SEPTEMBER 8 – 25, 2011
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
By John Guare
Directed by Susan Myer Silton
Set in Sunnyside, Queens, on the day Pope Paul VI visited New York in 1965, The House of Blue Leaves centers on Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter for the movies with the help of his childhood friend, film director Billy Einhorn. Desperate for a better life with Bunny, his flamboyant neighbor, Artie must first deal with his schizophrenic wife (aptly named Bananas), his AWOL son, a trio of impulsive nuns, and a hard-of-hearing movie star, all looking to make their own dreams come true. At once dark and zany,
House is one of Guare’s most powerful works, presenting timeless, dramatic themes – the power of celebrity, the desire for fame, and the longing to escape to a better life – in a screwball comedy plot.
Susan Myer Silton
Director
Mark Hopkins
Set Designer
Christina Dinkel
Costume Designer
Selina G Young
Lighting Designer
Jacque James
Properties Design
Emerson Sanderson*
Stage Manager
*Member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
Mike
Cymanski*
as Artie Shaughnessy
Nat
Robinson
as Ronnie Shaughnessy
Diana Torres
Koss*
as Bunny Flingus
Julie
James*
as Bananas Shaughnessy
Kendall
Callaghan
as Corrinna Stroller
Geraldine
Byrne
as Head Nun
Kathie
Kratochvil
as Second Nun
Roselyn
Hallett
as Little Nun
Marty Lee
Jones
as Military Policeman
Steven
Capasso
as Man in White
Erik
Gandolfi*
as Billy Einhorn
Chad
Davies
as T.V. News Announcer
Frederick Tollini, S.J.
as Voice of Pope
*Member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
Photos
Photography by Steve DiBartolomeo
Entertaining audiences since 2005.
