Sunshine Boys
Written By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Aggie Alt
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
“Sunshine Boys” will run March 7-22, 2003, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm, second Sunday at 2:00pm
Synopsis
Two down-on-their-fame elderly vaudevillians attempt to get their act together long enough for a one-shot opportunity at reviving their careers. Unfortunately, their oil-and-water personalities foil them at every step along the way. Neil Simon at his finest.
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Willie Clark | Jim Rudes |
| Willie’s niece | Denise Brown |
| Al Lewis | Don Weber |
| Patient | Vic Gauger |
| Eddie | Oscar Bibblesworth |
| Nurse | Megan Ray |
| Registered Nurse | Kate Argow |
Production Staff
| Director | Aggie Alt |
| Producer | Paige Price & Don Weber |
| Set Design | Willard Misfeldt |
| Stage Manager | Debbie Marinik & Joanne Toth |
| Lighting Design | Julie Zatko & Deanne Miller |
| Lighting Crew | Dan Marinik & Angela Metcalf |
| Costume Design | Jan Lewis |
| Costume Crew | Cindi Fountain & Karen Ray |
| Property Manager | Vic Gauger |
| Property Crew | Sandy Gahan, Vic Gauger, D. Nicholas Hansen, John Henry Jan Lewis, Bob Smith & Ellison Weber |
| Set Construction | Matt Fellers, John Henry, Steve Mierzejewski, Paige Price, Bob Smith & Don Weber |
| Set Dressing | Willard Misfeldt |
| Set Dressing Crew | Vic Gauger, Paige Price, Wes Skinner & Kathie Weber |
| Scenic Art | Willard Misfeldt & Jackie Mierzejewski |
| Senic Art Crew | Paige Price |
| Sound Design | Don Weber |
| Sound Crew | Marc Malley & Alex Read |
| Program | Don Weber & Kathie Weber |
| Graphic Art | Laura Ahrens |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberly Bruggemann, Sue Holliger, Joe & Carol Kwiatkowski, John Farnham Scott, Roger Whitmore & Judy Wiederhold |
| Program Printing | The Copy Center |
| Cast Photography | Mike McDermott |
| Special Thanks | Black Swamp Players Children’s Theatre Workshop Hyman’s Red Barn Furniture Dr. Marvin Scherer Stautzenberger College Third Party Service – Specialty Movers & Piano Movers Rob Packard WNWO-TV24 |
The Show!
Place: Houston and the surrounding area
Time: The early 1950’s
Scenes:
Act I
Scene 1:
- Place: Willie Clark’s two-room apartment in an old hotel on upper Broadway in the mid-eighties.
- Time: 1972 – Early afternoon, mid-winter.
Scene 2:
- Place: The same
- Time: The following Monday. A few minutes before eleven.
Act II
Scene 1:
- Place: A rehearsal set at the CBS Television Studio
- Time: The following week
Scene 2:
- Place: Willie’s apartment
- Time: Two weeks later