POISONED PAWN

Written by Victor Cahn
Produced & Directed by Jerry Petronis

APRIL 18-20 & 26-27, 1996

THE CAST

Janice Stoner .......... Cynthia Robens
Adrian Bonham .......... Victor L. Cahn
Amy Courtland .......... Bonnie Zabinski
Chess Coordinator  .............. Willis White

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Bio's at  the time of the production

Willis White. Willis was Grandpa VanDerhof, the lead of SPAO's first production, "You Can't Take it With You" in 1989 and has been involved with SPAO and referred to as Grandpa ever since. On SPAO's stage he was Dr. Bradman in "Blithe Spirit", the dancing, singing Bellomy in "The Fantastics", a dancer in "Dracula", and the old inn keeper in "Pure as the Driven Snow". Willis appeared in SPAO's summer youth production of "Little Women" and has worked backstage for all of the Summer Youth Theatre programs. Willis loves to make people laugh. So much that he was asked to do just that by providing the opening to Schuylerville's fall production of "Mornings at Seven". We welcome Willis as he welcomes our audience to "Poisoned Pawn". Willis, a member of SPAO's Board of Directors is retired and resides with his wife,Gloria, in Saratoga Springs.

Victor L. Cahn     Cynthia Robens    Bonnie Zabinski

Victor L. Cahn. Victor is a associate professor of English as Skidmore College and his M.A. and Ph.D in English from New York University. Poisoned Pawn is a new addition to his list of produced plays. His most recent roles were Harry Roat, the psychotic villian in SPAO's "Wait Until Dark" and Clive in Home Made Theatre's "Write Me a Murder". Victors primary avocation is the violin. He has several recitals in the area and appeared on numerous occaisions as Soloist with the Skidmore College Orchestra. Victor resides in Saratoga Springs.

Willis White       Cynthia Robens    Bonnie Zabinski

Cynthia Robens. Cynthia is SPAO's treasurer, debuted as an actrss the spring of '93 performing the lead female role of Cherie, the chanteuse of SPAO's "Bus Stop". She gained another role in SPAO's "Pure as The Driven Snow". She was Vampire Bride in SPAO's "Dracula", and the decrepit old maid in SPAO's Heaven Can Wait". She has been a volunteer props advisor for the Sillwater Drama Society productions of "George Washington Slept Here", and "My Son is Crazy-But Promising". "I really don't know anything about theatre and all of the production area or how they work, but I was interested so I tried and learned a little more with each show." Cynthia is a letter carrier for the Postal Service in Mechanicville and she resides in Stillwater.

Willis White       Victor L. Cahn       Bonnie Zabinski

Bonnie Zabinski. Bonnie is back after debuting as Elma, the naive teenagewaitress of '93's spring production of "Bus Stop" and vampiress Mina in "Dracula" the fall of the same year. "I have had so much fun with SPAO that I couldn't wait to be a part of another SPAO show, either as an actress or the backstage crew. Bonnie, originally from Mechanicville now resides in Malta. She is an occupational Therapist at Wildwood School.