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Second
Stage Season
2006 - 2007
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READER'S
SERIES
Admission
for Readers
Series - $ 4.00
Language of
Angels
by Naomi Iizuka
directed by Lisa Eckley Cocchiarale
October 13, 14,
2006
An eerie cycle
of ghost stories, set in the cave country of North Carolina.
After a young girl is lost in a cave on the edge of town,
there is a Rashomon-like investigation of her disappearance
and the fate of those who survive her.
For
mature audiences, probably not appropriate for audience
members under age 14
Cast:
Seth-Jim Reese
Kendra-Annette Brandolini
Celie-Rachel Tisera
Allison-Miriam Barnett Boland
Michael-Dave Campbell
Danielle-Natasha Kelly
JB-Brian Boland
Billy-Matt Ellis
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The Champagne Charlie Stakes
by Bruce Graham
directed by Loretta LaCasse Wehbe
Stage Manager: Eric Carr
March 9, 10,
2007
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CAST
[in order of appearance]
MARY...............Jeanne
Bruno
MARY LEE........Doris French
JACKIE.............Brian Boland
CHARLIE......... Orville French
PAUL... .............Mike Mayer
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It's a very
special day at the racetrack, where "Champagne"
Charlie, a race-track regular, has had a race named in
his honor. A dreamer and teller of tall tales, Charlie
is accompanied by his wife of fifty-three years, Mary
Lee, an incurable romantic, who still finds Charlie very
attractive. They are accompanied by Jackie, a family friend
and race track bookie, and their daughter, Mary, a divorced
high-school drama teacher, and the realist in the family,
who has nervously invited along her long-time boyfriend,
Paul, to finally meet her parents. Since this is such
a special day, Charlie conspires with Jackie to place
the bet of his life - his entire meager savings ("the
whole she-bang") - on a long-shot hunch. Mary strenuously
objects until Mary Lee tells her that Charlie is ill,
and this will be his last season at the track, and she
wants this day to be the most wonderful day of his life.
Mary relents, the race is run and Charlie loses everything.
Jackie, guilt ridden, tries to return the money, but Mary
Lee will not hear of it. If Charlie wants to tell the
tale of the "whole she-bang," he can't keep
the money, so Mary disposes of it in her own way. Charlie,
disappointed, apologizes to Mary Lee; just once in his
life he wanted to give her things and do something grand
for her. She assures Charlie that, for fifty-three years,
he's done just fine.
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CHALLENGE SERIES
Admission
for Challenge
Series - $ 8.00
Transit
by Kait Kerrigan
directed by Paul Kerrigan
November 17,
18, 24, 25, 2006
Transit
by Kait Kerrigan is a mystery wrapped in a love story
infused with the tensions of terrorism, mass transit,
mass media run amok, and mental illness at home. Ant,
a trainman, meets a mysterious lone woman on Valentine's
day, a day when tragedy has struck America in a number
of its major cities. Local reporter Leslie covers the
traffic news in a small American city. In this world premiere
directed by PCS veteran director Paul Kerrigan, Transit
puts a human face on the horrors of terrorism and the
media's hunger for up-to-the-minute coverage of personal
tragedy, a.k.a. "news." You may rethink who
the villains and heroes are. Join us and the company for
what will prove to be a lively post-show discussion of
Transit.
Cast:
Channing
Benson -- Lori-Nan Engler -- Brad Gallagher -- Niita Mehta
-- Leslie Norton -- Joe Southard
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ABOUT
THE PLAYWRIGHT
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Kait
Kerrigan's musical Henry and Mudge, written with composer
Brian Lowdermilk, will premiere off-Broadway this season at
the Lucille Lortel Theatre. In 2006, Kerrigan won a Jonathan
Larson Award for musical theatre writing, and her play Imaginary
Love was a finalist for the 2006 Princess Grace Award
in Playwriting. She was a 2004 Jonathan Larson Fellow at the
Dramatists Guild. Other work includes the play Her Old
Possessions (workshop at Columbia University) - and musicals
- The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown (workshop
at Manhattan Theatre Club), Wrong Number (2005 New
York Musical Theatre Festival), and The Woman Upstairs
(2004 NYMF) all written with composer Brian Lowdermilk. A
Pennsylvania native, Kerrigan is a graduate of Barnard College
and a member of ASCAP, BMI, and the Dramatists Guild.
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A Cry of Players
by William Gibson
directed by Miriam Barnett Boland
April 13, 14,
20, 21, 2007
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Shakespeare's
life as a young man in Stratford. Since only fragments of
the poet's life are actually known, A Cry of Players
is Gibson's fictionalized creation, perhaps based on published
conjecture. The point is, it provides superb theatre. Gibson
presents young Will as the high-spirited, strong-willed, responsible
husband of the eight-years-older Anne and father of the moppet
Susanna and recently born twins. Despite his love for his
wife, he was a dallier with the town tarts, a carefree worker
at his father's trade and an occasional companion of poachers
on the local estates. But when a troupe of itinerant actors
arrived and he heard the flowery poetry of the stage, it was
the siren candry of players in his ears, and he determined
to be himself thereafter, even though it meant life away from
home, family, comfort security. None of this is explicitly
about Shakespeare or Stratford - neither name is used, although
the characters are called Will and Anne. There is no real
attempt to disguise the identity of the callow, impulsive
flowery-languaged young man with an articulate, impudent tongue.
The audience can lend itself to a rousing tale involving vivid,
believable characters in a provocative, basic situation and
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CAST
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| Meg |
BARBARA BIBBY
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Roche |
JAMES K. HULME
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| Old
John |
BRIAN BOLAND
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Gilbert |
TIM OSKIN
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| Pope |
DAVID CAMPBELL
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Berry |
MICHAEL OSTROFF
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| Richards |
BRIAN BOLAND
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Susanna |
ERIN PLAMONDON
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| Anne |
LORI-NAN ENGLER
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Kemp |
BRYAN RAMONA
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| Hodges |
RAY ENGLER
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Sir
Thomas |
JACK ROE
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Ned
/Understudy to Will
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DAVE FELDMANN
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Heming |
TIMOTHY W. SMYTH
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| Fulk |
JIM FRYER
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Sandells |
AL THEM
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| Will |
BRAD GALLAGHER
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Arthur |
PAUL THEM
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| Jenny |
MICHELLE GREENE
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Lautist/Flautist |
ARNOLD GESSEL
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| Townspeople |
ELIZABETH DOVE,
NAYAB HUSSAIN, MIKE MYERS, MEGAN PLAMONDON, RICHARD
SCOCCA, ELAINE STRELECKI, JEAN THORNE
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| Town Children |
SADIE ENGLER, WILL ENGLER
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CABARETS
Admission
for Full
Evening Cabaret - $ 8.00
October 7,
2006
Cabaret #1
February 3,
2007
Cabaret #2
May 19, 2007
Cabaret #3
June 16, 2007
Cabaret #4
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PLAY
READING SERIES
Admission
for Play
Reading - $ 1.00, except where noted
For
more information about the Play Reading series contact
the coordinator, Ellen Wilson Dilks, at playwrights@pcstheater.org
Actors, Directors and Playwrights interested in participating
in the readings can also contact Ellen at the above e-mail
address. Newcomers are encouraged to join in!
September 20,
2006
STRING OF PEARLS
by Michele Lowe, directed by Ellen Wilson Dilks.
A "Pay-What-You-Will" fundraiser for the American
Cancer Society. 4 actresses portray almost 40 characters
in a "dramedy" that traces a string of pearls
as it passes through several women's lives. Contains Adult
content and language.
October 25, 2006
SNAP
by Philadelphia playwright/actor John O'Hara, directed
by Dennis Bloh.
A series of warm, funny and touching vignettes about life,
love, death, sex and family. Beautifully written and thought-provoking.
Contains Adult content and language.
November 29,
2006
IN THE GLOAMING
by Eric Humble, director to be announced.
CANCELLED
December 20,
2006
Holiday Story Time.
We'd like to share some favorite Christmas and Channukah
stories with you and your family!! Let us know your suggestions
for classics--old and new--you'd like to hear.
January 24,
2007
Play Reading #5
February 21, 2007
Play Reading #6
March 21, 2007
Out of Ignorance
a new play by Peter Langman
A Holocaust survivor teaches a young skinhead about life.
Talkback afterwards with the playwright.
April 18, 2007
Play Reading #8
May 23, 2007
Play Reading #9
June 20, 2007
Play Reading #10
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