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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

 

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