California Suite

by Neil Simon

Oct. 6-10, 2005

Directed by B. Michael Quale

Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best. It's a humorous confection divided into four parts: Visitor from New York , Visitor from Philadelphia , Visitor from London and Visitors from Chicago. In Visitors from Chicago two couples are winding up a vacation they should not have shared. Forced to do things the other couple want to do they end up miserable and hating each other. Visitor from London concerns a British star on her way to the Academy Award ceremonies. She returns without an Oscar and with a husband whose homosexuality will be no comfort tonight. Visitor from Philadelphia concerns a wife who arrives at the hotel suite before her husband can get rid of the drunken hooker in his bed. It wasn't his idea in the first place. In The Visitor from New York , a magazine writer is visited by her ex husband before going home. The question with whom should their daughter spend the next six months? The badinage is perfect and she scores again and again. But her flip front crumbles she fears losing her daughter's affections. "Mr. Simon is writing at his ebullient best. . . . His language has the grace of conversation we wish our friends could muster. . . . Makes us laugh so effortlessly." N.Y. Times . "The middle aged visitors had last night's middle aged audience laughing heartily." N.Y. Daily News.

CAST

Hannah Warren………………..Paula Swenson

Billy Warren………………..J.C. LaBar

Marvin Michaels………………..Brad Dokken

Bunny………………..Kim Bryson

Millie Michaels………………..Liz Seven

Diana Nichols………………..Leeann Clark

Sidney Nichols………………..Matthew Rolfson

Beth Hollander………………..Brandy Iverson

Mort Hollander………………..Jim Ryen

Gert Franklin………………..Kim Cothran

Stu Franklin………………..Dave Richter

CREW

Director………………..B. Michael Quale

Scenic Design………………..B. Michael Quale

Set Construction:

Gordon Anderson, Kim Cothran, Kevin Duttenhefner, Bobbie Gludt, Jim Ryen, Vern Ryan, B. Michael Quale

Sound Technician:

Allison Irgens, Gordon Anderson

Light Board Technicians:

Maureen Healy, Stephanie Lorenz

Props Masters:

B. Michael Quale, Jim Ryen, Liz Seven

House Volunteer………………..Dennis Gendreau

Concessions………………..Mary Jo Harstad

Program………………..Brad Dokken