Conversations With My Father
Written By: Herb Gardner
Directed by: Tom Tomczak
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
Charlie | Tom Tomczak |
Josh | Wes Shook |
Eddie | Nate Miller |
Gusta | Carol Ann Erford |
Zaretsky | Joel Ungerleider |
Joey (age 10) | Isaac Weintraub |
Hannah Di Blindeh | Vicky Jackson |
Nick | John Henry |
Finney the Book | Rick Vaught |
Jimmy Scalso | Jerry Keefe |
Blue | Joe Kerrigan |
Charlie (age 13) | CJ Messigner |
Joey (age 17) | Ben Lumbrezer |
Murray the Moose | Sawz-all |
Production Staff
Director | Tom Tomczak |
Assistant Director | Shirley Lofiego Williams |
Producer | Matt Wiederhold, Rhea Kimball, Judy Wiederhold |
Stage Managers | Judy Nadrasik, Miriam Weintraub |
Set Design | Matt Wiederhold |
Lighting Design | Mike Evilsizer |
Lighting Crew | Jake Gordy, Dan Marinik, Matt Wiederhold, Barb Vaught |
Sound Design | Don Weber |
Sound Crew | Joann Toth, Larry Janney, Don Weber, Marc Malley |
Costume Design | Sondra Henry, Kate Argow |
Property Manager | Rhea Kimball |
Property Crew | Debbie Marinik, Tommy Miller, Rhea Kimball, Sondra Henry, McKenna Troyan |
Property Crew | Sherry Ballou, Karen Wolf, Debbie Marinik, Joyce Calms |
Set Construction | Matt Wiederhold, Judy Wiederhold, Michael Leonard |
Program | Don Weber |
Publicity | Matt Wiederhold |
House Manager | Diane Dalton |
Box Office Manager | Ann Veasey |
Marquee Signs | Willard E. Misfeldt |
Photography | Timeless Images |
Program Printing | Malhoit Printing |
The Show!
Place: The Homeland Tavern-also known as Eddie Goldberg’s Golden Door Tavern, The Flamingo Lounge, and the Twin-Forties Cage-on Canal Street, near Broadway, in Lower Manhattan
Scenes:
Act I
Scene 1: June 25, 1976, Early Evening
Scene 2: July 4, 1936, Early Morning
Act II
Scene 1: July 3, 1944, Early Morning
Scene 2: About seven that evening
Scene 3: August 8, 1845, Early Morning
Scene 4: October 15, 1965, Early Morning
Scene 5: About Eight Weeks Later, Early Morning
Scene 6: June 25, 1976, Early Evening
Special Thanks
Architectural Artifacts-Moose head
Pumpernickel’s Deli-opening night party
Michael Leonard–transportation
The Vineyard Wine Shop-tables and chairs
Doblinger Furniture and Hardware-set dressing