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
"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
"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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