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How the Other Half Loves | |||||||||||||||
Produced with permission of Samuel French, Inc. Directed by Leo Lunser | |||||||||||||||
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Other Programming at the Arts Center...Past GP Seasons....2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 | |||||||||||||||
September 8-10, 15-17, 2006First staged in 1970, How the Other Half Loves is a direct descendant of the drawing room farces of Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward. It adds a more contemporary outlook, including references to and a certain dependence upon the precepts of the ‘permissive society’, but it is essentially a tale of well-to-do people getting lost in the mix between social graces and personal misunderstandings. It is also very funny. The story explores the interaction between three couples connected by the workplace of the three men. Frank and Fiona Foster are the wealthy manager and wife. Teresa and Bob Phillips are a slightly more downmarket pair and have recently become parents for the first time. William and Mary Detweiler are a clueless duo unwittingly drawn into a series of subterfuges when Mrs. Foster and Mr. Phillips try to cover up their fleeting dalliance with one another by informing their respective spouses that the Detweilers are the ones who are having marital problems. | |||||||||||||||
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David Durham (Frank) is in his first GP appearance, but he portrayed Bob Phillips in his much younger days at the Olde West Dinner Theater in Little Rock, AR. A left coast transplant, David crops up around the seacoast, most notably at The Mill Pond Theatre as Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, and as Charlie Baker in The Foreigner at Rochester Opera House. He was seen in Run For Your Wife and Greater Tuna at Hackmatack, The Complete History of America (Abridged) at Act One, And God Said @!%&*! at the Montreal Fringe Festival, and is fresh from a highly successful run at Hackmatack of The Maine-iac, a two-actor play which he co-authored and performed with David Kaye | |||||||||||||||
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Donna Goldfarb (Fiona) is pleased to be back with GP, having just played Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Seacoast Repertory Theatre. Previously seen with GP as Ida in The Cemetery Club, which won Best Production at the Spotlight Awards, Donna had a busy spring with Get-A-Clue Productions’ No More Secrets, and SRT’s To Kill a Mockingbird (Miss Stephanie). Favorite roles include Carlotta in Phantom!, Sister Amnesia in Nunsense II (Hackmatack), Miss Clairee in Steel Magnolias (Hampton’s Act I and Newburyport’s Firehouse Center), and Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret (Firehouse Center and SRT), for which she received NH Theatre Awards’ Best Supporting Actress. Donna is a Justice of the Peace, a soloist with temples and churches, and has done commercial, film and voiceover work. She and husband Alan recently bought a home in Dover so she’s a solid “seacoast” person now! Thanks to Alan, Shayna, Scott, and newest fan, Carly, for their constant support and encouragement! | ||||
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Bob Boucher (Bob) was last heard with GP as the voice of Audrey, the carnivorous plant in Little Shop of Horrors. He has worked with NRFSTP, Arts Rochester, Rochester Opera House, Studio 109 and Lakeside Players in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, and A Christmas Carol...More or Less. Bob would like to dedicate his performance(s) to those who make his escape from reality possible: his family - "The seeds of my happiness, the blooms of my soul, and the garden of my life”; his fellow thespians - "Thanks for the faith, fun, and camaraderie...” | ||||||||
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Katie Makem (Teresa) is delighted to be making her GP debut - carrying on a family tradition started by her father many (he won't let her say exactly how many) years ago. She has performed in several shows with the Lakeside Players of Strafford - her favorite role being that of Sr. Robert Anne in both Nunsense and Nunsense II, The Second Coming. Her most recent performance was as Judy Denmark/Ginger DelMarco in NTW's production of Ruthless, the Musical. Thank you to Leo for this opportunity and to her cast mates for making it such fun! Much love and thanks to her family, especially Molly and Robert for their unwavering support. Finally, to her favorite private eye, your love and faith in me is truly awesome. Without you, this would not be possible. | ||||||||
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Phil Hesketh (William) is in his debut with Garrison Players, and he’s very happy and excited to be here! He has previously done theater at Sanford Maine Stage in Sanford, Maine, appearing in shows there such as Run For Your Wife, Having A Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her, No Sex Please, We’re British, and in Neil Simons’ Rumors. Believe it or not, he’s also acted in several dramas as well, appearing in Prelude to a Kiss, Blithe Spirit, and as George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life. Phil is an architect with Salmon Falls Architecture in Biddeford, Maine, and has two boys, Zac and Conor. He would like to thank all of you for supporting the theater and coming to see the show, and hopes you enjoy it! | ||||
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Carol Adams Bitov (Mary) is GP’s Newsletter Editor/Webmaster and chairs the Marketing Committee. Most recently seen in GP's Award-winning Cemetery Club, her stage credits range from the Baroness in Murder at Rutherford House to Edgar, the son of the Duke of Gloucester in Lear, the Musical. Her favorite roles were as a 6-year-old in the Dining Room and as Ouiser in Steel Magnolias. She has also directed, stage managed, sewn costumes, wielded a paint brush, and knit armor. Carol is the Communications Director for the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Dover with husband Gadi and their two furry girls, Mitzi and Pixel. | ||||
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Portrait photographs courtesy of Photography by Carin Web design by Bryan Olivier | ||
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