MAY 8 – JUNE 2, 2019
THE EXPLORERS CLUB
By Nell Benjamin
Directed by Art Manke
It’s 1879, in London. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is legendary as the worst in town. Phyllida, the female candidate in question, is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but letting a woman into the Club could shake the very foundation of the British Empire. And how do you make such a decision without a decent drink? Get ready for this mad cap explorers’ world of guinea pig science, deadly cobras, irate Irishmen, and the occasional airship. Nell Benjamin’s 19th Century British farce adds her to the ranks of today’s outstanding female playwrights.
“Brace for laughter! This hijinks-happy cocktail is big fun!” – Daily News
Art Manke
Director
Tom Buderwitz
Scenic Design
B. Modern
Costume Design
Kent Dorsey
Lighting Design
Rody Ortega
Sound Design
Shaun Carroll
Properties Master
Tommy
Beck*
as Lucius Fretway
Mike
Ryan*
as Professor Cope
Andrew
Davids
as Professor Walling
Larry
Paulsen*
as Professor Sloanen
Elinor
Gunn*
as Phyllida Spotte-Hume / Countess Glamorgan
Louis
Lotorto*
as Luigi
Crash
Buist
as Harry Percy
Rolf
Saxon*
as Sir Bernard Humphries
Andrew
Yabroff
as Beebe / Irish Assassin
*Member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
Audience Guide – Click the icon to view.
Addendum: London Gentlemen’s Clubs and the Explorers Club in New York City – Click the icon to view.
Addendum: Victorian Era Timeline – Click the icon to view.
Addendum: Queen Victoria – Click the icon to view.
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