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January 10, 2013 7PM Berkshire Athenaeum |
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Smudge |
by Rachel Axler Director: Michael P. Murphy Cast : Denise Roller Dana Grieb Ryan Cavenaugh Matthew Barbas |
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The play is a dark comedy about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love
and cheesecake, as a hopeful young couple gives birth to a smudge. |
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November 25, 2012 2PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
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Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music |
by Lee Blessing Director: Bev Krol Cast : Nancy Schaffer Meaghan Rogers Vince Doyle Scott Luscier Todd Hamilton Jaime Sayers Music performed by Tom Gardner |
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Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music
is a sharply drawn and very funny play about
the personal heartache and public eccentricities
of two women living over a good old boy bar
in Houston Texas. Opening the show by singing some good country music will be members of the cast plus Tom Gardner |
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September 28, 2012 2PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
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Sorry, Wrong Number |
by Lucille Fletcher Director: Michael P. Murphy Cast : Melanie Rivers - Mrs. Stevenson Denis Guyer - Sgt. Duffy Vincent Doyle - The Narrator Scott Luscier - First Man Jill Wanderman - Phone Operators Wanderman, Doyle and Luscier will read multiple parts in the production |
| Sorry, Wrong Number was originally a half-hour radio script aired on the Suspense radio program. The main character is Leona Stevenson, the spoiled, bedridden daughter of a millionaire. The telephone is her sole connection with the outside world. One day, while listening to what seems to be a crossed phone connection, she eavesdrops on two men planning a woman's murder. Leona calls the phone company and police, only to be ignored. Adding to Leona's dilemma is the fact that her husband Henry is missing. | ||
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September 23, 2012 2PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
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What's Wrong With This Picture? |
By Donald Margulies Director: Deirdre Flynn Sullivan Cast : Vincent Doyle Scott Luscier Roberta Klein Jeff Herman Cindy Gutter Kristine Waterman |
| The play is about a Jewish family in Brooklyn sitting shiva, mourning for the mother who has tragically died. The plot takes a dramatic turn when the mother appears as a ghost. She has come back to see her family and take care of some unfinished business unfinished business. | ||
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August 26, 2012 3PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
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Crossing the Line = Ardhiâ's Revenge |
By Jamuna Yvette Sirker Director: Meredith McMillan Cast : Haley Barbieri Peter Podo Marion Cimini Todd Hamilton Jill Wanderman Lisa Avery Denise Roller. |
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In Crossing the Line, the Anderson Family gathers for supper while a disaster of
epic proportions unfolds outside their dining room window. Facing certain death,
they eat, drink and dance, voice previously guarded secrets, acknowledge bonds
they took for granted and celebrate the end of every day annoyances. Ardhiâ's Revenge, takes place in the master bedroom of Mr. & Mrs. Baine Jones. Baine, the retired CEO of an unnamed oil company, knows he will never face legal prosecution for his crimes against the planet and humanity. With his jaded and drunk wife, they pack for evacuation from a New England nuclear meltdown while awaiting assistance from their handy man, Ardhi, who has secretly devised his own form of justice.ť |
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July 22, 2012 4PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
= Defiled: Or, the Convenience of a Short-Haired Dog |
by Lee Kalcheim directed by Michael P. Murphy Cast : Michael P. Murphy Susan Murphy Denise Roller Sam Slack |
| A nerdy, technophobic librarian, clutching in his hands the detonator that will obliterate the library if his beloved card catalog is carted away, is pitted against a harried police negotiator in this fast-paced debate on society’s obsession with computers. | ||
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July 19, 2012 Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
= Lives of the Great Waitresses |
By Nina Shengold Director: Denise Roller Cast: Jill Wanderman - Yetta Laura Gardner - Tammi Sue Nancy Schaffer - Kay Tom Gardner - the Narrator |
| In this short, one-act comedy we meet four waitresses working in a greasy spoon. Each shares her knowledge, experience and wisdom about life. Each is great in her own way. Whether you have had the opportunity to meet one of these waitresses in a visit to a diner some time in your life or not, you will relate and you will laugh. | ||
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June 21, 2012 5PM and 7PM Lichtenstein Center for the Arts |
= The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden |
By Thornton Wilder director : Melanie Rivers Cast : Matt Barbas Deborah Herman Jon Marks Meredith McMillan Denise Roller |
| In this short Wilder play, which takes place in 1930's America, we join a lower-middle class family as they venture on an automobile trip to visit their married daughter in Camden, NJ . Through the banter, laughter and shared memories, they and we experience joy and sadness along the way. Although it may seem like nothing much of importance happens, in reality, everything important happens. | ||
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