For Thelma Cates it is an ordinary Saturday night like any other in the world until her daughter Jesse’s announcement transforms it into the most important night of their lives. Critics have lauded this two-person Pulitzer Prize winning drama for its emotional honesty and realistic dialogue.
By Marsha Norman
Directed by Jesse R. Gephart
September 12–28, 2008
RLT Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
View the photos by Stuart Wagner
Cast
Mama: Linda O’Day Young
Jessie: Martie Todd Sirois
Production Team
Director: Jesse R. Gephart
Scenic Designer: Rick Young
Costume Designer: Jenny Butler
Lighting Designer/Technical Director: Jim Zervas
Sound Designer/Sound Engineer: Becca Easley
Prop Master: Bridget Van Dyke & Trisha Cohen
Stage Managers: Anna Nehring & Del Flack
Assistant Stage Manager: Sherry Derry
Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
House Manager Coordinator: Ellen Landau
Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
Advertising and Graphic Design: Scotty Cherryholmes
Playbill Design: Heidi Dragon
Production Crew
Audition Crew: Amy Blackwell, Alan Cason, Julie Robinson & Don Smith Box Office: Patsy Clarke & Rebecca Werlin
House Managers: Lynn Freeman, Carol Friedlander, Ellen Landau, Bob Pollard & Judi Wilkinson
Light Hang/Focus: Carlette Bell, Barbara Biggs, Christina Cortell, Dan Eckert, Cathy Evans, Amanda Garcia, Joseph Heil, Melissa Holt, Shayna Martin, Alyssa Petrone & Elaine Petrone
Props Running Crew: Trisha Cohen (Co-Crew Chief), Bridget Van Dyke (Co-Crew Chief) & Sherry Derry
Public Relation Crew: Shirley Botkin, Scotty Cherryholmes, Patsy Clarke, Catherine Lambe, Carolyn LeRue, Martha Noyes, Stuart Wagner & David Watts
Set Construction Crew: Ben Berry, Keith Bugner, Alma Buljina, Nole Butzke, Christine Carcillo, Trisha Cohen, Ruth E. Connor, Dave Davis, Chris Eckert, Dan Eckert, Deanna Eckert, Drew Eglinton, Susan Ellison, Ani Goodenberger, Joseph Heil, Laura Heller, Rose Higgins, Todd Houseknecht, Jordan Joyner, Bill Kochuk, Jeff Kochuk, David Langmeyer, Jake McGoogan, Alyssa Petrone, David Petrone. Elaine Petrone, Sharon Pigott, John Price, Samantha Rich, Dick Shirk, Heather M. Stephens & Scott Wray