1997
(scroll down the page for production details)

INTO THE WOODS (continuing)
COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW (LA TheatreWorks)
InterACTivity '97
InterPlay '97 "Mad, Sad, Glad, & Bad"
NEWCOMERS
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
MR. WILLIAMS AND MISS WOOD
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
HEART SQUALLS
• My Secretary
• Ménage à Trois
THE IRONY AND THE ECSTASY
A DELICATE BALANCE
THE NERD
SUFFICIENT CARBOHYDRATE
THE FATHER
DON JUAN IN HELL
BACKWOODS
HOW I SPENT MY LIFE'S VACATION
FEAR ITSELF
BACKGROUND MUSIC
SHADOW OF GUILT
THE SECRET ORDER
GENUINE MYTH
BURN THIS
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
TOBACCO ROAD
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
5TH ANNUAL NoHo ARTS FESTIVAL
HEART SQUALLS
• My Secretary
• Ménage à Trois
 THE VOICES OF TWAIN
TRUE CRIME
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

INTO THE WOODS
(CONTINUING)

for production details, see 1996

December 6, 1996 – March 23, 1997
88 Performances



An L. A. TheatreWorks Production
COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW
by Elmer Rice

Directed by John Rubinstein & Anita Khanzadian

A re-staging of the 1994 Interact production.

A live theatre presentation, recorded for eventual radio broadcast on National Public Radio.
Sponsored by LA TheatreWorks, Susan Loewenberg, producer.

April 30, May 1, 2, & 3, 1997
4 Performances at the DoubleTree Hotel in Santa Monica

THE CAST:
BESSIE GREEN (the receptionist)
Jane Lanier
HENRY SUSSKIND (the office boy)
Josh Adell
SARAH BECKER
Annie Abbott
A TALL MAN
Doug Ballard
A STOUT MAN (Mr. Moretti)
Eddie Jones
A POSTMAN
Gregory White
ZEDORAH CHAPMAN
Susan Hull
GOLDIE RINDSKOFF (a stenographer)
Betty Vaughan
CHARLES McFADDEN
James Gleason
JOHN P. TEDESCO
Tony Rizzoli
JOE (a bootblack)
Steven Hack
REGINA GORDON (George's private secretary)
Stacy Ray
HERBERT HOWARD WEINBERG
Alan Brooks
ARTHUR SANDLER (a law clerk)
Rafer Weigel
LILLIAN LARUE
Denise Bessette
AN ERRAND BOY
Victor Duran
ROY DARWIN
François Giroday
A MESSENGER
Freddy Otero
GEORGE SIMON
John Rubinstein
CORA SIMON (George's wife)
Leslie Hicks
A WOMAN (Mrs. Gardi)
Denise Bessette
LENA SIMON (George's mother)
Mary Carver
PETER J. MALONE (County Clerk)
Eddie Jones
RIGBY CRAYFIELD
Doug Ballard
JOHANN BREITSTEIN
Steven Hack
DAVID SIMON (George's brother)
Doug Ballard
HARRY BECKER
Josh Adell
RICHARD DWIGHT, jr. (Cora's son)
Mitchell Allen
DOROTHY DWIGHT (Cora's daughter)
Erika Pederson
FRANCIS CLARK BAIRD
Gregory White

Produced by Susan Loewenberg and Susan Raab
for L. A. TheatreWorks

 
InterACTivity '97
Fourth Annual Festival


May 31 - June 29, 1997
22 separate programs
37 Performances

Staged readings & performances of various projects sponsored by the membership and from the Play Development Lab.
Over 100 actors, directors, and writers participated or were represented.


project # 1:
INTERPLAY '97: "Mad, Sad, Glad, & Bad"
CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP

sponsored and directed by Sharon Madden

Saturday, May 31 & Sunday, June 1 at 12:30 pm

THE CAST:

Erika Abbott
Grace Ashford
Ania Bueso
Joshua Bueso
Casey Capoferri
Angelica Duran
Victor Duran
Claudio Estrada
Edward Estrada
K. C. Kat
Flannery Mays
Mykle McCoslin
Blair Monsour
McKenzie Monsour
Chris Nava
Maria Nava

project # 2:
NEWCOMERS

by Jed Wallace  

sponsored and Directed by Anita Khanzadian

Saturday, May 31 at 4:30 pm & Sunday, June 1 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Gregory White
DOCTOR / TIMMY / BILLY / PETE
Steven Hack
BRUCE WEIR
François Giroday
MOTHERSMOTHER / BARB / AUNT JESSE
Carol Mayo Jenkins
LEN / MR. FOO FOO
James Harper
JOAN
Amanda Carlin
 
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

project # 3:
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
by Joseph Kesserling

sponsored and Directed by Alan Brooks

Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 1 at 4:30 pm

THE CAST:
ABBY BREWSTER
Mary Carver
MARTHA BREWSTER
Eve Brenner
TEDDY BREWSTER
Greg White
REV. DR. HARPER
Robert Burr
POLICE OFFICER BROPHY
David Drew Gallagher
POLICE OFFICER KLEIN
Michael Weiner
ELAINE HARPER
Christina Saffran
MORTIMER BREWSTER
Matthew Ashford (Sat.), Steven Culp (Sun.)
MR. GIBBS
Louis Turenne
JONATHAN BREWSTER
Alan Brooks
DR. HERMAN EINSTEIN
Steven Hack
POLICE OFFICER O'HARA
Steven Gilborn
POLICE LIEUTENANT ROONEY
James Harper
MR. WITHERSPOON
Sandy Kenyon
STAGE DIRECTIONS
James Harper

project # 4:
MR. WILLIAMS AND MISS WOOD
a new play by Max Wilk

Directed by Carol Mayo Jenkins

Thursday, June 5 at 8:00 pm & Saturday, June 7 at 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Leon Russom
AUDREY WOOD
Mary Carver
   
Stage Manager
Christopher Shortell

project # 5:
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
from the novella by Henry James
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Directed by Cynthia Mace

Friday, June 6 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 8 at 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
GOVERNESS
Michele Farr
MAN
François Giroday

 
Scenic Artist
Lisa Hashimoto
Lighting Design
J. Kent Inasy
Stage Manager
Teresa Durant

project # 6:
HEART SQUALLS

Two short plays by Leigh Fortson
sponsored by James Harper

Directed by Alan Brooks

Saturday, June 7 at 4:30 pm & Sunday, June 8 at 8:00 pm

MY SECRETARY

THE CAST:
JOAN
Dorothy Brooks
DR. MEYERS
Christal Lockwood


MÉNAGE À TROIS

THE CAST:
JANE
Megan Zakar
DICK
Josh Adell


and

THE IRONY AND THE ECSTASY
by Annie Abbott


Directed by Joel Zwick
THE CAST:
THE VALEDICTORIAN, BECKY, MOLLY'S MOTHER, ANTOINETTE, THE DELI-KING'S WIFE, MIRIAM PRYCE, MUNYA, MUNIKA
Annie Abbott

Sound Operator
Teresa Durant
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

project # 7:
A DELICATE BALANCE
by Edward Albee

Directed by Judith Royer

Saturday, June 7 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 8 at 4:30 pm

THE CAST:

Nancy Boykin
Steven Gilborn
Carol Mayo Jenkins
Sharon Madden
Leon Russom
Stacy Ray

project # 8:
THE NERD
by Larry Shue

sponsored by Steven Hack and Christal Lockwood

Directed by Steven Hack

Thursday, June 12 at 8:00 pm & Saturday, June 14 at 4:30 pm

THE CAST:
WILLUM CUBBERT
Matthew Ashford
TANSY McGINNIS
Christal Lockwood
AXEL HAMMOND
Alan Brooks
WARNOCK WALDGRAVE
Paul Collins
CLELIA WALDGRAVE
Michele Farr
THOR WALDGRAVE
Matthew Weiss
RICK STEADMAN
Steven Hack
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Rachael Harris
ANSWERING MACHINE VOICES
Doug Ballard, Bill Tatum
 
Stage Manager
Christopher Shortell

project # 9:
SUFFICIENT CARBOHYDRATE
by Dennis Potter

Directed by Peter Levin

Friday, June 13 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 15 at 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
JACK BARKER
Paul Collins
ELIZABETH, his wife
Cordelia Richards
EDDIE VOSPER
Leon Russom
LUCY, his wife
Stacy Ray
CLAYTON, Eddie's son
Derek Stephen Prince
 
Assistant Stage Manager
Nat Whitten
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

project # 10:
THE FATHER
by August Strindberg
Translation by Harry G. Carlson
Directed by Stacy Ray

Thursday, June 14 at 1:00 pm & Sunday, June 15 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
CAPTAIN ADOLF
Leon Russom
PASTOR JONAS
François Giroday
SVAIRD
Matt Sullivan
CORPORAL NIELS
Don Fischer
LAURA
Carol Mayo Jenkins
DR. OSTERMARK
Dan Kern
MARGARET
Eve Brenner
BERTHA
Megan Zakar

Scenic Artist
Lisa Hashimoto
Lighting Design
J. Kent Inasy
Music Composed and Arranged by
Paul Cuneo
Stage Manager
Teresa Durant

project # 11:
DON JUAN IN HELL
by George Bernard Shaw
sponsored and Directed by Steven Gilborn
Saturday, June 14 at 1:00 pm & Sunday, June 15 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
DON JUAN TENORIO
François Giroday
DONA ANNA DE ULLOA
Carol Mayo Jenkins
THE COMMANDER OF CALATRAVA
Louis Turenne
THE DEVIL
James Harper

 
Stage Manager
Teresa Durant
Assistant Stage Manager
Christopher Shortell


project # 11: (Guest Writers Week)
BACKWOODS
by Jan Buttram

sponsored by Mary-Dixie Carter

Directed by Deborah La Vine and Denise Bessette

Tuesday, June 17 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Betty Vaughan
JENNY DOTRY
Mary-Dixie Carter
FERRETT DOTRY
Thomas Kopache
TROY SPENCE
Matthew Ashford
MOSE HAWKS
Louis Turenne

project # 13: (Guest Writers Week)
HOW I SPENT MY LIFE'S VACATION
by Rita Nachtmann
Directed by Susan Fenichell

Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Susan Hull
MARY MARGARET
Denise Bessette
SAMSON
Gerry McIntyre
VIVIAN
Christal Lockwood
DR. QUESTA
Julian Reyes
MICHAEL
Alan Brooks
MISS STICKLER
Eve Brenner
SAMSON
Robert Burr
SAMSON
Mary Carver
PROFESSOR FLOHR
Louis Turenne


project # 14: (Guest Writers Week)
FEAR ITSELF

by Eugene Lee

Thursday, June 19 at 8:00 pm

   
project #15: (Guest Writers Week)
BACKGROUND MUSIC
by Carol Chapman Galligan

Directed by Gideon Y. Schein

Friday, June 20 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
François Giroday
ANNIE LANGDON
Rachael Harris
ANNA LASKI
Carol Mayo Jenkins
JAKE LASKI
Zach Galligan
RUTH STERNBERG
Annie Abbott

project # 16: (Guest Writers Week)
SHADOW OF GUILT
by Lionel Lober

Directed by Paul Lazarus

Saturday, June 21 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
David Drew Gallagher
GEORGE BARKER
Paul Collins
YOUNG CONSTABLE
Rafer Weigel
DETECTIVE INSPECTOR LYLE
James Greene
DETECTIVE SERGEANT DALE
Randy Oglesby
CHIEF INSPECTOR FARRELL
Gregory White
EDWINA BARKER
Michele Farr
SERGEANT ADAMS
Don Fischer


project # 17: (Guest Writers Week)
THE SECRET ORDER

by Bob Clyman

Sunday, June 22 at 4:30 pm

project # 18: (Guest Writers Week)
GENUINE MYTH
by Ben Siegler

Directed by James Eckhouse

Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
TIM
Peter Zapp
FROGGY
Bill Fagerbakke
MOM
Mary Carver
STAGE DIRECTIONS
James Eckhouse

project # 19:
BURN THIS
by Lanford Wilson

sponsored by James Calvert

Directed by Joel Anderson

Thursday, June 26 at 8:00 pm & Saturday, June 28 at 4:30 pm

THE CAST:
ANNA
Jane Lanier
BURTON
Matthew Ashford
LARRY
James Calvert
PALE
Tony Rizzoli

 
Stage Manager
Debra Henri
Assistant Stage Manager
Nat Whitten

project # 20:
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Leon Russom

Friday, June 27 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 29 at 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
THE MOTHER
Carol Mayo Jenkins
HER SON
Josh Adell
HER DAUGHTER
Mary-Dixie Carter
THE GENTLEMAN CALLER
David Drew Gallagher

Stage Manager
Christopher Shortell
Sound
Nat Whitten

project # 21:
TOBACCO ROAD
by Jack Kirkland
from the novel by Erskine Caldwell

Directed by Alan Brooks

Saturday, June 28 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 29 at 4:30 pm

THE CAST:
JEETER LESTER
Dave Florek
DUDE LESTER
James Calvert
ADA LESTER
Nancy Boykin
ELLIE MAY LESTER
Sione Owen
LOV BENSEY
Alan Brooks
HENRY PEABODY
Randall Smoot
SISTER BESSIE RICE
Sharon Madden
PEARL
Rona Binenbaum
CAPTAIN TIM
Brett Moses
GEORGE PAYNE
Randall Smoot


project # 22:
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
by Sean O'Casey

Directed by Dan Kern

Saturday, June 28 at 1:00 pm & Sunday, June 29 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
MARY BOYLE
Sione Owen
JOHNNIE BOYLE
Mikael Salazar
JUNO
Nancy Boykin
JERRY DEVINE
Josh Adell
CAPT'N BOYLE
Leon Russom
JOXER DALEY
Dave Florek
CHARLES BENTHAM
Jon Lee
MASIE MADIGAN
Sharon Madden
NEEDLE NUGENT
Robert Burr
MRS. TANCRED
Mary Carver
NEIGHBOR
Christina Carlisi
MOBILIZER
Ray Beaudoin
IRREGULAR
Don Fischer
1st MOVER
Randall Smoot
2nd MOVER / COAL MAN
Nat Whitten
SEWING MACHINE MAN
Christopher Shortell

 
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

Other Project Sponsors:
Josh Adell, Matthew Ashford, Mary Carver, Paul Collins, Michele Farr, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Stacy Ray. Guest Writers Series put together by Joel Anderson, Denise Bessette, and others.


FOR INTERACTIVITY:

Original Scenic Design
Peter Zapp
Scenic Artist
Lisa Hashimoto
Lighting Design
J. Kent Inasy
Associate Producers
Alan Brooks, James Harper, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Leon Russom
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Production Stage Managers
Teresa Durant, Debra Henri, Christopher Shortell
 
Festival Produced by Joel Anderson
 
5th Annual NoHo Arts Festival

Performed at the interim American Renegade Theatre, at the corner of Lankershim Boulevard & Weddington Street.

June 7 & 8, 1997
2 Performances

a selection from INTERACTIVITY '97

HEART SQUALLS

Two short plays by Leigh Fortson

sponsored by James Harper

Directed by Alan Brooks

MY SECRETARY
THE CAST:
JOAN
Dorothy Brooks
DR. MEYERS
Christal Lockwood


MÉNAGE À TROIS

THE CAST:
JANE
Megan Zakar
DICK
Josh Adell

Produced for the NoHo Arts Festival by James Harper
 
THE VOICES OF TWAIN
by Mark Twain
Edited, structured for the stage, and additional dialogue
by Gregory White

Directed by Gregory White and Peter Zapp

(Workshop Production)

August 22, 23, & 24, 1997
3 Performances

THE CAST:

PUDDN'HEAD WILSON
Alan Brooks
TOWNLADY
Nancy Boykin
TOWNMAN ONE
James Gleason
TOWNMAN TWO
Gregory White
RIGHT & WRONG ARGUMENT
Steven Hack & Sandy Kenyon
HUCK FINN
Zack Graham
MISS WATSON
Marilyn McIntyre
YOUNG SAM CLEMANS
Josh Adell
MISSISSIPPI WATER MAN
Gregory White
MAN ONE (riverboatman)
Don Fischer
MAN FOUR (riverboatman)
Steven Hack
MAN FIVE (riverboatman)
James Harper
MAN TWO (riverboatman)
Dave Florek
MAN THREE (riverboatman)
James Gleason
JIM BLAINE
Gregory White
PAP FINN
James Harper
MR. BIXBY
Leon Russom
UNDERTAKER
Robert Burr
MRS. O'FLAHERTY
Nancy Boykin
JIM
Robert Wisdom
BAKER
Sandy Kenyon
SCOTTY BRIGGS
Dave Florek
MINISTER
Steven Hack
EVANGELINE McWILLIAMS
Marilyn McIntyre
MORTIMER McWILLIAMS
James Harper
NEIGHBOR ONE
Don Fischer
NEIGHBOR TWO
Nancy Boykin
OLD MAN (Dauphin)
Sandy Kenyon
YOUNG MAN (Duke)
James Gleason
INVALID
Robert Burr
EXPRESSMAN
Gregory White
STAGE DIRECTIONS & INTRODUCTION
Christal Lockwood

Lighting Design
Cheryl Waters
Sound Design
Tom Needell
Musical Director
John Rubinstein
Special Choreographic Assistance
Jane Lanier
Stage Managers
Nat Whitten and Alex Ohanesian

Produced by Gregory White
 

TRUE CRIME 
by Randall Smoot

Directed by Stacy Ray

(Workshop Production)

October 10 - 12, 1997
3 Performances

THE CAST:

Josh Adell
Nancy Boykin
Alan Brooks
Dave Fennoy
David Drew Gallagher
Christal Lockwood
Randall Smoot

Lighting Design

Cheryl Waters
Sound Design
James F. Dean
Original Music
Paul Cuneo
Movement / Fight Sequences
Kelly Devine
Associate Producers
Josh Adell, Dorothy Brooks,
Betty Vaughan, Megan Zakar
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

Produced by Christal Lockwood
 
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK 
by Sean O'Casey

Directed by Dan Kern

November 14, 1997 - March 22, 1998
62 Performances

THE CAST:
MARY BOYLE
Christina Carlisi
JOHNNY BOYLE
Josh Adell
JUNO BOYLE
Nancy Boykin
JERRY DEVINE
James Calvert
'CAPTAIN' JACK BOYLE
Leon Russom
JOXER DALEY
Dave Florek
A SEWING MACHINE MAN
Rendon Ramsey
A COAL VENDER
Duncan Mandel
CHARLES BENTHAM
Matt Sullivan
MRS. MASIE MADIGAN
Sharon Madden
MRS. TANCRED
Mary Carver
'NEEDLE' NUGENT
Lance Davis
AN IRREGULAR MOBILIZER
Ray Beaudoin
FURNITURE-REMOVAL MAN
Rendon Ramsey
SECOND FURNITURE-REMOVAL MAN
Duncan Mandel
THE IRREGULAR
Christian Campbell
FIRST NEIGHBOR
Debra Henri
SECOND NEIGHBOR
Katie Zerga
 
STANDBYS:
for JUNO - Christal Lockwood; for BOYLE and NUGENT - Jim Beaver; for JOXER - Lance Davis; for MARY - Rachel Griffin; for JOHNNY - Christian Campbell; for JERRY - Rendon Ramsey; for MAISIE MADIGAN - Carol Mayo Jenkins; for BENTHAM - Ray Beaudoin; for MRS. TANCRED - Eve Brenner; for IRREGULAR - Duncan Mandel; for SEWING MACHINE, COAL, and MOVING MEN - Andrew Villaverde
 

Set Design

Bradley Kaye
Lighting Design
Cheryl Waters
Costume Design
Alex Jaeger
Sound Design
Jeff Fairbanks
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Production Stage Manager
Debra Henri


Produced by Joel Anderson, Carol Mayo Jenkins, and Leon Russom

 

AWARDS:

L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards:

Director - DAN KERN
Leading Actress - NANCY BOYKIN
Scenic Design - BRADLEY KAYE
Drama-Logue Awards:

Performance - NANCY BOYKIN
Scenic Design - BRADLEY KAYE

NOMINATIONS:
L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards:

Production - INTERACT / JOEL ANDERSON, CAROL MAYO JENKINS, LEON RUSSOM
Featured Performance - CHRISTINA CARLISI