Season

Two and a Half Jews

An HB Staged Reading

Playwright: Alan Brandt

Director:

Cast:

Two and a Half Jews was performed during the 1993-1994 season

Synopsis: A prominent, workaholic civil rights attorney is a real schlemiel on the home court in dealing with his aging father and budding lawyer son.

Mrs. Klein

An HB Studio Production

Playwright: Nicholas Wright

Director: William Carden

Cast: Uta Hagen, Ellen Parker, Amy Wright

Lighting: Chris Dallos Set: Ray Recht Costume: Julie Doyle Sound: Robert Auld Production Stage Manager: Vienna Hagen Technical Director: Carlo Adinolfi Properties: Charles Kirby Assistant Costume Designer: Susan Gerard Assistant Stage Managers: Joseph Amorando, Diana Gong, Gi Joong Han, Yoko Takagi, Line Sandsmark Hair Consultant: Bobby H. Grayson House Managers: Glen Berman, Kathryn Cullison, Elyse HF Maxwell, Gregary Pilot, Trudy Sterbl

Mrs. Klein was performed March 11th – 12th, 15th – 19th, 22nd – 26th

Synopsis: Witty, taut and rich in psychological insights, Mrs. Klein tells of a brilliant and unorthodox woman whose single mindedness threatened to destroy those closest to her. Melanie Klein 1882 1960 came to Britain from Berlin to extend psychoanalysis to young children. The action is set in 1934 when, at the peak of her career, Mrs. Klein is shattered by the news that her son has died in a climbing accident. Her daughter, also a psychoanalyst who publicly challenges her mother’s theories, thinks he committed suicide to defy their overbearing mother. The battle between these two women spills over into their professional lives, and the childhood events which lie at the heart of the conflict are exposed while a third remarkable woman, a young psychoanalyst on the run from Hitler, enters as a detached observer. Mrs. Klein transferred to the West End after its sell out run at London’s Royal National Theatre and has since been internationally acclaimed.

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

An HB Performance

Playwright: George Bernard Shaw

Director: Francesco Zerlenga

Cast: Richard Mawe, David Troup, Brian Mulligan, Patricia O’ Grady, Sally Burtenshaw

Costumes: Anna Hill Johnstone Set: Hal Tine Lighting: Howell Binkley Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Steven Douglas Cook Costume Assistant: Lydia Hamza Director’s Assistant: Andrea Grover Stage Manager: Scott Kuchak Assistant Stage Managers: Ann Day, Rudy Mella Electrician: Meg Ryan Sound: Michelle von Rheinhardt Wardrobe: Therese Traber Poster: Diana Perez

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets was performed March 14th – 26th

Synopsis: It is midsummer night on the terrace of the Palace at Whitehall, overlooking the Thames. The Palace clock chimes four quarters and strikes eleven. The Man arrives at Whitehall where he meets a Beefeater guard. He persuades the Beefeater to allow him to stay to meet his girlfriend, a lady of the court, who will be arriving soon for a secret tryst. The Man notes down various interesting phrases used by the Beefeater. The Lady arrives, cloaked, but it is not the woman he is expecting. The Man immediately falls for her.

The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

An HB Production

Playwright: George Bernard Shaw

Director: Francesco Zerlenga

Cast: Linda Sue, Thea D’ Alvia, Alice McLane, Katharine Cullison, Elizabeth Yager, Ann Day, Aurora Kaschner, Jess Osuna, Richard Mawe, Steven Douglas Cook, Rudy Mella, Sally Burtenshaw, Jean-Paul Moreau, Stanley Taub, Gilbert Ron, Peter Gaitens, Christian Arin, Noel O’Neill, Timothy McCall, Caterina Xiroyanni

(Costumes): Anna Hill Johnstone (Set): Hal Tine (Lighting): Howell Binkley (Production Manager): Marlene Mancini (Technical Director): Steven Douglas Cook (Costume Assistant): Lydia Hamza (Director’s Assistant): Andrea Grover (Stage Manager): Scott Kuchak (Assistant Stage Managers): Ann Day, Rudy Mella (Electrician): Meg Ryan (Sound): Michelle von Rheinhardt (Wardrobe): Therese Traber (Poster): Diana Perez

The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet was performed March 14th through March 26th, 1990

Synopsis: The author describes the play as a religious tract in dramatic form. Blanco Posnet, the protagonist is wrongfully accused of horse-theft and sentenced to be hanged. By great good-fortune he is rescued by the testimony of a female witness, Feemy—the local harlot—for whom he has uncharacteristically performed an act of charity. His exoneration is spiritually transforming: His status changes abruptly from pariah to pillar of the community. He does not marry Feemy, but shakes hands with her before they part.

Summertime

An HB Studio Production

 Playwright: Ugo Betti

Director: Carol Rosenfeld

Cast: Edith Meeks, Sally Burtenshaw, Sheryl White, Patricia O’ Grady, Thea D’ Aliva, Ben Walden, Brad Waller, Kenneth Furie, Frederikke Borge, Matthew Conlon, Jess Osuna, Francesco Zerlenga

Director: Carol Rosenfeld Set Design: Al Doyle Lighting: John Harrison Costume: Denise Hudson Sound: Robert Fleri Production Manager: Lawrence Arancio Stage Manager: Alice McLane Technical Director: Steven Cook Lighting Assistant: Ana Maia Rodriguez Wardrobe Mistress: Liz Yager Property Mistresses: Patricia Day, Mary Ezell Sound Technician: Christian Arin Production Electricians: Craig DuPlessis, Steve Cook Production Assistant: Anette Sorensen House Managers: Coral Bodkin, Jennifer Edwards, Ann Day, Princess Wilson Poster: Linda Pasteuing

Summertime was performed September 13th – 24th, 1989

Synopsis: Alberto has been seeing a young widow Noemi and she has mistaken his friendship for more. Her brother is upset that her feelings have been trifled with and they both set of after him. Alberto runs up into the mountains to hid with the picnickers. He meets Francesca who accidentally pushes him off a cliff.

A Backward Glance of Edith Wharton

An HB Studio Production

Director: Helen Gallagher

Cast: Helen Gallagher, Waltrudis Mathes, James Cesa, Susan Riskin, Carol Morley, Elaine Kilden, Joan Matthiessen, Carlotta Sherwood, Fran Wieckowski, Lenore Loveman, Maja Wampuszyc, Ann Day, Patti Specht, Lawrence Arancio, Julie McKee, Sally Harrison

Set: Al Doyle Lighting: John L. Harrison Costume: Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Assistant: Lydia Hamza Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Steven Cook Assistant Technical Director: Robert Fleri Stage Manager: Alice McLane Electricians: Patricia Babb, Bill Maguire, Anton Graham Sound: Salvatore Lentini Assistant Stage Managers: James Cesa, Ann Day, Maja Wampuszyc Production Assistant: Princess Wilson House Manager: Sherry Tischler Assistant House Manager: Stan Tischler Poster: Linda Pasteuing