On Golden Pond
Written By: Ernest Thompson
Directed by: Julie Zatko
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
Run of Show
“On Golden Pond” ran May 6-21, 2005, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm, second Sunday at 2:00pm.
Synopsis
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-fourth year. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. The boy quickly becomes the “grandchild” the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return. In the end, as the summer wanes, so does their brief idyll, and in the final, deeply moving moments of the play, Norman and Ethel are brought even closer together by the incidence of a mild heart attack. Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.
Program
The Program for this show can be viewed by clicking On Golden Pond. (pdf) (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Norman Thayer Sr. | John Henry |
| Ethel Thayer | Jean Mills |
| Charlie Martin | Pat Mahoney |
| Chelsea Thayer Wayne | Susan Doktor |
| Billy Ray | A.J. LaPorta |
| Bill Ray | Jim Trumm |
Program Staff
| Director | Julie Zatko |
| Producers | Norb Mills |
| Set Design | Wes Skinner |
| Scenic Art | Ruth Greenberg, Jean Mills, Paige Price, |
| Mary Ann Silka & Wes Skinner | |
| Stage Manager | Debbie Marinik |
| Lighting Designer | Dan Finkle, Deanne Miller, Bob Smith & Julie Zatko |
| Lighting Crew | Debbie Marinik |
| Costume Design | Kate Argow |
| Costume Crew | Sarah Collier & Sue Dessner |
| Property Masters | Sue Dennis |
| Property Crew | Joyce Calmes, Carol Erford, Peggy Lester, Ben Lumbrezer, Paige Price, Mary Ann Silka, Bob Smith & Joanne Toth |
| Set Construction | Steve Mierzejewski, Norb Mills & Bob Smith |
| Sound Design | Julie Zatko |
| Sound Crew | Mark Malley, Erica Renzhofer, Joanne Toth & Don Weber |
| Program | Laura Ahrens, Jake Gordy & Frank Venda |
| Program Art & Cover Design | Laura Ahrens |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberly Bruggemann, Darlene Hatfield, Sue Holliger, Joe Kwiatkowski, John Farnham Scott, Rita Stobinski, Roger Whitmore & Judy Wiederhold |
| Program Printing | The Copy Center |
| Cast Photography | Frank Venda |
| Special Thanks | Black Swamp Players of Bowling Green, Willard Misfeldt |
The Village Players Theatre would like to dedicate this show to the memory of Carol Kwiatkowski
The Show!
Act I
Scene I: Middle of May, Early Afternoon
Scene II: Middle of June, Mid-Morning
Scene III: Middle of July, Early Evening
Act II
Scene I: Middle of August, Early Morning
Scene II: Middle of September, Late Morning