Staged Readings

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.

Almost Men

Playwright: Dennis Danziger

Director: Ellen Sandler

Cast: Graham Beckel, Byron Conner, Leslie Goldstein, Tom McKitterick, Laure Mattos, Jack McClure, Bob Shrewsbury, Stephen Singer, Daniel Stern and Diane Tyler

Set Designer: Nancy Tobias Lighting Designer: John Hickey Costume Designer: Barbara Gilgoff Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Stage Manager: Tim Kaufmann Assistant Stage Manager: Nadine Robiczek Technical Director: Thomas A. Shilhanek Assistant to Ms. Tobias: Joseph A. Melland Additional Design Assistance: Martha Voutas House Manager: Patricia French Production Electrician: Julia McLaughlin Properties: Louisa Anderson Hospitality: Ellen Savette, Vanessa French and Rena Stavrolakes

Almost Men was performed May 15th – 24th of the year 1977.

Synopsis:

Amazing Grace

An HB Staged Reading

Playwright: Douglas Marland Adapted to Radio Form: Marie Stroud

Director: Susan Lehman

Cast: Shirley Bodtke, Jane Altman, Jason McAuliffe, Rick Laub, Wayne Moore, Bella Jarrett, Douglas Stark, Holly Maguire, Ken McKee, James Bormann, Randall Robbins, Lynn Adams.

Lighting Designer: Douglas Murray Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Timothy Farmer Stage Manager: Petrina McGowen Composer: Jason McAuliffe Sound Manager: John Carle Master Electrician: Marc Burd Production Assistant: Doris Brook Poster: Robert Biro Photograph: Ken McKee Hospitality: Dawn Gallagher,Vanessa French, Rena Stavrolakes, Jan Selling

Amazing Grace was performed July 25th – 31st

Savonarola

Playwright: Maurice Valency

Director: Peter Maloney

Cast: W. B. Brydon, Mason Adams, John Davis, Robert B. Silver, Oz Tortora, William Robertson, Louis Bonacki, Barbara Coggin, Edmund Williams, Graham Beckel, Ellen Sandler, Tracey Walter, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Gregory Christopher, Randy Holden, Jim Hillgartner, Jess Osuna, Louis Lembo, Rudy Bond, Wesley Addy, Jack Aaron, Paul Sparer, Kaye Kynion and Richard Bright

Lighting Designer: Marin Tudor Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Stage Manager: Louisa Anderson House Manager: Patricia French Hospitality: Rena Stavrolakes

Savonarola was performed September 25th – 28th of the year 1975.

Synopsis:

One Time, One Place

Playwright: Eudora Welty Adapted: Peter Maloney/Ellen Sandler

Director: Peter Maloney, Ellen Sandler

Cast: Barbara Coggin, Jayne Haynes, Dolores Kenan, Peter Maloney, Barbara Marchant, William Robertson, Ellen Sandler, Diane Stillwell, Sasha von Sherler, J. T. Walsh, Bill Wiley

Set Designer: Michael Massee Costume Designer: Barbara Gilgoff Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Stage Manager: Dana Preece Assistant Stage Manager: Julia McLaughlin Master Carpenter: Timothy Farmer Production Electricians: Jay Clark and Derek Osborne Sound Technician: Alexandra Melchi Set Construction: Achilles C. Massahos, Jr. Properties: Lyn Corno and Julia McLaughlin Production Assistant: Sherry Wright Dialect Consultant: John Scott Wilkerson House Manager: Patricia French Hospitality: Vanessa French and Rena Stavrolakes

One Time, One Place was performed May 20th – 30th of the year 1976.

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Elektra

Playwright: Maurice Valency

Director: Susan Lehman

Cast: James Bormann, Susannah Blinkoff, Shirley Bodtke, Barbara Coggin, Robert Elston, Anita Feldman, Michael J. Hume, Marie Mariano, Joan Matthiessen, Alice McLane, Sanford Morris, Patricia O’Grady, Bruno Ragnacci, Donald May, Lelia Weston, Charles Bender, Sabrina O’Malley, Deborah Petrino, Lorraine Lazarus, Ron Cosgrove, Nadine Robiczek, Burton B. Collins, Warren Shaw, Jerry Hemmerleand Madonna Young

Set Designer: Timothy Farmer Lighting Designer: David Logan Costume Designer: Faye Fingesten Original Music: Jason McAuliffe Special Staging: Barrie L. Estes Choreography: Buck Heller Composer: Jason McAuliffe Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Assistant Stage Manager: Pamela Enz Poster Design: Janet Cornell Stage Manager: Jim Bormann and Georgann Madigan House Manager: Patricia French Production Assistants: Anita Feldman, Carol Schaye, Tom Lauritis and Michael Franks Hospitality: Vanessa French and Rena Stavrolakes

Elektra was performed January 20th – 31st of the year 1976.

Synopsis:

A Slaying Song Tonight

Playwright: Douglas Marland Adapted to Radio Form: Marie Stroud

Director: Susan Lehman

Cast: Shirley Bodtke, Jane Altman, Jason McAuliffe, Rick Laub, Wayne Moore, Bella Jarrett, Douglas Stark, Holly Maguire, Ken McKee, James Bormann, Randall Robbins and Lynn Adams

Lighting Designer: Douglas Murray Production Manager:  Marlene Mancini Technical Director:  Timothy Farmer Stage Manager: Petrina McGowen Composer: Jason McAuliffe Sound Manager: John Carle Master Electrician:  Marc Burd Production Assistant:  Doris Brook Poster: Robert Biro Photograph: Ken McKee Hospitality: Dawn Gallagher, Vanessa French, Rena Stavrolakes and Jan Selling

A Slaying Song Tonight was performed July 25th – 31st of the year 1975.

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