Squabbles
Written By: Marshall Karp
Directed by: Wes Skinner
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
“Squabbles” ran September 11-26, 2009.
Synopsis
This hilarious play pits a father-in-law against a mother in a comedic succession of squabbles. Jerry Sloan is a successful writer of advertising jingles married to an equally successful lawyer. Living with the happy couple is the not-so-happy Abe (Jerry’s curmudgeon father-in-law). Abe is a funny guy…to the audience, not to Jerry. The situation is exacerbated when Jerry’s mother Mildred’s house burns down and she needs a place
Program
The Program for this show can be viewed by clicking Squabbles (pdf) (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Jerry Sloan | Matt Richardson |
| Alice Sloan | Clara C. Engel |
| Abe Dreyfus | Norb Mills |
| Hector Lopez | Tom Wagner |
| Mildred Sloan | Jean Mills |
| Sol Wasserman | Paul Palmisano |
| Mrs. Fisher | Olivia Killiam |
Program Staff
| Director | Wes Skinner |
| Producers | Andrew Black & Sara Speelman |
| Set Design | Wes Skinner |
| Stage Manager | Laura Hansen & Megan Ray |
| Lighting Design | Andrew Todd |
| Lighting Crew | Laura Crawford, Tim Dubois, & Liz Piel |
| Sound Designer | Don Weber |
| Sound Crew | Marc Malley & Brandon Ware |
| Costume Coordinator | Kathy Karnes |
| Props | Tom and Jean Davis |
| Prop Crew | Ernie Brown, Jean Brown, Rich Chesko, J. Judson Lohman, & Ellison Weber |
| Set Construction | Rich Chesko, Steve Mierzejewski & Don Weber |
| Scenic Art | Denise Coyle |
| Set Dressing | Brad Riker |
| Painters and Dutchers | Sarah Braun, Derek Hansen, Laura Hansen, Megan Ray, Brad Riker, & Sara Speelman |
| Bookholder | Kate Argow |
| Publicity | Kara Ayers |
| Program | Jake Gordy, Laura Hansen, & Frank Venda |
| Program Art & Cover Design | H.O.T. Graphics |
| Production Logo | Kara Ayers |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Kimberley Bruggemann, Pam Engle, Sandy Fry, Darlene Hatfield, Barbara Heindel, Sue Holliger, Debbie Krieger, Diane Nowakowski, Jinny Patterson, Susan Rice, & Judy Wiederhold |
| Program Printing | The Copy Center |
| Marquee Signs | Derek Hansen |
| Theatre Photographer | Frank Venda |
The Show!
Place: The home of Jerry and Alice Sloan in Stamford, Connecticut.
Act I
Scene One: Early one evening in July
Scene Two: The next afternoon
Act II
Scene One: Early one evening the following March
Scene Two: Later that evening
Scene Three: Morning, four days later