The Very Little Theatre, Eugene, Oregon
VLT 81st Season

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July 27, 2012

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Directed by Suzanne Shapiro
May 30 - June 14, 2003


This comedy about marriage, fidelity, adulterous longings, existential panic and the theatre takes place in Leonard and Dinah's up state New York Greek revival farmhouse where slow moving disintegration is at work. Rooms are drifting into each other and trees and saplings have taken root indoors. Leonard is an actor who hasn't worked in eleven years; Dinah is an overworked costume designer who can't dress herself. They have invited their new neighbors, an overworked editor who delights in reciting nursery rhymes and his beautiful movie startet wife, for dinner. Things explode when a friend who is a successful movie director, drops in. Old memories stir and new passions kindle as vegetables and Dinah's costumes fly.

"Rich, gorgeous and compelling. It is about such good things as love, art, acting and survival, magic and marriage, nursery tales and ghost stories.... This is an exquisite, funny play."
N.Y. Post

"A mad hatter blowout."
Newsday

"Howe creates a high wire act of verbal and visual images.... This is high comedy."
Theatre Week

Cast List

 

Production Staff

Leonard

Lloyd Brass

Dinah

Darcy Guhl

Clio

Jessica Haverly

Tate

Alex Elkin

Parker

Steve Mandell

 

Director

Suzanne Shapiro

Assistant Director

Alan Aldrich

Stage Manager

Alan Aldrich

Production Assistant

Helen Parker

Set Design

David Sherman

Set Construction

Carl Keller
Bill Dingle
Ron Skoty

Lighting Design

David Sherman

Light Operator

Bob Carlson

Sound Design

Marc Shapiro

Sound Operator

Carly Bodnar

Costumers

Melina Neal
Twilo Scofield

Costume Crew

Lee Ann Wiley
Jane Fruin
Sharon Wetterling
Carly Bodnar

Makeup and Hair

Claudia Liontos

Properties

Darlene Moyer
Laura Elkins
Wayne Fernandez
Sarah Furtick

Technical Director

Marc Shapiro

Production Manager

David Sherman

Publicity and Programs

Scott Barkhurst
Jim Curtiss

Production Photography

Cliff Coles

Usher Coordinators

Judi Johnson

Box Office Manager

Judi Johnson

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