Kneeling: Evan & Jason
Front: Scott, Jerry, Terry, Cynthia, Bill, Paul
2nd Row: Heidi, Ivy, Karen, Janette, Linda, Kratia, Winnie, Ann, Nicole, Shelly
Back: Bob, Ed, Brian
Missing: Willis, Brittany, David, Robert & Jennifer
CLOSED MAY 21, 2005
Written by Howard
Teichman and George S. Kaufman
Directed by Linda Yurschak
Produced by Jaime Krawiecki
Costumes by Karen Boynton
Set Constructed by Ed Nieman
Technical Designers - Brian Gronczniak & Ed
Nieman
Stage Managed by Bonnie McClements
Rights Provided by Dramatists Play Service INC, 440 Park Ave So, NY, NY
Originally presented by Max Gordon at the New Parsons Theatre in Hartford, Conn. The play opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on November 5, 1954 with Josephine Hull in the lead role of Mrs. Laura Partridge and Loring Smith as Edward McKeever. Fred Allen was the unseen narrator. The movie version produced two years later starred Judy Holliday as a much younger Laura with Paul Douglas as McKeever. George Burns was the narrator.
THE CAST
Kneeling: Evan & Jason
Front: Scott, Jerry, Terry, Cynthia, Bill, Paul
2nd Row: Heidi, Ivy, Karen, Janette, Linda, Kratia, Winnie, Ann, Nicole, Shelly
Back: Bob, Ed, Brian
Missing: Willis, Brittany, David, Robert & Jennifer
ON THE STAGE
Narrator -- Willis White
Mrs. Laura Partridge -- Cynthia Petronis
Mr. Edward McKeever -- Terry Ford
J. T. Blessington -- Paul Nooney
Warren Gillie -- Jerry Petronis
Clifford Snell -- Scott Fellows
Alfred Metcalfe -- Bill Jameson
Amelia Shotgraven -- Kratia Ure
Mark Jenkins -- Jason McClements
Miss L'Arriere -- Amy
Williams
Miss Logan -- Carole Ford
A.P. Reporter Sullivan -- Ann D'Ambro
U.P. Reporter Turner -- Winnie Bowen & Heidi Wittchen
Newspaper Photographer -- Bob Broden
Newsboy -- Brittany Callahan
Newsboy -- Evan Fellows
Small Stockholder--Linda Yurschak
OTHERS IN THE FILM
TV Field Reporter -- Winnie Bowen
News Anchor Parker -- Brian Gronczniak
News Anchor Dwight Brookfield -- Ed Nieman
News Anchor Estelle Evans -- Jeanette Sassatelli
Estelle's Make-up Artist -- Shelley Nugent
Hotel Guest #1 -- Linda Yurschak
Hotel Guest #2 -- Karen Boynton
The Pilot -- David McClements
The Chauffer -- Robert Bailey
A Photographer - Kipp Wittchen
Hotel Desk Clerk -- Jennifer Killian
Ivy Moses - Ad Girl
Ivy Quit the production 4 days prior to opening
Laura Partridge is a very niave but enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in General Products, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations. These are not the questions which the board expected to be asked of them, especially since they are all crooked, except for Edward McKeever, the current CEO who has resigned in order to take an advisory position at the Pentagon. With Edward in Washington, John Blessington and Clifford Snell establish their hold on General Products - They see greater riches now that Edward has influence with the US senate, especially with the awarding of federal contracts, unfortunately for them he is honest, and won't do their bidding. In the meantime, Laura continues to be a nusance to the board. Blessington believes the only way to silence her, is to give her a high paying position with the company. The idea is for her to do absolutely nothing - Laura has other plans. She begins to correspond with other small stockholders in the company - a problem for the board. They decide to get rid of her by sending her to Washington to get contracts. Laura now knowing their true intentions for her, has her own agenda, that is to somehow get Edward back in charge.
Place: Downtown - New York City
Time: The Early 1950's
ACT ONE
Scene 1: The Board Room
Scene 2: A Pathetically Small Office
Scene 3: The Board Room
Scene 4: The Small Office
Scene 5: The Board Room
*** 20 Minute Serving Intermission ***
ACT TWO
Scene 1: McKeever's Office in
Washington
Scene 2: A Newscast
Scene 3: The Board Room
Scene 4: The Board Room
Scene 5: The Small Office
Scene 6: Another Newscast
Scene 7: The Board Room
Scene 8: Laura's Small Office
Scene 9: The Board Room