By Neil Simon
On Our Stage in Our 90th Season
Audition Dates: January 15 and 16, 2018
Performance Dates: March 9-11, 16-18, and 23-25, 2018
Produced in Cooperation with Samuel French, Inc.
The Show
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize! Bella is thirty-five years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. Ne’er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady’s doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.
The Crew
Director: Kim Donovan
Assistant Director: Diane Cliff
Producer: Tim Carney
Stage Manager: Kristen Campbell
Set Design: Kim Donovan assisted by David Wood
Light Design: Dave Reynolds II, Chris Boudreau, and Hedi Gabel
Sound Design: Dave Kanclerz and Chris Boudreau
Set Construction & Painting: Chris Boudreau, Steve Gautreau, David James, Kim Donovan, Dave Kanclerz, Gordon Mosely, John Sczomak, Anita Stinson, Richard Moore, and David Wood
Hair & Make-Up: Kim Donovan, Julie Ballantyne Brown, and Jeff Bartos assisted by the cast
Costumes: Mary Calder, Karen Drugacz, Inez Hernandes, and Anita Stinson
Properties: Rebecca Hermen, Diane Cliff, Chris Boudreau, Sue Delosier, Nate Hermen, and Garrett Hermen
Publicity: Brian Townsend, Sue Suchyta, Melissa Foster, Mike Moseley, Tom Sparrow, Jeff Bartos, Deb Kales, Jim Kirwan, Paul Bruce, David James, Victor Hydel, Steve Gautreau, Kurtys Hipkins, David Wood, Dave Kanclerz, Amy Moore, Justine Moore, Lois Sczomak, and John Sczomak
Social Media: Kori Bielaniec
Website: Tom Sparrow
Postcard Mailing: Brian Townsend, Sue Suchyta, Melissa Foster, Mike Moseley, Tom Sparrow, Jeff Bartos, Deb Kales, Jim Kirwan, Paul Bruce, David James, Victor Hydel, Steve Gautreau, Kurtys Hipkins, David Wood, Dave Kanclerz, Amy Moore, Justine Moore, Lois Sczomak, and John Sczomak
Programs: Kori Bielaniec, Scott Rider, Sue Suchyta, and Megan Lizbinski
Tickets: Tracey Boudreau, Lois Sczomak, Megan Lizbinski, and Julie Sparrow
AfterGlow: Camille Smith, Kaela Green, and Members of the Guild
Cast and Crew: Tim Carney
50/50 and Intermission: Frann Stempek and the Ways and Means Committee
Ushers: Steve Gautreau and Matt Ripper assisted by Members of the Guild
Original Cover Artwork: Brian Townsend
The Cast
Jacob (Jay) Kurnitz – Nate Hermen
Arthur (Arty) Kurnitz – Forrest Gabel
Bella Kurnitz – Maria McEmeel
Grandma Kurnitz – Sue DeLosier
Louie Kurnitz – Marc Rosati
Eddie Kurnitz – Mark Nathanson
Aunt Gert – Julie Ballantyne Brown