Don’t Dress for Dinner
Written By: Marc Camoletti
Directed by: Norb Mills
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
“Don’t Dress For Dinner” will run May 2 – 17, 2008, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm, May 4th at 2:00pm
Synopsis
This farcical concoction involves a married couple, an old friend, a voluptuous mistress and an outlandish cook who’s enlisted to take on different identities in a succession of lies, deceptions and misunderstandings. The plot is a recipe for hilarious confusion with more twists than a corkscrew.
Program
The Program for this show can be viewed by clicking Don’t Dress For Dinner (pdf) (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Bernard | Jimmy Pickle |
| Jacqueline, his wife | Suzanne Jennens |
| Robert, his friend | Matt Black |
| Suzanne, his mistress | Elizabeth Palmer |
| Suzette, the cook | Clara Engel |
| George, her husband | John Jennens |
Program Staff
| Director | Norb Mills |
| Producers | John Henry & Paige Price |
| Set Design | Wes Skinner |
| Stage Manager | Andrew Black |
| Lighting Design | Andrew Todd |
| Lighting Crew | Sara Speelman |
| Costume Design | Pam Kelso |
| Costume Assistant | Kate Argow |
| Costume Crew | Joyce Calmes & Debbie Marinik |
| Prop Gatherer | Suzanne Dennis |
| Prop Crew | Joyce Calmes & Debbie Marinik |
| Sound Design | Steve Essick & Don Weber |
| Sound Crew | Kara Ayers & Marc Malley |
| Set Construction | Andrew Black, Steve Mierzejewski, Norb Mills, Wes Skinner, & Don Weber |
| Scenic Art | Kara Ayers, Andrea Blake, Laura Hansen, Heather Kelso, J. Judson Lohman, Brad Riker, & Sara Speelman |
| Set Dressing | Brad Riker |
| Program | Jake Gordy, Laura Hansen, Pam Kelso, & Frank Venda |
| Program Art & Cover Design | H.O.T. Graphics |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberley Bruggemann, Sandy Fry, Darlene Hatfield, Barbara Heindel, Sue Holliger, Debbie Krieger, Diane Nowakowski, Jinny Patterson, & Judy Wiederhold |
| Program Printing | The Copy Center |
| Marquee Signs | Larry Janney & Norb Mills |
| Cast Photography | Frank Venda |
| Special Thanks | Children’s Theatre Workshop, Doris Wohl |
The Show!
Place: In the main living-room of a country house some distance from Paris.
Time: The Present
Act I
Early Evening
Act II
Later that Evening