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    © 2016 by Robert Cucuzza

    The Women

    July 25 – August 10, 1996


    Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church, New York City 


    Produced by Hangdog Theater

     

    By Clare Booth Luce

    Directed 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

     

    Assistant Director: Sally Eberhardt

    Set Design: Dawn Robyn Petrlik

    Costume Design: Anita Yavich 

    Lighting Design: Alison Brummer 

    Choreography: David Neumann

    Technical Director: Jacob Harlow 

    Stage Manager: Roger Silva 

     

    Light Board Operator: Ephraim Abdelhak

    Sound Board Operator: Scott Mascena/Sarah Weber

    Production Assistants: 
    Stacy Zinke, Maya Alexander, Lisa Steele

    Assistant to Mr. Callahan: Herman Eberhardt 

    “With such wickedly delightful characters and a flamboyant dance number to boot, this high-falutin' look at the superficial world of society mavens–where everyone cheats and tattles and marriages are meant to fail–develops into an acidic joy that makes Nan Kempner look down-to-earth.”

    — Jacob Lewis, Time Out New York

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    "this is a vastly entertaining and zestfully performed piece of expressionistic vaudeville. Dawn Robyn Petrlik's set is chic, Anita Yavich's costumes amusing. Cucuzza's direction is self- reflective, of course, but razor sharp, and filled with wonderful details: pauses, takes, and pivots. The eight actresses are dominated by the direction, but take their performance firmly in their own hands, raiding the acting styles of Katherine Hepburn, Mae West, and about every other prewar female film star. You don't often see so many talented actresses tearing away at comic business so adeptly."
    — Robert Simonson, Back Stage

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    "A brilliant, highly original, young director, Cucuzza likes nothing more than creating funny, entertaining theatricals. [H]is 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. "

    — Tom Murrin, Paper Magazine preview

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