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Directed
by James
Carroll
Performances:
October
19, 20, 21, 22, 2006
October 26, 27, 28, 29, 2006
November 2, 3, 4, 2006
Thurs.,
Fri., and Sat. performances are at 8:00 PM
Sun. matinees are at 2:00 PM
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Audience
Advisory: Because of its language and subject matter,
Misery may not be appropriate for pre-teen audiences.
CAST
Paul
Sheldon |
Michael
Hagan
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Annie
Wilkes |
Gerre
Garrett
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Popular
romance novelist Paul Sheldon retires each winter
to Colorado to write another work featuring heroine
Misery Chastain. Driving while inebriated, he loses
control of his car. He regains consciousness in a
filthy, dilapidated farmhouse that is cut off from
the outside world by a blizzard.
Annie,
the schizophrenic occupant, is his number one fan
and she insists she will nurse him. His legs are crushed
and he is virtually a prisoner dependent on her for
pain relief. She discovers that his new book is not
about Misery and she forces him to destroy it and
write another.
Thus
begins Paul's descent into a living hell of pain,
humiliation and degradation. Like Scheherazade, he
must write a new chapter every day to stay alive.
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Photos
above by Charles Seymour, Jr. Headshots below by James B.
Reese.
Gerre
Garrett
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Michael
Hagan
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Gerre
Garrett is delighted to return to PCS and especially
pleased to torture Mike Hagan again. She holds
an MA in Theatre from Villanova University and
is a creative dramatics specialist. She has created
and/or implemented a myriad of drama courses for
Philadelphia theatres, classrooms, summer camps
and after-school programs. She has directed productions
ranging from Thornton Wilder's Our Town
with a cast of 30 middle school students to the
Philadelphia premier of Dan Butler's one-man show
The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me.
In addition to her work as a Teaching Artist for
Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Gerre has been
an adjunct instructor at Drexel, Widener, Villanova
and Cabrini College. She writes and performs for
Philly's premier sketch comedy troupe, The Waitstaff
(www.thewaitstaff.com .) Her voice is heard locally
in industrial films and commercials, and nationally
on two television series for the Discovery Network.
In February, Gerre will direct an original one-man
show entitled The Wedding Consultant written
and performed by Eric Singel and produced by Vagabond
Acting Troupe. (http://hometown.aol.com/inthelime/vagabond.html.
Other acting credits include, Dancing at Lughnasa,
Requiem for a Heavyweight, Sparkle: The
Musical and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest (where she played Nurse Ratched to Mike
Hagan's McMurphy.)
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Mike
is delighted to be back on the main stage at PCS.
His last outing here was also as a troubled writer
in The Cocktail Hour. Mike has appeared
in many regional and local theaters. His favorite
roles include George Milton, Of Mice and Men
[Ritz Theater], John, The Cocktail Hour
[PCS] ,Bob, Swimming in the Shallows [Phila.
Theater Workshop], Man Shooting Gallery
[Phila. Fringe], and RP McMurphy [Ritz Theater,
Arts Bank]. Mike also does film and TV work. He
was recently seen in Countdown to Ground Zero
on the History Channel. Mike would like to
thank Jim for this opportunity . He is also excited
to be working with Gerre Garrett again.
"My
Nurse Ratched is tormenting me again. Maybe this
time I will get the last laugh." Mike
lives and works in Havertown and sends love and
thanks to MB and the kids for their patience and
support.
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PRODUCTION
STAFF
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Director |
Jim
Carroll
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Sound
Design |
Dennis
Bloh, Davida Weiler-Stone
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Assistant
Director |
Allan
Goodman
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Sound
Operator |
Davida
Weiler-Stone
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Producer |
Jill
LeMin Lee
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Props
Design |
Catherine
Whalen, Ellen Wallace
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Stage
Managers |
Ryan
Stone, Catherine Whalen
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Specialty
Props |
Christine
Howze, Lee Greenwood
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Lighting
Design |
Bruce
Nutting
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Costume
Design |
Reba
Ferdman, Dot Kowal
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Light
Board Op.
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Bill
Bloom
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Set
Design/Master Carpenter
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Joe
Southard
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