Seasons Past 2004
CRT Main Stage
The Foreigner
By Larry Shue
Directed by David McClendon
Winner of two Obie Awards and the Outer Critics
Circle Award, this comedy by the author of The
Nerd has been a smash hit wherever it has
played. Based on what the New York Post calls
a “devilishly clever idea”, it
plots the story of what can happen when a group
of devious characters must deal with
a strange man who (they think) knows no English.
(Rated G)
“I laughed start
to finish at one comic surprise after another” –THE
NEW YORKER
“Shue's comedy is positively antic, yet pleasantly
seasoned with a few dashes of sentimentality...He has
raided comedies storehouse...” –BERGEN
RECORD
| Director |
 |
David McClendon |
| Scenic Design |
|
Rob Morgan |
| Costume Design |
|
Linann Easley |
| Light Design |
|
Ryan Wentworth |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Nikki Heverly |
| Assistant Stage
Manager |
|
Teresa Wall |
Cast
| S/Sgt. “Froggy” Leseur |
|
Michael
Behrens* |
| Charlie
Baker |
|
Martin
Buchanan |
| Betty
Meeks |
|
Anne F.
Butler |
| Reverend
David Marshall Lee |
|
Chad Afanador |
| Catherine
Simms |
|
Diana
Dresser |
| Owen
Musser |
|
Matthew Berg |
| Ellard
Simms |
|
Mat
Hostetler* |
 |
|
*Member
of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional
Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States. |
CRT Main Stage
The Spitfire Grill
Music and Book by James
Valcq;
Lyric and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff
Directed by Maurice LaMee
Winner of the Richard Rogers Production
Award, this new musical has extraordinary
songs set to the compelling story of a young
woman trying to pick up the pieces of her
shattered past. The Spitfire Grill becomes
a celebration of the virtues of small town
life and the healing power of love and forgiveness.
(Rated PG)
“Soulful...The
amiable country-flavored tunes and lyrics
are rendered with the kind of conviction
and expertise that make them transcendent.
What in normal times would be a joy, is
in these troubled ones, sheer nourishment” –NEW
YORK MAGAZINE
“An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill!...Some
of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies
I've heard in an original musical in some time.” –USA
TODAY
“Rich and satisfying! Tender and touching...‘The
Spitfire Grill’ leaves you actually wanting a
second helping.” –BILLBOARD
| Director |
|
Maurice LaMee |
| Musical
Director |
|
Valerie Couch |
| Scenic Design |
|
Jeff Carey |
| Costume Design |
|
Tatjana Radisic |
| Light Design |
|
Ryan Wentworth |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Nikki Heverly |
| Assistant Stage
Manager |
|
Teresa Wall |
Cast
| Percy
Talbott |
|
Jessica
Jackson |
| Hannah
Ferguson |
|
Christy
Brandt |
| Shelby
Thorpe |
|
Jessica
Baron |
| Caleb
Thorpe |
|
Matthew Berg |
| Sheriff
Joe Sutter |
|
Mat
Hostetler* |
| Effy
Krayneck |
|
Peggy
Pharr Wilson* |
| The
Visitor |
|
Martin
Buchanan |
|
|
*Member
of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional
Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States. |
CRT Main Stage
Hay Fever
By Noel Coward
Directed by Louis Fantasia
It's the 1920s and the Bliss family is ultra-Bohemian.
Mother is a retired actress who makes a scene
out of everything and father is a novelist.
The daughter and son are handsome and ill-mannered.
Each has invited a guest for the weekend.
Get ready for a wild comic adventure as the
Bliss family lets loose!
(Rated PG)
“An evening
of intoxicating escape.” –NY
TIMES
“Light, luminous and charming...and hilariously
funny.” –NY POST
| Director |
|
Louis Fantasia |
| Scenic Design |
|
Rob Morgan |
| Costume Design |
|
Georgianna Londre |
| Light Design |
|
Ryan Wentworth |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Jim Mitchell* |
| Assistant Stage
Manager |
|
Teresa Wall |
Cast
| Sorel
Bliss |
|
Jessica
Jackson |
| Simon
Bliss |
|
Mat
Hostetler* |
| Clara |
|
Peggy
Pharr Wilson* |
| Judith
Bliss |
|
Trary
Maddalone |
| David
Bliss |
|
Bill
Lawrence |
| Sandy
Tyrell |
|
Michael
Behrens* |
| Myra
Arundel |
|
Diana
Dresser |
| Richard Greatham |
|
Chad Afanador |
| Jackie Coryton |
|
Jessica
Baron |
|
|
*Member of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional
Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States. |
CRT Black Box Theatre
The Quick-Change Room: Scenes from a Revolution
By Nagle Jackson
Directed by Cynthia Levin
Set against the crumbling of the Soviet Union, The
Quick-Change Room is the comedic metaphor
for the rapid transformation from communism to
free-market capitalism. Nina, the daughter of
the wardrobe mistress for the venerable Kuzlov
Theatre in St. Petersburg, has been cast as Irina
in a revival of Chekhov's The Three Sisters.
Using her considerable talents—theatrical
and otherwise—she persuades management
that what Chehkov's play needs in the New Russia
is “music...some songs...maybe even some
dances.” Chekhov's masterpiece becomes,
for marketing purposes, an American style musical
titled O My Sister!.
(Rated R)
“As deeply provocative
as it is ferociously funny, ‘The Quick-Change
Room’ lights up the stage with a tumble
of ideas, expressive high energy and flawless
character work.” –THE DENVER
POST
“Though his subject is very serious, Jackson
keeps the tone of his play almost frothy. He deftly
parodies American musical-comedy convention, skewering
the banalities of the form without losing his own artful
balance. His handling of the absurdities of greed never
goes too far—and he keeps you laughing.” –WESTWORD
| Director |
|
Cynthia Levin |
| Scenic Design |
|
Ryan Wentworth |
| Costume Design |
|
Georgianna Londre |
| Light Design |
|
Jeff Cady |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Jim Mitchell* |
| Assistant Stage
Manager |
|
Nikki Heverly |
Cast
| Nina |
|
Jessica
Jackson |
| Marya |
|
Peggy
Pharr Wilson* |
| Sergey |
|
Michael
Behrens* |
| Lena |
|
Wendy Wilde* |
| Nikolai |
|
Matthew Berg |
| Ludmilla |
|
Christy
Brandt |
| Sasha |
|
Mat
Hostetler* |
| Boris |
|
Bill
Lawrence |
| Timofey |
|
Martin
Buchanan |
| Anna |
|
Trary
Maddalone |
|
|
*Member
of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional
Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States. |
Musical: CRT Black Box Theatre
Ladder to the Moon
By Charlie Oates & Rakaia
Keefe-Oates
Directed by Charlie Oates
A cranky, mysterious woman takes a young neighbor
girl on a wild journey into and through the paintings
of American Master Georgia O'Keeffe. Along the
way, the girl discovers how to put her family troubles
aside and be an artist in her own right. The mysterious
woman, who might just be O'Keeffe herself, learns
her own lessons in patience, generosity and in
the value of her own work. Ladder to the Moon will
be a fully-produced family show in our Black Box
theatre.
(Rated G)
| Director |
|
Charlie Oates |
| Scenic Design |
|
Victoria Petrovich |
| Costume Design |
|
Tatjana Radisic |
| Light Design |
|
Jeff Cady |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Teresa Wall |
Cast
| Girl/Poor
Girl |
|
Rakaia
Keefe-Oates |
| Georgia O'Keeffe |
|
Anne F. Butler |
| Mom/Flower/Rich |
|
Jessica
Baron |
| Lady/Another
Girl |
|
|
| Illiterate
Man/Rude |
|
Chad
Afanador |
| Woman/Therapist |
|
|
| Someone/Figure |
|
|
CRT Black Box Theatre
The
Cripple of Inishmaan
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Francis J. Cullinan
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland
in 1934, The Cripple of Inishmaan is a
strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish
storytelling. As word arrives on Inishmaan that
a Hollywood film crew is coming to the neighboring
island of Inishmore, the one person who wants to
be in the film more than anybody is young Cripple
Billy, if only to break away from the tedium of
his daily life.
(Rated R)
“McDonagh's... comic
talent appears unlimited, and he also has a way...of
mixing up his humor with a touch of the poet
and a profound sense of tragedy dangerously lurking
on comedy's untidy fringe.”
–NY POST
“...McDonagh's storytelling style...has the clarity
and power of fable.” –THE NEW YORKER
“Mr. McDonagh has again created characters for
whom the line between cruelty and kindness is slender...the
script features some unsettlingly surprising demonstrations
of both affection and aggression.” –NY
TIMES
| Director |
|
Francis J. Cullinan |
| Scenic Design |
|
Andris Krumkains |
| Costume Design |
|
Georgianna Londre |
| Light Design |
|
Ryan Wentworth |
| Propmaster |
|
Bonnie Franks |
| Sound Design |
|
Tristan Wilson |
| Stage Manager |
|
Tomer Zvulul |
| Assistant Stage
Manager |
|
Nikki Haverly |
| Production
Assistant |
|
Molly Carden |
| Dialects |
|
Patricia Reddin &
John McDonough |
Cast
| Kate |
|
Christy
Brandt |
| Eileen |
|
Peggy
Pharr Wilson* |
| Johnnypateenmike |
|
Bill Kuhlke |
| Cripple
Billy |
|
Michael
Bouchard |
| Bartley |
|
Mat
Hostetler* |
| Helen |
|
Jessica
Jackson |
| Babbybobby |
|
Matthew Berg |
| Doctor McSharry |
|
Martin
Buchanan |
| Mammy |
|
Anne F.
Butler |
|
|
*Member
of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional
Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States. |
