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2009 - 2010 : Town Players 89th Season Written by Craig Pospisil         Directed by Kevin Wixsom   Production Dates 8PM Curtain Time on March 12, 13, 19, 20 and 2PM Curtain Time on Sunday March 14 and 21 2010 Tickets are $15 (Senior, student and group discounts are available) $35 VIP Opening Night ticket *Friday, March 12 only. *Includes Invitation to post-show         Opening Night Party with the Cast! *Limited Availability. This production will be performed in the JAE'S SPICE Ballroom , Pittsfield All-inclusive Jae’s Spice Dinner Theatre Packages available: $37 Includes Theatre ticket & pre-show* dinner package w/ Jae’s Spice $30 Includes Theatre ticket and pre-show Sunday lunch at Jae’s Spice. *The dinner package is available post-show on Sunday evenings.

Life is Short : This hilarious collection of short plays is a comical look at relationships from childhood to old age. Some are charming and light, others dark and absurdist, but all eight gleefully portray people at their worst. And sometimes their best.
The plays are :

Character

Actor

CLASS CONFLICT. The story of Billy who is a shy, sweet six-year old, nervous about his first day of school. His new classmate Megan Devenaux is a pint-sized lawyer, who considers herself an adult already, and is ready to take her case to the Supreme Court and then cash in.

Billy		John DeBaggis
Megan Devenaux		Roma Sabino

ON THE EDGE. There's a party inside, but Gene, seventeen, stands on the ledge of an apartment building. Distraught because the girl he loves is making out with someone, Gene is ready to jump. Sammy, a classmate, discovers Gene on the ledge, but, seemingly unconcerned, mocks him for being melodramatic. But as Sammy realizes Gene's pain runs deeper than a girl, will she pull Gene back from the edge? Or push him over?

Gene		Alex Martinez
Sammy		Tia Marie MacQuesten

WHATEVER. This sly riff on Poe's "The Raven" finds Jessica hallucinating that a talking pigeon has flown into her apartment. Her friend Liz tries to talk her down, but eventually realizes Jessica isn't suffering from a combination of too much wine and Benedryl but from her inability to let go of a relationship that has ended.

Jessica		Monica Bliss
Liz		Dana Grieb

DOUBLE WEDDING. Deborah is more than a little nervous on her wedding day. Her parents' constant chatter isn't helping. And neither is Deborah's reflection in the mirror, which keeps shouting out her darkest thoughts and worries. Can Deborah calm her fears before her alter ego literally steps through the looking glass and ruins things?

Deborah		Sara Clement
Mirror Deborah		Nicole B. Garzino
Tracy		Laura Gardner
Kevin		Tom Gardner

INFANT MORALITY. Trish is at the front desk of a hospital when Stephanie comes in carrying a shopping bag from an expensive store. She has something to return. Trish doesn't understand until she looks in the bag and sees a baby. Trish is staggered, but Stephanie can't understand what the problem is. Things get even stranger before the resolution of this black comedy.

Trish		Gayle Schechtman
Stephanie Hackett		Monica Bliss
Philip Hackett		Christopher Peterson
Pamela Warden		Deirdre Sullivan

A MOTHER'S LOVE. In a darkly comic monologue, Melissa calmly explains her reasons for taking a parent's natural desire to protect her child a little too far.

Melissa

Diedre Devere Bollinger

THE AMERICAN DREAM REVISITED. The American dream is alive and well—if a little twisted - in this absurdist comedy. Somewhere out in a southwestern desert, Jim and Della and their daughter, Chartreuse, decide to ditch Grandpa and leave him there to die. They expect to inherit his money, making their own lives so much more pleasant, but Grandpa has a few tricks up his sleeve. Will anyone get out of this alive?

Chartreuse		Casey McCabe
Jim		Bill Victor
Della		Denise Roller
Grandpa		Peter Podol

THE LAST DECEMBER. An elderly couple sit at home on a cold winter's night. The old man wants to finish watching his football game, but his wife is trying to get him ready to go out on some errand. The man is angry and bitter, and he clearly doesn't want to go. His patient wife listens but gently prods. But there's more to the old man than meets the eye, and the play ends with surprising sweetness and love.

Woman		Karel Fisher
Man		John Trainor



 

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