Staged Readings

Buddies

An HB Staged Reading

Part of The 4th Seven Playwrights In Search of a Production

Playwright: Lawrence DuKoreBuddies - HB Studio

Cast: Joseph Prussak, Briana Pozner, Kathryn Danielle, Matthew Conlon, Sean Walsh, Julie Kline, Fukumi Kashiwagi, Tokio Sasaki, Joseph Foley

(Managing Director): Marlene Mancini (Technical Director): Giovanni Villari (Office Manager): Christina Rouss

Buddies was performed October 16th – 17th, 2010

Buddies - HB Studio

 

The Old House

The Old House was performed as a Staged Reading in the 2010-11 season and a full production on February 8 – February 25, 2012

Playwright: Peter Coston

The Old House - HB StudioDirector: Laura Esterman

Cast: Joseph Prussak, Briana Pozner, Kathryn Danielle, Matthew Conlon, Sean Walsh, Julie Kline, Fukumi Kashiwagi, Tokio Sasaki, Joseph Foley

Managing Director: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Giovanni Villari Office Manager: Christina Roussos

The Old House was performed October 14th – 15th, 2012

Synopsis: The Bauer family has lost their son, Raymond a soldier in World War II who are conflicted on whether or not build a statue in his honor in the new town the family has moved into. Should it be built in Middlesex or Littlefield? Should it be built at all?

The Assault Upon Charles Sumner

Playwright: Robert Hivnor

Director: Herbert Berghof

Cast: Mason Adams, Ken Baltin, Ralph Bell, Donald Bishop, Kenneth Bridges, Leigh Burgh, Thomas Butler, Trevor Callender, Barbara Coggin, Dorothy Dorff, George Fairley, Tim Farmer, David Greenan, William Herndon, Hal Holden, Charles Hooper, Earle Hyman, Leslie Jarmon, Leona Johnson, J. Herbert Kerr, Bob Larkin, Lu Leonard, Ira Lewis, Sarah Lindemann, Avon Long, Nancy Marchand, George Mathews, Alice McLane, Tari Pardini, Julia Rand, John Randolph, Ellin Ruskin, Paul Sparer, Carmine Stipo, Count Stovall, Tony Thomas, Peter Von Berg, William Werner, Edmund Williams, Mel Winkler and Kay Christian Wulff

Lighting Designer: Martin Tudor Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Production Electrician: Doug Murray Hospitality: Mickie Gallagher Hospitality: Dawn Gallagher Set Designer: Timothy Farmer Costume Designer: Kay Stuntz Stage Manager: Tari Pardini and Thomas Butler Music Coordinator: Jacklyn Schneider Headdresses Designer: Jean Steinlein Poster Designer: Ann Raychel

The Assault Upon Charles Sumner was performed May 20th – 25th of the year 1974.

Synopsis:

The August Insurrection of Nate Shapiro

Playwright: Robert S. Reiser

Director: Mike Kellin

Cast: Rudy Bond, Ellen Endicott, Robert Rosser, Luis Quinones, Frank Geraci, Robin Bett, Marty Greene, Anna Berger and Tim Farmer

Lighting Designer: Tim Farmer  Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Stage Manager: John Kearns Production Assistant: Zoe Myers Production Assistant: Judith Premus House Manager: Dawn Gallagher House Manager: Mickie Gallagher

The August Insurrection of Nate Shapiro was performed January 29th – 31st of the year 1973.

Synopsis:

Off Among the Trees, Somewhere

Playwright: Richard Longchamps

Director: Edward Morehouse

Cast: Stuart Michaels, Rosemary De Angelis, Ben Tucker, John Magee, Barbara Barron, Emma Rossi, James Umphlett, Bill Werner and Peter von Berg

Lighting: Walter Ulasinski  Stage Manager: Skip Stuart House Manager: Linda Mannings Hospitality: Dawn Gallagher andMickie Gallagher Production Assistant: Dawson Mays Production Manager: Marlene Mancini

Off Among the Trees, Somewhere was performed April 18th – 20th of the year 1973.

Synopsis:

 

The Director

Playwright: Martin Gottfried

Director: Herbert Berghof

Cast: Nancy Donohue, Roger De Koven, Donald Bishop, Gerald Taupier, Patricia Roe, Rosemary De Angelis, Margaret Raphael and Paul Collins

Set: Brandwell Teuscher Lighting: Walter Ulasinski Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Music: Hy Gubernick Stage Manager: Alan Weinstein Production Electrician:  Walter Ulasinski Drawings: Nancy Lonohue Masks: Kathe Berl Director for HB Foundation: Susan German

The Director was performed January 11th – 13th of the year 1972.

Synopsis: 

 

Marie R

Playwright: Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Director: Herbert Berghof

Cast: Beatrice Straight, George Mathews, Ken Baltin, Rudy Bond, Frank Geraci, Ralph Bell, Jess Osuna, Leigh Burch, Pennie duPont, Tony Musante, Brandwell Teuscher, Roger DeKoven, Donald Bishop, Brooks Rogers and Albert Sinkys

Translator: Christopher Holme Set: Brandwell Teuscher Lighting: R.S. Winkler Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Stage Managers: Joseph Pantoliano and Linda Martin Production Electrician: Walter Ulasinski

Marie R was performed January 14th –  16th of the year 1972.

Synopsis:

New Gods for Lovers

Playwright: Sherman Yellen

Director: Kenneth Geist

Cast: Bill Moor, Thomas Barbour, Dina Paisner, Tony Musante, Stephen McHattie, Kitty Winn, Stephen Elliott, Nancy Marchand, Jeanne Hepple, Alexander Clark, Philip Kerr, John O’Leary, Barton Heyman, John Lansing, Micil Murphy and Jack Landron

Lighting Designer: R. S. Winkler Production Manager: Marlene Mancini Technical Director: Brandwell Teuscher Stage Manager: Jim Skidmore Stage Manager: Steve Yoo Sound Designer: Andy Bittern Lighting Technician: Walter Mantani Lighting Technician: Martin Warhaftig Director for the Foundation: Sandra Cannon

New Gods for Lovers was performed September 17th – 19th of the year 1971.

Synopsis:

 

Trip

Playwright: Frederic Morton

Director: Herbert Berghof

Cast: Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Shirley Bodtke, Alice Playten, Jean-Pierre Stewart, Al Freeman, Jr., Leigh Burch, March Slivka, Syndey Sloane, Rudy Bond, Lucille Patton, Michael Kell, Margaret Raphael and Thomas Boutilier

Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton  Sound Designer: Thomas Boutilier Special Art Work: Kathe Berl Assistant to the Director: Marlene Mancini  Production Assistant: Justine Herman, Michael Kell, Gary Swartz, Brandwell Teuscher and Peter Von Berg Lighting Technician: Walter Mantani Graphic Artist/Photographer: Ann Raychel Playwrights Foundation: Ann Roby

Trip was performed December 18th – 20th of the year 1970.

Synopsis:

 

Caravaggio

Playwright: Michael Straight

Director: Edward Morehouse

Cast: Edward Greer, Edward Moorehouse, Ken Chapin, Jeffrey Koppel, Kurt H. Levister, Gary Enck, Tom McCready III, Austin Pendleton, Paul Thomas, Michael Moody, Robert Giarrtimo, Thomas McCready, Edward Horton, Renos Mandis, James Norman, Antonio Canal, Brandwell Teuscher, Eddy Grove, Gary Swartz, Terry Deck, Christopher Scott, Raymond Alvin, James Norman, Robert Giarratano, John Le Grand, Edward Garrabrandt, Rik Pierce, Robert Vervoordt, George Bartenieff, Earle Hyman, Michael Mullins, Ronald Silver, Ron Vaad, John Gillespie and Rosemary De Angelis

Lighting Designer: Tony Quintavalla Guitarist: Hyman Gubernick Production Assistant and Lighting Technician: Claudia J.Dobkins Stage Manager: John Gillespie Assistant Stage Managers: Claudia Dobkins and Michael Mullins

Caravaggio was performed October 18th – 26th of the year 1969.

Synopsis: 

Caravaggio is a play about an artist of genius. He could be one of a number of men, if the play has any general validity; he is, in fact, drawn wholly, and I hope faithfully, from one man.