This coming-of-age tale, set in WWII, strikes a perfect balance between comedy and tragedy. The play’s strength lies in its larger view of how human differences, pain and lots of humor go into the making of a family. It’s an ageless and universal theme which Neil Simon pursued with great dramatic insight to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1991 Tony Award for Best Play.
August 7 – 23, 2009
RLT Sutton Main Stage Theatre
By Neil Simon
Directed by Haskell Fitz-Simons
View the photos by Stuart Wagner
Cast
Jay: Christian Phipps
Arty: Nate Sepic
Eddie: Larry Evans
Bella: Susannah Hough
Grandma Kurnitz: Patsy Clarke
Louie: David Klionsky
Gert: Ann Forsthoefel
Production Team
Director: Haskell Fitz-Simons
Scenic Designer: Jim Zervas
Costume Designer: Vicki Olson
Lighting Designer: Rick Young
Sound Designer: Haskell Fitz-Simons
Prop Master: Ann Marie C.J. Crosmun
Hair Designer: Benjamin Butler
Technical Director: Jim Zervas
Sound Engineer: Becca Easley
Production Assistant: John T. “Jack” Hall
Stage Manager: Dan Eckert
Assistant Stage Manager: Jeff Eckert
Assistant to Director: Martie Todd Sirois
Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
House Manager Coordinator: Leon Sabarsky
Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
Concession Coordinator: G. Paul Slovensky
Advertising and Graphic Design: Cross + Associates and Scotty Cherryholmes
Playbill Design: Heidi Dragon
Production Crews
Audition Crew: Marie Berry, Amy Blackwell, Amy Crum, Elaine Petrone & Julie Robinson
Box Office: Janet Bodell, Patsy Clarke & Dominique Hill
Costume Shop Crew: Mary Ali, Barbara Biggs, Christa Boyd, Jenny Butler, Amanda Hassebrock, Ann Housel, Jhonny Izza, Susan Kimmel, Catherine Lambe, Wayne Olson, Anna Rains, Debbie Sherrod, Jean Wilkinson, Judy Wray & Scott Wray
Costume Running Crew: Amy Blackwell (Crew Chief), Marie Berry. Lauren Hillen, Catherine Lambe, Julie Lanier, Elaine Petrone, Julie Robinson, Pat Shackleton & Tatyana Stemkovski
House Managers: Keith Bugner, Deanna Eckert, Carol Friedlander, Kathleen Rudolph, Leon Sabarsky & Judi Wilkinson
Light Crew: Jeff Eckert (Crew Chief), Barbara Corbin, Kirsten Ehlert, Anna Rains & David Wilk
Light Hang/Focus: Sasha Anistratova, Jeff Cheek, Chris Eckert, Jeff Eckert, Todd Houseknecht, Andrew Parks, Alyssa Petrone & Tommy Tallis
Props Running Crew: Jeff Cheek (Crew Chief), Jim Bates, Denee’ Black, Katie Huffman, Howard Kushner, Amanda Inderbitzen & Michael Teleoglou
Public Relation Crew: Shirley Botkin, Scotty Cherryholmes, Patsy Clarke, Catherine Lambe, Carolyn LeRue, Martha Noyes, Gillian Singleton, Stuart Wagner & David Watts
Set Construction Crew: Nikita Anistratova, Sasha Anistratova, Tucker Bullock, Noel Butzke, Jeff Cheek, Timothy Corbett, Dave Davis, Becca Easley, Chris Eckert, Dan Eckert, Deanna Eckert, Jeff Eckert, Larry Evans, Ann Forsthoefel, Cliff Hamilton, Joseph Heil, Susannah Hough, Todd Houseknecht, Bill Kochuk, Jeff Kochuk, David Langmeyer, Bob McGoogan, Jake McGoogan, Mitchell Morris, Alyssa Petrone, Elaine Petrone, Christian Phipps, Anna Rains, Mike Selna, Dick Shirk, G. Paul Slovensky, Gail G. Smith, Tommy Tallis, Jacob Timmons, Hassan Washington, Dave Wray & Scott Wray
Sound Crew: Chris Eckert (Crew Chief), Sasha Anistratova, Jake McGoogan & Anna Rains