Adapted from “The Women” by Claire Booth Luce
A Hangdog Theater production
At the Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church, New York City
July 25 – August 10, 1996
Adapted, directed and scored by ROBERT CUCUZZA
With
LINDA DONALD as Nancy Blake/Li'l Mary/Lucy
REBECCA FINNEGAN as Sylvia Fowler/Mrs. Morehead
SIBYL KEMPSON as Peggy Day/Olga
JENNIFER KRASINSKI as Crystal Allen
ALICIA McMILLEN as Jane/Miriam Aarons
TORY VAZQUEZ as Mary Haines/Maggie
REBECCA WISOCKY as Countess de Lage/Instructress
JENNIFER WOODWARD as Edith Potter
CHANDRA OPPENHEIM as The Voice
Set Designer: DAWN ROBYN PETRLIK
Costume Designer: ANITA YAVICH
Lighting Designer: ALLISON BRUMMER
Choreographer: DAVID NEUMANN
Technical Director: JACOB HARLOW
Stage Manager: ROGER SILVA
Assistant Director: SALLY EBERHARDT
"...[T]his is a vastly entertaining and zestfully performed piece of expressionistic vaudeville. Cucuzza's direction is self-reflective, of course, but razor sharp, and filled with wonderful details: pauses, takes, and pivots.
— BACK STAGE
“[Cucuzza's] version of Luce's classic, is a fast-paced, pie-in-the-face to the highfalutin' production, complete with his usual dose of Marx Brothersesque physical comedy and insanely energetic choreography."
— PAPER MAGAZINE
"With such wickedly delightful characters and a flamboyant dance number to boot, this high-falutin' look at the superficial world of society mavens...develops into an acidic joy..."
“If, while you’re cracking up, you can catch your breath, you may want to (as Luce herself once suggested) smash the ladies ‘across the head with a meat ax,’ but then you’d only lose out on the fun.”
—TIME OUT NEW YORK