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The Players Club of Swarthmore
'05-'06
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Schoolhouse Rock Live! Misery Annie Get Your Gun Reckless My Cousin Rachel The Chosen Nunsense 2

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

Audience Advisory: Because of its language and subject matter, Misery may not be appropriate for pre-teen audiences.

CAST

Paul Sheldon
Michael Hagan
Annie Wilkes
Gerre Garrett

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.

Photos above by Charles Seymour, Jr. Headshots below by James B. Reese.

Gerre Garrett
Michael Hagan

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.)

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.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director
Jim Carroll
Sound Design
Dennis Bloh, Davida Weiler-Stone
Assistant Director
Allan Goodman
Sound Operator
Davida Weiler-Stone
Producer
Jill LeMin Lee
Props Design
Catherine Whalen, Ellen Wallace
Stage Managers
Ryan Stone, Catherine Whalen
Specialty Props
Christine Howze, Lee Greenwood
Lighting Design
Bruce Nutting
Costume Design
Reba Ferdman, Dot Kowal
Light Board Op.
Bill Bloom
Set Design/Master Carpenter
Joe Southard