Not Waving
Book by: George Haimsohn & Robin Miller
Music by: Jim Wise
Directed by: Terry R. Watson
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
“Not Waving”, running March 9 – 24, 2001, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm
Synopsis
In a mental facility in New York, Gabby Stone, a quiet unassuming, guilt-wracked widow, has come to collect her daughter, Nicole, who has been institutionalized for over a year following a suicide attempt. Trying to gain order in her life, Nicole drags a reluctant Gabby through a whirlwind of adventures that include Karate lessons, demonstrations, lectures, work at a Brooklyn Day Care Center, and finally to kidnapping Isabella, Nicole’s cat. While on this roller-coaster ride, Gabby begins to understand the torment her daughter has been suffering and gradually becomes an ally. The end will leave you in tears, but uplifted with a renewed spirit and outlook on life.
“focuses on the relationship between a mother and her recently deinstitutionalized adult daughter. At times sharply funny, at other times nervously funny…there is a considerable distance between the retiring personality at the beginning of the play and the empowered being that Gabby becomes at the end.”
Variety
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Nicole | Tiffany Noël Taylor |
| Gabby | Diana West |
| Helen (et. al.) | Laura Fleck |
| Mark (et. al.) | Andrew J. Neary |
Production Staff
| Director | Nancy Wright |
| Producer | Barb Vaught |
| Production Assistant | Kate Argow |
| Set Design | Matt Wiederhold |
| Rehearsal Stage Manager | Bonnie Brandburg |
| Stage Manager | Deb Marinik & Tom Kleinert |
| Lighting Design | Andrew J. Neary |
| Lighting Crew | Margo Arhart, Jake Gordy, Barb Vaught, Laura Zierolf |
| Costume Design | Kate Argow |
| Costume Crew | Sondra Henry, Laura Fleck, Andy Neary, Tiffany Taylor, Diana West |
| Dresser | Christian Jagodzinski |
| Property Masters | Nancy Janney |
| Property Crew | Paige Price, Jean Brown, Ernie Brown, Kimberly Bruggemann, John Henry |
| Set Construction | Matt Wiederhold, Jackie Mierzejewski, Judy Wiederhold, John Henry, Laura Zierolf |
| Scenic Art | Matt Wiederhold |
| Sound Design | Scott Gage |
| Sound Crew | Mark Malley, Joanne Toth |
| Program | Don Weber |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberly Bruggemann, Sue Holliger, Lisa Jackson, Joe & Carol Kwiatkowski, Judy Wiederhold, Roger Whitmore |
| Program Printing | Malhoit Printing |
| Marquee Signs | Laura Fleck |
| Cast Photography | Bev Norman |
| Special Thanks | Joel Ungerleider Marianne Drew Pumpernickels Deli |
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
The Show!
Setting: New York, sometimes Brooklyn, now.