Greeley, Christine Lorenzo, David McKinley, David Pollard, Victoria Roy & Natasha Spickler

Ah, Wilderness

By Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 2004

Cast
Ann Deiters, Norma DuVivier, Joel Fenster, Sasha Friedenberg, Aimee Grimshaw,Brian Kelsey, Bob Louis, Manny Lieberman, Bob Liftig, Robert Lindsey, Peter Mutino, Catherine Perkins, Mary Jane Schaefer, Nicholas Schaefer & Natasha Spickler

Witness For The Prosecution

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23 of 2003

Cast
Laura Budcelek, Teressa Bur, Bridget Cusack, Norma DuVivier, Boo Forster, Carin Freidag, Carl Gingola, Ron Heinbaugh, Manny Lieberman, Kathy Mack, David Pollard, Jimmy Santora, Frederick Scharmer, Kevin Shea & William Swarts

New Short Play Workshop

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Directed by Bridget Cusack, Norma DuVivier & Robert Lindsey

July 11 & 12 of 2003

The Sub by Rich Adamo
Closing Arguments by Bridget Cusack
Advance Placement by R. Raymond Lindsey
Relics by Allison Pratt
Potato Chips by Mary C. Ross
Casting by Jill Sapenoff
...Mother is Listening by G.P. Sponner

Cast
Jim Santora, Rich Adamo, Ian A. Hefele, Chrissi Semexan, Frederick Scharmer, Norma DuVivier, Barbara Lencheck, Shelly Lepetich, Boo Forster, Jill Sapenoff, Holly Adams & Pat Brune

The Curious Savage

By John Patrick

Directed by Joel Fenster & Dan Friedman

May 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16 & 17 of 2003

Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband, and wants to make the best use of it, in spite of the efforts of her grown-up stepchildren to get their hands on it. These latter, knowing that the widow's wealth is now in negotiable securities, and seeing they cannot get hold of it, commit her to a "sanatorium" hoping to "bring her to her senses." But Mrs. Savage is determined to establish a fund to help others realize their hopes and dreams. In the sanatorium she meets various social misfits, men and women who just cannot adjust themselves to life, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide. In getting to know them, she realizes that she will find happiness with them, and plans to spend the rest of her life as one of them. But when the doctor tells her there is no reason why she should remain, she hesitates to go out into a hard world where people seem ready to do anything for money. The self-seeking stepchildren are driven to distraction by their vain efforts to browbeat Mrs. Savage, but she preserves her equanimity and leads them on a merry chase. At last her friends conspire to get rid of her stepchildren, and through their simple belief in the justice of her cause, they enable Mrs. Savage to carry out her plans. The last scene, a farewell party, is a delightful fantasy where each "guest" in the sanatorium realizes at last some hopeless dream for something he was never able to realize. The dominant mood is high comedy, and the audience is left with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and affection have not been entirely lost in a world that seems motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty.

Cast
Dan Aloisi, Betsy Barber, Teressa Bur, Elie Finkelstein, Carl Gingola, Jay Harris, Ron Heinbaugh, Christa Lowman, Victoria Roy, Jimmy Santora & Natasha Spickler

The Heiress

By Ruth & Augustus Goetz

Directed by Joel Fenster, Dan Friedman & Catherine Lindsey

February 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, March 1, 2, 8 & 9 of 2003

Suggested by Henry James' novel Washington Square
The background of the play is New York in the 1850s and the basic story tells of a shy and plain young girl, Catherine Sloper, who falls desperately in love with a delightful young fortune hunter. Catherine's lack of worldliness prevents her from realizing that the young man proposing to her is not entirely drawn to her by her charm. Catherine's father, a successful doctor, sees through the fortune hunter and forbids the marriage, but his daughter proposes an elopement which fails to materialize because the young man knows most of her expected fortune will go elsewhere if he marries her. Catherine retires into a little world of her own. But the fortune hunter turns up once more and again proposes to her. For a moment, Catherine leads him to believe that she will accept him, but when he calls by appointment, she locks the door, blows out all the lights and allows him to realize that she will not be fooled for the second time.

Cast
Teressa Bur, Ann Deiters, Mike Krysiuk, Bob Louis, Martha Jo Perkins, David Pollard, Victoria Roy, Mary Jane Schaefer & Natasha Ullmer

Three By Agatha

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17 of 2002

Three One-Act plays from Dame Agatha Chrsitie.

"The Rats" -- A man arrives at a flat in answer to a message, and then a woman arrives by another invitation. They are lovers. In the midst of this perplexity there enters an odd fellow who had known the woman's first husband very well. After he leaves, they find themselves locked in. The fellow, who correctly guessed that the woman killed her first husband, has set the stage to trap them like rats.

"The Patient" -- A woman is lying in a hospital completely paralyzed following a fall from a balcony. Did she faint or was she pushed? The inspector, who realizes that the patient is not physically but psychically traumatized, cleverly determines that murder was intended and uses a devious ruse to trap the guilty party.

"Afternoon at the Seaside" -- The scene is a seashore resort. Among the characters: a siren in a bikini, ogling men and envious women. The undercurrents are perfect for theft. At the very end the wanton siren emerges as a policewoman who solves the otherwise perfect crime.

Cast
Teressa Bur, Bob Church, Bridget Cusack, Robert Cusack, Carin Freidag, Carl Gingola, Ron Heinbaugh, Barbara Lencheck, Bob Louis, Kathy Mack, Charlie Nicholls, David Pollard, Victoria Roy, Jimmy Santora, Natasha Spickler, Freerick Scharmer & Fred Tisch

Night Watch

By Lucille Fletcher

Directed by Joel Fenster

May 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 & 19 of 2002

Cast
Dan Aloisi, Randy Bucknoff, Amy Goldman, Christa Lowman, Jeff Proper, Victoria Roy, Fred Scharmer, Marijean Sommer & Bill Yurkas

Mr. Pim Passes By

By A. A. Milne

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

February 21, 22, 23, 24, March 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9 of 2002

This delightful comedy tells of what happens in a very conventional English home when appealing little Mr. Pim, who has so much trouble with names, drops in one day on a small matter of business. The business is soon forgotten when Mr. Pim announces that the former husband of the lady of the house, thought to be deceased, is alive. Since the lady is married now, she is a bigamist. Her present husband, always a trifle pompous and tyrannical, is upset no end. Then Mr. Pim passes by again; this time he confesses that he confused two names and it is safe to assume that the lady's first husband is dead, as they originally believed. Without telling her husband, the lady uses the knowledge as a weapon not only to get what she wants in the house but to force her husband to permit his niece to marry the young artist who loves her.

Cast
Charity Benchley, Bridget Cusack, Norma DuVivier, Bob Louis, Robert Lindsey, Al Precourt & Natasha Spickler

Catch Me If You Can

By Robert Thomas

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23 & 24 of 2001

Cast
Jim Perakis, Fred Tisch, Joe Cooke, Carin Freidag, Christa Lowman, Mary Hyatt & Frank Kemp

The Unexpected Guest

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Joel Fenster

May 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 18, 19 & 20 of 2001

A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy estate in Wales, this mystery opens as a stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. So the unexpected guest decides to help her and blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously and a Pandora's box of loves and hates, suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air.

Cast
Dan Aloisi, Dan Friedman, Andrea Garmun, Ron Heinbaugh, Ann Kinner, Jonathan Loonin, Kathy Mack, Marijean Sommer & Billy Yurkas

Far East

By A. R. Gurney

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

February 22, 23, 24, 25, March 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10 of 2001

Cast
Christa Lowman, Kevin Tangney, Kathy Mack, Robert Lindsey, Al Precourt, Jim Slocum, Mary Jane Schaefer & Anthony Socci

The Real Inspector Hound

By Tom Stoppard

Directed by Robert Cusack

Noevmber 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24 & 25 of 2000

Cast
Ron Heinbaugh, Bob Mills, Jimmy Santora, Anna Pelletier, Bridget Cusack, Kathy Mack, Bob Church & Richard Schwartz

Frankenstein

By Tim Kelly

Directed by John Dauer

May 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 2000

Cast
David Pollard, Christine Lorenzo, Andrew Morris, Penny Sowers, Willie Mullin, Norma DuVivier, Mike Krysiuk, Virginia Seibels, Tom Ragland & John N. Migliaccio

With Love, Somehow

By Tony Connor

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

February 24, 25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11 of 2000

Cast
Jean Cass, Martin Diamond, Lorenz P. Hansen, Pat Larrabee, Robert Lindsey, Rob Neville, Al Precourt & Trisha Rattray

Later Life

By A. R. Gurney

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 1999

Cast
Elie Finklestein, Lorenz P. Hansen, Robert Lindsey, Bridget Cusack, Helen Flores, Don Baird, Richard Schwartz, Christa Lowman, Jimmy Santora, Barbara Lencheck, Ron Heinbaugh & Anette Alfieri

Profile of a Deaf Peddler

By Jack Gannon adapted by Mike Lamitola

Directed by Mike Lamitola

May 7 & 14 of 1999

Cast
Michelle Banks, Frank L. Dattolo & Michael P. Ralph

Second Feature: Three One-Act Plays

By Betsy Barber, Bridget Cusack & Robert L. Mills

Directed by Betsy Barber, Bridget Cusack & Robert L. Mills

May 8, 9, 15 & 16 of 1999

Through The Window by Betsy Barber
Back To One by Bridget Cusack
John Wilkes Booth At Garrett's Farm by Robert L. Mills

Cast
Joe Amoriello, Natalie Coughlin, Martin Diamond, Gina Grisanti, Ron Heinbaugh, Michael King, Carolyn LeVasseur, Kalja Lindskog, Michael Scott Luongo, Phil Mitchell, Tom Petrone, Danette Riso, Jimmy Santora, Nick Schaefer, Cynthia M. Sepe & Jeanne Whiting

Harvey

By Mary Chase

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

February 26, 27, 28, March 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 & 13 of 1999

Cast
George Baker, Nan Buckley, Jean Cass, Martin Diamond, Norma DuVivier, Lorenz P. Hansen, Ron Heinbaugh, Robert Lindsey, Tricia Rattray, Jim Santora & Barbara Wilkov

A Streetcar Named Desire

By Tennessee Williams

Directed by Robert Cusack

November 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27 & 28 of 1998

Cast
Joe Amoriello, Betsy Barber, Linda De Leon, Helen Flores, Ron Heinbaugh, Michael Koproski, Michael Scott Luongo, Danette Riso, Christy Sanford, Jim Santora, Richard Schwartz & Jason Wood

Three For All: An Evening of One-Act Plays

By David Ives, Robert Mills & Tennessee Williams

Directed by Bob Cusack, Bob Lindsey & Robert Mills

May 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 16 of 1998

I Don't Know, I've Never Kippled by Robert L. Mills
I Can't Imagine Tomorrow by Tennessee Williams
Long Ago and Far Away by David Ives

Cast
Don Baird, Betsy Barber, Bridget Cusack, Bob Cusack, Tim Cronin, Sven Englund, Will Klein, Shelley Lepetich, Liz Novak, Steve Pond & Christy Sanford

Towards Zero

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Robert Cusack

February 20, 21, 27, 28, March 1, 5, 6 & 7 of 1998

Cast
Mike Durrell, Elie Finkelstein, Dom Gautrau, Joe Koproski, Pat Larrabee, Richard Provost, Dannette Riso, Janice Rudolph, Richard Schwartz & Barbara Wilkov

Heartbreak House

By George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 21 & 22 of 1997

Cast
Charlie Cowles, Susan Doran, Michael Durell, Norma DuVivier, Kathy Files, Lorenz P. Hansen, Robert Lindsey, Perren Page, Steve Pond & Mary Jane Schaefer

The Mousetrap

By Agatha Christie

Directed by Robert Cusack

May 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 & 18 of 1997

Cast
Bridget Cusack, Howard Davis, Ellie Finkelstein, J. Bryan Hooper, Deborah Kessler, Michael Luongo, Robert Lindsey & Brian Silverman

A Thurber Carnival

By James Thurber

Directed by Scott R. Brill

february 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 21, 22 & 23 of 1997

Cast
Andrea Garmun, Lorenz Hansen, Stephanie Higham, Deborah Kessler, Elaine Magda, Michael Rubin, Bart Schofield, Miriam Smith & Douglas Ziegler

Actors/Playwright's Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 8, 9, 10, 15 & 16 of 1996

65 by James B. Nickel
Planet X by Michael Petshaft
Socieal Insecurity by Ronert L. Mills
Reading In The Nude by Larry Kinnear
Happy Hour by Timothy Mahin
Porkodiablo! by Andrew Dardine

Cast
Toni Aurigemma, Brent Baggaley, Don Baird, Howard Davis, Norma DuVivier, Suzanne Greenberg, Lorenz P. Hansen, Ron Heinbaugh, Dannette Illig, Deborah Kessler, Robert Lindsey, Christa Lowman, Elaine Magda, Priscilla Masselink, Norma Mathis, Michael McClain, Kevin D. O'Neil, Andrea O'Sullivan, Christy Sanford, Jim Santora, Mary Jane Schaefer & Bart Schofield

Rumors

By Neil Simon

Directed by Scott R. Brill

May 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 25 of 1996

Cast
Allison Bristow, Madelynn Fattibene, Rick Grass, Dori Kelly, Larry Mola, Niel Prunier, Barbara Rassow, Arloa Haythorn, Lew Robinson & Jono Zavitz

La Cantina East

By

Directed by Sally Cross & Nancy Draper

March 8, 9 & 10 of 1996

A gala cabaret set in old Santa Fe featuring the music of current Broadway and London hits

Cast
George Bex, Amy Louise Carter, Leighanne Champion, Martha Dostal, Hank Holden, Ed Ryan & John McCarty

Our Town

By Thorton Wilder

Directed by Scott R. Brill

February 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 11 of 1996

Cast
Dallas Adams, Betsy O'Brien Auray, Brandee Carl, Amanda Davis, Howard Davis, Norma DuVivier, Kathleen Files, Rick Grass, Stephanie Higham, Jason Inman, Filiz Kulan, Pamela Lewis, Michael Luongo, Elaine Magda, T. Michael McClain, Colleen Murphy, Joyce Remeny, Richard Schwartz, Bart Schofield, Susan Sheldon, Art Skonieczny, William Swarts & Yael Zeira

Actors/Playwright's Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 10, 11, 12, 17 & 18 of 1995

Virtue's Virtue by Andrew Dardine
Big Bang Theory of Bodhisattva by Michael A. Petshaft
Old Flame by Lorenz P. Hansen
Xmascard by Jim Nickel
Crows Tend To Feast by Thomas Cappo

Cast
Don Baird, Joseph Cooke, Howard Davis, Kathleen Files, Andrea Garmun, Suzanne Greenberg, Lorenz P. Hansen, Danette Illig, Martin Kivell, Robert Lindsey, Michael Luongo, Christa Lupo, Colleen Murphy, Joanne Perica, Steve Pond, Jimmy Santora, Mary Jane Schaefer, Richard Schwartz, Susan Sheldon and Alisa Wright

'S Wonderful

By

Directed by Joe Utterback

June 16 & 17 of 1995

Cast
Martha Dostal, Judy Livingston, John Livingston, Bob Miressi and Peter Wells

The Fantasticks

By book & lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt

Directed by Catherine Lindsey & Keith D. Shawgo, Jr.

May 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 1995

Two teenagers on neighboring farms steal glances and hide their romance from their feuding fathers. Little do these love-birds know, however, that their fathers are actually good friends who've hatched a plan - with the help of a mystical roving side-show and its equally mysterious ring master - to get these two lovers down the aisle! But be careful what you wish for. Because to bring these families together... they must first be torn apart!

Cast
Justin Finnegan, Kieran Cusack, Joe Rezek, Rebecca Vaccaro, Stan Oster, Ron Heinbaugh, Robert Lindsey, Dom Gautrau, Samuel Bowen, Keith D. Shawgo, Jr. and Emily Oppenheimer

Loose Knit

By Theresa Rebeck

Directed by Robert Mills

February 10, 11, 12, 17 & 18 of 1995

Cast
Christy Sanford, Marbie Kruse, Jacqueline C. Jones, Colleen Murphy, Suzanne Kinnear, Patrick Spaulding and Bob Johnson

The Prophet & Summer Camp

By William Woolfolk & Robert Raymond Lindsey

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 11, 12, 13, 18 & 19 of 1994

Cast
Leslie Broatch, Bridget Cusack, Howard Davis, Philip Erwin, Boo Forster, Bill Flaherty, Lorenz Hansen, Damien Langan, Robert Lindsey, Elaine Magda, Gary Nastu, Vikki Plummer, Christy Sanford, Jim Santora & Richard Schwartz

I Hear Music

By

Directed by Ted Simons

September 20, 21 & 22 of 1994

Cast
Gail T. Clear, Lynn Dimenna, Martha Dostal, Ron Heinbaugh, Hank Holden, Joyce Remeny, Willie Mae Richardson and Peter Wells

Everything Old Is New Again

By

Directed by Joe Utterback

May 6, 7 & 14 of 1994

Cast
Leighanne D. Champion, Martha Dostal, Hank Holden, Peter Wells, Bob Miressi

Actors/Playwright's Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

April 8, 9, 15 & 16 of 1994

Call Me Tommy Tresh by Devi Alberts
The Disappointed by Andrew Dardine
Spoons and Knives by Peggy Heinrich
A Letter From Scott by Aspen Jordon
On-A-Roll by Linda Crocker
Fifty-Fifty by Thomas Cappo

Cast
Kate Agresta, Howard Davis, Rhonda Diamond, Helen Flores, Dom Gautrau, Lorenz P. Hansen, Bobbie Korsky, Robert Lindsey, Michael S. Luongo, Elaine Magda, Raymond O'Hara, Barbara Robertson, Jim Santora, Frederick Scharmer, Susan Sheldon and Raye Ward

The Cocktail Hour

By A.R. Gurney

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

January 28, 29, 30, February 4 & 5 of 1994

The time is the mid '70s, the place a city in upstate New York. John, a playwright, returns to his family's house, bringing with him a new play which he has written about them. His purpose is to obtain their permission to proceed with production, but his wealthy, very proper parents are cautious from the outset. For them the theatre is personified by the gracious, comforting era of the Lunts and Ina Claire, and they are disturbed by the bluntness of modern plays. And there is also John's sister, Nina, to contend with, although her reservations have to do with the fact that John has given her character such a minor role. Their confrontation takes place during the ritual of the cocktail hour, and as the martinis flow so do the recriminations and revelations, both funny and poignant. In the end it is evident that what John has written is closer to the truth than his family has heretofore been willing to admit, and that beneath their WASP reserve his parents and siblings are as beset with uncertainties and frustrations as their presumed "inferiors." But while they seem shackled by the past, and tantalized by an alien future, the ties which bind them do prevail—surmounting disputes and disappointments and, with unfailing warmth and humor, converting pained resignation into cautious but hopeful anticipation.

Cast
Lorenz P. Hansen, Michael S. Luongo, Christy Sanford and Cynthia Sepe

Actors/Playwrights Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

March 26, 27, April 2 & 3 of

Life Is Sweat by Tom Bissinger
Rip! by Charles Boller
Sailor, Take Warning by Gloria Sheehan
Shouldn't There Be Music? by Thomas Cappo

Cast
Thomas Barada, Howard Davis, Norma DuVivier, Lorenz P. Hansen, Martin Kivell, Pat Larrabee, Robert Lindsey, Michael Luongo, Barbara Marshall, Raymond O'Hara, Mary Jane Schaefer, Frederic Scharmer, Suzanne Scoville, Susan Sheldon & Jan Wilmot

Jump Rope

By Music & Lyrics by Michael Parman, Wave Poorman and Donna Crowley book by Donna Crowley

Directed by Isabella Blake

March 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 1993

Cast
Debbie Shields, Vic Victoriano, Marcia Maslo, Joe Guttadauro, Teresa Vicario, Mark Shoemaker, Dave Kernis, Lisa Riegel, George Bex, Penny Lohr, Ralph Pastore and Donna Marie Forlenzo

Hey There Good Times

By

October 16 & 17, 1992

A Gala Cabaret

Cast

Actors/Playwright's Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

April 3, 4, 10 & 11 of 1992

Mirror, Mirror by Mary Jane Schaefer
Oh Dentist, My Love by Thomas A. Cappo
Maugham in Love by William Woolfolk

Cast
Vince Ansaldi, Tracy Boyce, Rene Fontaine, Lorenz P. Hansen, Carolyn Orr, Michael Luongo, Raymond O'Hara, Robert Praid, Mary Jane Schaefer, Frederick Scharmer and Susan Sheldon

Actors/Playwrights Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 22 & 23 of 1991

A Time For Murder by Lorenz P. Hansen
Summer Camp by Robert Raymond Lindsey
Going It Alone by Stephen A. Russo
Cadenza by Carolyn Scott
The Computer by Frederic Tisch

Cast
Jean Cass, Michael Hurworth, Tracy Boyce,Ray Slavin, Mary Jane Schaefer, Frederick Scharmer, Suzanne Lampe, Lorenz Hansen, Boo Forster, Robert Praid, Kate Kokel, Ben Frimmer, Ray O'Hara

Inherit The Wind

By Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

Directed by Robert Mills

October 17, 18, 19, 25 & 26 of 1991

In the middle of the hot summer of 1925, the famous "Monkey Trial" took place in Dayton, Tennessee, a small town of about eighteen hundred people in the Cumberland Valley. A young teacher named John Scopes stood accused of violating the Butler Act, a measure passed earlier that year to restrict the teaching of evolution in state-funded schools. The defense featured the famous attorney Clarence Darrow, and the prosecution starred the celebrated orator, populist, and three-time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Nearly two hundred reporters descended upon the town, including H. L. Mencken of the Baltimore Evening Sun (which helped underwrite Scopes' defense). Newspapers and magazines carried innumerable articles and cartoons on the case, and telegraph operators wired stories to Europe and Australia. For the first time news of an American trial was nationally broadcast by radio, while thousands of people came to Dayton itself to take in what became a virtual carnival, complete with sideshows.

Cast
Jeremy York, Carrie Hill, Jessica Stein, Sally Nacker, Neil Brown, Charley Mead, John McCarty, Helen Flores, Carl Black, T.J. Sheahan, Cynthia Sepe, Paul Kaufman, Eric Ellisen, Susan Sheldon, Sharon Erickson, Jim Gnocchio, Rick Aiello, Ryan Tankoos, Larry Greeley, Betsy grover, Joe Brickley, Matt Ortega, Fred Tisch, William Swarts & Kevin Tobin

Godspell

By Stephen Schwartz

Directed by Diane K. Jakacki

May 10, 11, 12, 17 & 18 of 1991

Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew and drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, "Godspell" is a groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love.

Cast
Laura albero, Seth Barkan, Dan Bernatchez, Caludia Garofalo, Joe Guttadauro, Daryl Haase, Jason Kramer, Lori Ann Macri, Will Rodriguez, Betty Sauerhoff & Cricket Van Wagener

Actors/Playwrights Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

April 12 & 13 of 1991

Made for Each Other by Mary Jane Schaefer
No One Loves You Like Your Mother by Gloria Sheehan
R.I.P. by James S. Troy
Speaking My Language by Gloria Sheehan
Supper for Stevie by Stephen A. Russo
Take Two and Don't Call Me by Lewis Robinson

Cast
Diane Lupinacci, Robert Lindsey, Howard Davis, Kate Kokell, Frederick Scharmer, Boo Forster, Angela DiSano, Mary Jane Schaefer, Barbara Robertson, Cindy Haynes, Carole Kaye, Thomas Petrone, Raymond O'Hara, Robert Praid, Leah Berla,

South Pacific

By Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Directed by Margaretta Maganini

March 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 & 23 of 1991

On a south Pacific island during World War II, a U.S. Navy nurse, Ensign Nellie Forbush, falls in love with a middle-aged French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Meanwhile, the restless sailors of the Navy, led by the entrepreneurial seabee Luther Billis, are lamenting on the absence of women or combat to relieve their boredom, when Lieutenant Joe Cable of the U.S. Marine Corps arrives on the island to take part in a dangerous spy mission that might help turn the tide of the war against the Japanese.

Cast
Alice Levitt, Jennifer Walker, Ned Ehrbar, Nanci Steele, Aruthur Hungaski, Kimberly C. Eaton, Kana Tanaka, Robert Armistead, John Troisi, Patrick Duffy,Paul Phillips, Doug Bora, Tim Archer, Will Rodriguez, Seth Barkan, Bernard de la Rivera, Jim Palley, Eric Ellisen, Jason Kramer, Robert Mills, Joe Guttadauro, Judy Hopkins, Laura N. Albero, Linda Grgano, Ashley Burt, Betty Sauerhoff, Bonnie Kennedy, Lisa Caporizzo, Holly Jespersen, Lynn Kingsbury, Mina Morita, Willie Mae Richardson, Lori Ann Macri & Rosalie Scott

Actors/Playwrights Workshop

By

Directed by Catherine Lindsey

November 17 of 1990

Bowling Ball by Thomas Ward
Drop Zone by albert Pia
Ono's Interview by Tony O'Connor
The O'Connors by Raymond O'Hara

Cast

Richard Rogers & Friends

By

October 12, 13, 14, 19 & 20 of 1990

Cast

Beyond Suspicion

By Steve Truitt

Directed by Steve Truitt

June 23 of 1990

An original One Act Play

Cast

Stepping Out

By Richard Harris

Directed by Nancy Draper

November 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 of 1989

This is a comedy about ten women and one man trying to conquer their inhibitions and an overabundance of left feet in a seedy dance studio in North London. An ex professional chorine tries her hardest to teach the bumbling amateurs some dancing skills for an upcoming recital. Sometimes it is hard for Mavis, the instructor, to get her pupils to stop quarrelling long enough to dance. Her students are truly a hilarious, motley but loveable crew who finally triumph at their recital.

Cast
Kelly Jo Myers-Madoian, Rose Archer, Imogen Weaver, Harriet Berla, Anne Ernst, Eve Clulow, Peter T. Van Wyck, Nancy Andrews, Willie Mae Richardson & Ellen Reilly

The Best Of Broadway: The Tony Awards

By

Directed by George Vollano

March 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 & 18 of 1989

Cast
Stuart Adelberg, Amy Louise Carter, Eve Clulow, Sally Cross, Lynn DiMenna, Martha Dostal, Darren Ford, Virginia Fox, Steve Freedman, Linde Gibb, Christopher Grace, Hank Holden, Maria Hughes, Ruth Jaffe, Jennifer Kay, Bonnie Kennedy, Gary LeDonne, Cheryl Lester, Sandra London, Doug Marcks, John Martin, Marcia Maslo, Anne Mathews, Rand Mathieson, Callaghan Mayer, Patrick McClure, Lyn Oransoff, David Osherow, William Mae Richardson, Tamara spiewak, Melissa Strand, Kathleen Taber, Teschara Teel, Susan Tracey, Kristin Van Wagener, Peter Van Wyck, Andrea West, Sari Wittenstein, Dandy Witty & Tom Zoubek

My Giddy Aunt

By Ray Cooney & John Chapman

Directed by BT McNicholl

February 18, 1989

Set in Lady Eppingham's house in India, this play has all the superb comedy that one would expect from the masters of farce, plus a good measure of thrills. The eccentric but aristocratic Lady Eppingham lives in a world of fantasy and past glory of the Empire, whilst the running of her tea estate is left in the hands of her unscrupulous nephews. But when Beatrice Horrocks, Lady Eppingham's half sister of decidedly lowly birth arrives to claim her right to manage the estate, the situation changes and in a series of hilariously funny scenes, she slowly but surely sorts everything out and unmasks the schemes of her nephews.

Cast
Kate Britton

Marilyn & Joe

By Devi alberts & Gil Perlroth

Directed by Ugo Toppo

May 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 & 28 of 1988

World Premiere of a New Musical about Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio

Cast
Robert Mills, Nikodem Kowaleski, Jonathane Lewis, Ray Michaud, Lauren Gregg, Carole Cortese, Ruth Jaffe, Charles Mullen, Doug Bora, Scott Plate, Evie Lucashu, Gail Clear, Barbara Hamilton, Doreene Coppola-Thompson, Maria Maslo & Suzette Michaud

The Dining Room

By A.R. Gurney Jr.

Directed by Luke Yankee

April 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30 of 1988

The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.

Cast
Phoebe Burston, Raobert le Blanc, Peter reynolds, Ellen M. Reilly, David L. Proctor & Celeste Morrow

I Get A Kick Out Of Cole

By Ed Ryan

Directed by George W. Vollano

March 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 & 19 of 1988

Singing and dancing to the music of Cole Porter

Cast
Stuart Adelberg, Carolyn Bowman, Amy Louise Carter, Gail T. Clear, Carole Cortese, Martha Dostal, Linde Gibb, Hank Gibson, Hank Holden, Ruth Jaffe, Audrey Johnson, Bonnie Kennedy, Gary LeDonne, Cheryl Lester, Judi Livingston, Carolyn Marcato, John Martin, Jon Olmsted, Scott Plate, Willie Mae Richardson, Ed Ryan, Kevin A. Schack, Paul Tibbetts, William Ward& Pete Wells

Accentuate The Positive

By Ed Ryan

Directed by Ed Ryan

1987 April 30, May 1 & 2

The songs of Johnny Mercer

Cast
Carolyn Bowman, Melina Bruhn, Amy Louise Carter, Gail Clear, Lynn DiMenna, Martha Dostal, Anne Ernst, Hank Holden, Gary Ledonne, Liz Leonard, Cheryl Lester, John McCarty, Jon Olmsted, Michael Parman, Willie Mae Richardson, Kellene Vaile, Peter Wells & Jack Wollenberg

Count Dracula

By Ted Tiller

Directed by Ed Simone

1986 October

This is a witty version of the story of a suave vampire whose passion is sinking teeth into the throats of young women.

Cast
James Casolo, Chris Cummings, Michael Hurworth, Bernard Jaffe, E. Kyle Minor, John Morrison, Ellen Reilly, George Spelvin & Priscilla Squiers,

The Music Man

By Meredith Wilson

Directed by Dennis Cole

1986 May 2, 3, 9 & 10

An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys band he vows to organize this despite the fact he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall.

Cast
Robert Boggs, Mary Boggs, Erick Campana, Amy Louise Carter, Fred Catto, Wilson Cleveland, Carole Cortese, Tara Cortese, Ann Edgerton, Clair Fair, Corey Geller, Harry Geller, Polly Geller, Adam Greenberg, Jessica Greenberg, Peter Grimm, Tom Haydock, Hank Holden, Alex Juchniewich, Grace Kearns, Andrew LeVasseur, Ted Lewis, Pamela MacEwan, Dave Mercer, Marianne Munroe, Alice Myers, Sue Meyers, Anastasia O'Connor, David Osherow, Brooks Perlin, Alice Schweitzer, Ann Smith, Marilyn Smith, Joseph Svagr, Vic Terenzio, George Vollano, Abigail Warren & Dick Wharton

Bedroom Farce

By Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Margaretta Maganini

1985 November 8, 9, 15 & 16

A wickedly funny play about the blithe inconsideration of the suffering. Trevor and Susannah are a couple whose marriage is heading towards the rocks and the play depicts an endless night in which they inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest, three other couples. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples' bedrooms. Trevor and Susannah implicate the others in their public angst and in the course of one long Saturday night ruffle beds, tempers, marriages and domestic order.

Cast
Douglas Bora, Joan Fossum, Beth DuPont, Cindy B. Haynes, Michael Hurworth, David Proctor, John Ryan & Christine Schandall

Side By Side By Sondheim

By Stepehn Sondheim

Directed by Bob Boggs

1985 May

The sophistication, wit, insight, heart and genius of Broadway’s most innovative and influential artist is at the center of this tribute to composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

This dazzling array of some of Sondheim's best-known songs features numbers from landmark shows that revolutionized the musical theatre with their masterful craft and astounding creativity: “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum,” “Anyone Can Whistle” and “Pacific Overtures,” not to mention the classics written with musical theatre giants Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne and Richard Rodgers, “West Side Story,” “Gypsy” and “Do I Hear A Waltz?” Also included are delectable rarities from the television musical “Evening Primrose,” the film “The Seven Percent Solution” and the hit revue “The Mad Show.”

Cast
Bob Boggs, Mary Boggs, Carole Cortese, Nancy Limbacher, Paul Meyer, Bob Miressi, Karen Morello, P.J. Morello & Jack Wollenberg

George Washington Slept Here

By Noss Hart & George S. Kaufman

Directed by George Vollano

1985 March 1, 2, 8, 9 & 10

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution. Much of the humor comes from the couple's many problems they encounter while trying to fix up the place.

Cast
Jeff Allen, Deborah Bownes, Phoebe Burston, Spencer Hitch, Edward King, Diane Lupinacci, George Lombardo, James Murphy, David Osherow, Jerry Romano, John Smolinski, Sally Szabo, Heather Tarpinian, Sandra Taylor, Fran Van Sicklen & Hunter Van Sicklen

A Celebration Of The Arts

By Jon Olmsted

Directed by Michael duPont

1984 November 16, 17 & 18

A Gala Opening of Mather Auditorium at Town Hall

Say It With Music

By Ed Ryan

Directed by Ed Ryan

1984

An Irving Berlin Musical Review

Cast
James P. Brossard, Amy Louise Carter, Blanche A. Charpentier, Gail T. Clear, Deborah G. Damast, Martha L. Dostal, Yvonne Franz Herz, Willie Mae Hunter, Brian McNicholl, Jon Olmsted, Helen Ann Staveley, Michael Raimondi, Scott Stewart & Peter R. Wells

My Sister Eileen

By Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov

Directed by Carol Maryan

1983 December 1, 2 & 3

Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.

Cast
Jeff Allen, Mae Ann Buono, Catherine Chandler, Christopher Cummings, Traci Davis, Beth DuPont, Henry Ernstthal, Howard J. Fenn Jr., W.T. Hatch, Edward King, George Lombardo, Callaghan Mayer, Robert Millman, Madeline C. Romano, Patricia Wall & Steve Weissman

Fascinating Rhythm

By John McCarty & Jon Olmsted

Directed by John McCarty & Jon Olmsted

1983 May 6, 7, 13 & 14

A dinner party in 1940 is the setting for the tenth anniversary of a very special group of people -- the singers, dancers, bit-part actors, understudies, ushers and stagehands who worked in 1930 on "Girl Crazy", one of George Gershwin's most memorable Broadway productions.

Cast
Bob Boggs, Mary Boggs, Jim Brossard, Gail Clear, Lynn DiMenna, Carol Dunne, Beth DuPont, Ann Edgerton, John McCarty, Chris Meyers, Jon Olmsted, Ed Ryan, Ted Simons & John Tuohy

The Mouse That Roared

By Christopher Sergel based on the book by Leonard Wibberley

Directed by Dwight Currie

1983 March 4, 5, 11 & 12

A pretty girl of 22 happens to be the present Duchess Gloriana, sovereign of a microscopic country in the Alps founded centuries ago by a roving band of English bowmen. Gloriana's unique solution to the near bankruptcy of her tiny domain is to declare war on the U.S.! There's some method to her madness, however, for her study of recent history suggests that the surest way to wealth today is to lose a war with the United States, for that country's odd reaction is to pour aid, relief and rehabilitation on the vanquished. When her "declaration" is considered a prank, Gloriana decides to escalate! Tully Bascomb, presently in charge of the bowmen, is to launch an attack so they can surrender and reap the rewards. Serious-minded Tully, however, upsets all calculations when he and his bowmen do the last thing expected—they win!

Cast
Jeff Allen, Chris Cummings, Bob D'Arinzo, Howard J. Fenn, Jr., Rene Foss, Sam Gafford, Cindy B. Haynes, Spencer Hitch, Edward King, John S. King, Jr., DeWitt Morrill, Richard A. Olson, Gordon Rothman, Marijean Sommer, Lark Lee Tyrrell & John Watcher

Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris

By Eric Blau & Mort Shuman

Directed by Robert Boggs

1982 November 5, 6, 12 & 13

A musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel

Cast
Robert Boggs, Mary Boggs, Gail Giannattasio & Bob Miressi

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Directed by Robert Boggs

1982 May 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 & 15

This masterpiece is probably the most famous of all comedies. It revolves wittily around the most ingenious case of "manufactured" mistaken identity ever put into a play.

Cast
Sally Anderson, Robert Buonocore, Dwight Currie, Beth DuPont, Hugh Ghiringhelli, Spencer Hitch, Jeff Schwartz, Lark Lee Tyrrell & Eileen Wilson

You're The Top: The Life and Music of Cole Porter

By John Alexander Lee

Directed by Dwight Currie

1982 March 12, 13, 19 & 20

Cast
Gerard Cameron, Gail Clear, Martha Dostal, Virginia Gross, Spencer Hitch, John C. McCarty, Jonathan Olmstead, Molly Klaff Passero, Edmond Ryan & Paul Tibbetts

A Garden Party: Three One-Act Plays

By various

Directed by various

1981 November 13, 14, 20 & 21

The Diary of Adam and Eve
based on the story by Mark Twain
music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
adapted by Jerome Coopersmith
directed by Dwight Currie

I'm Herbert
by Robert Anderson
directed by Pat Wall

The Footsteps of Doves
by Robert Anderson
directed by Pat Wall

Cast
Lucille Domizio, Mark Douglas, Ken Grace, Ron Meltzer, Dick Morrill, Christine Schandall, Jeff Schwartz, & Billie Weil

A Murder Is Announced

By Leslie Darbon adapted from Agatha Christie's novel

Directed by Raymond Slavin

1981 May 15, 16, 22 & 23

The announcement in the local paper states time and place of a murder to occur in Miss Blacklock's Victorian house. The victim is not one of several occupants, temporary and permanent, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, a determined Inspector grimly following the twists and turns, and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution at some risk to herself in a dramatic confrontation scene just before the final curtain.

Cast
Liane Maria Czirjak, Mark Douglas, Regina Godfrey, Nancy Gray, Paul Griffith, Jane Lait, Sheri Lait, Robert Lindsey, Jane Lloyd, Ronald Muehleisen, William Shannon & Marijean Sommer

Butterflies Are Free

By Leonard Gershe

Directed by Dwight Currie

1981

When you're a young bachelor in your own apartment for the first time, even if it's a cramped cold water flat, you know what exhilaration is. If a pretty actress moves into the next apartment, you've got an even better beginning. Don has it better yet: the actress has proposed friendship and the removal of the connecting door. Well into the play, the audience and the actress discover that Don is blind. He is escaping from an overprotective mother and trying to learn if he has the talent to become a song writer. When mother and the girl meet, and the two simply do not mix. Mother breaks up the relationship and the actress packs herself off to live with a director. When mother realizes how she has demoralized her son, and wishes the other woman was back. In comedy wishes can come true.

Cast
Phoebe Burston, Samantha Heller, Ron Meltzer & Jeff Schwartz

You Can't Take It With You

By Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman

Directed by Dwight Currie

1980 November 16, 22 & 23

Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiance, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirby's are wealthy, stuffy family of great self- importance, while the Sycamore's are a collection of good-hearted lunatics. When the two families come together, lifestyle and philosophy collide head-on.

Cast
Ellen Christiansen, Frank Delia, Mark Douglas, Boo Forster, Ken Grace, Spence Hitch, Shelia Hurley, Bob Lindsey, Virginia Lockwood, Michael Luongo, Patsy Oehl, Fred Scharmer, Jeff Schwartz, Gil Shanks, William Shannon, Mary Sydnor, Bob Timboli, A.J. Warren & Perc Wood

California Suite

By Neil Simon

Directed by Jon Edwards

1980 April 25, 26, 27, May 2 & 3

Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best. It's a humorous confection divided into four parts: Visitor from New York , Visitor from Philadelphia , Visitor from London and Visitors from Chicago. In Visitors from Chicago two couples are winding up a vacation they should not have shared. Forced to do things the other couple want to do they end up miserable and hating each other. Visitor from London concerns a British star on her way to the Academy Award ceremonies. She returns without an Oscar and with a husband whose homosexuality will be no comfort tonight. Visitor from Philadelphia concerns a wife who arrives at the hotel suite before her husband can get rid of the drunken hooker in his bed. It wasn't his idea in the first place. In The Visitor from New York , a magazine writer is visited by her ex husband before going home. The question with whom should their daughter spend the next six months? The badinage is perfect and she scores again and again. But her flip front crumbles she fears losing her daughter's affections.

Cast
Henry Ernstthal, Molly Farnsworth, Ken Grace, Martin Kivell, Mike Lehr, Liz Peterson, Betty Pia, Margaret Pierson, Maria Ponzini, Candace Schuyler & Ray Slavin

Picnic

By William Inge

Directed by Jon Edwards

1979 November 10, 11, 17 & 18

The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.

Cast
Phoebe Burston, Mark Douglas, Jeanne Fuller, Margaret Geruso, Georgia Lusk, Robert Mills, Peter Riccio, Betty Roberts, Pat Wall & Valerie Ward