Two Christmas Shows For One
November 29 Through December 15
Directed by Courtney Flanagan Produced by Kristen Fogle
The Long Chrismas Dinner
By Thornton Wilder
Dramatic Comedy
The Long Christmas Dinner – nine decades long – showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family, and some of their Christmas dinners. Wilder breaks the boundaries of time as we measure it, and invites us to partake of “one long, happy Christmas dinner” – past, present, and future. As generations appear, have children, wither, and depart, only the audience appreciates what changes and what remains the same. “Every last twig is wrapped around with ice. You almost never see that,” young Genevieve marvels, not realizing that her mother made this observation years earlier, or that her daughter-in-law will one day do the same.
CAST(In order of appearance)
Gertrude (and other servants)............................................ CATHY MARLOWE
Lucia (wife to Roderick).................................... EMMA ROTELLA
Mother Bayard (mother to Roderick)............................................... AMY DELL
Roderick ......................................................................... ........JOE ZILVINSKIS
Cousin Brandon............................................................................TOM KILROY
Nurse....................................................................................YVONNE BELTZER
Charles (son to Roderick).........................................................JOHN SULPIZIO
Genevieve( sister to Charles)................................................JOANNE BRANCH
Leonora (wife to Charles)........................................ .......VICTORIA KENNEDY
Cousin Emmengarde.....................................................BONNIE DILLINGHAM
Sam (son to Leonora).................................................ADI CHANG(11/29-12/13)
Sam (son to Leonora)....................................IAN CUNNINGHAM(12/14,12/15)
Young Lucia (twin to Sam)........................................................EDIE MUELLER
Young Roderick( brother to Sam)...............................ADI CHANG(11/29-12/13)
Young Roderick( brother to Sam)...................IAN CUNNINGHAM(12/14,12/15)
A Childs Christmas in Wales
By Dylan Thomas
Adapted by Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell.
Drama
All your Christmases will live again in the magic of Dylan Thomas' poetic language. "I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or twelve days and twelve nights when I was six." Despite the fact that this is a Welsh Christmas and the music is also Welsh, Dylan Thomas has managed to universalize the very essence of Christmas as any child anywhere might perceive it. If the play has a plot it is the story of Christmas Day itself, from its quiet, magical beginning full of thrilling expectations to the end when the boy Dylan creeps up to the bed, replete with the joy of a perfect Christmas.
CAST (In order of appearance)
Dylan Thomas..................................................................................TOM KILROY
Young Dylan............................................................................ JOSH MANISON
With the ensemble playing many roles including:
Mrs. Prothero, Auntie Dosi.................................................... YVONNE BELTZER
Cat, Auntie Bessie ...................................................................JOANNE BRANCH
Fireman, Postman, Hale Young Man, Uncle.. ADI CHANG/IAN CUNNINGHAM
Polar Cat...............................................................................................AMY DELL
Fireman, Woman behind the door ...................................BONNIE DILLINGHAM
Cat, Jack ........................................................................... VICTORIA KENNEDY
Miss Prothero, Auntie Hannah ...............................................CATHY MARLOWE
Dan..............................................................................................EDIE MUELEER
Narrations..................................................................................EMMA ROTELLA
Mr. Prothero, Uncle, Hale Young Man.......................................JOHN SULPIZIO
Jim, Small Child, Cocky Boy......................................................LOGAN YOCKEY
Fireman, Uncle J ...................................................................... JOE ZILVINSKIS