Proposals
Written By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Wes Skinner
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Run of Show
“Proposals” will run May 9-24, 2014, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm
Synopsis
This elegiac memory play delightfully recalls the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos. The summer of 1953 brings romantic entanglements that coalesce one idyllic afternoon; Burt Hines, mid-50’s and convalescing from a second heart attack, eagerly anticipates the arrival of the ex-wife he still loves. Daughter Josie has just broken her engagement to a Harvard law student and pines for his buddy Ray, an aspiring writer with whom she once had a brief fling. Clemma, the black housekeeper at the center of the action casts a astute eye on the complications while facing with her own unresolved past.
“New directions from the dazzlingly successful playwright who changed the very face of comedy on Broadway.”
– The New York Times
“As long as Neil Simon keeps turning out his glossy fantasies, loosely woven from mildly autobiographical inventions, such sadly endangered species as the Broadway comedy and the well made play will never give up the ghost…extremely entertaining…a play of great warmth and charm. Simon plays his characters as if he were playing poker and winning and we sit back and enjoy.”-New York Post
Program
The Program for this show can be viewed by clicking Proposals. (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Clemma Diggins | Mary Taylor |
| Burt Hines | Larry Farley |
| Josie Hines | Megan Beckett |
| Ken Norman | Jon Masters |
| Ray Dolenz | Connor Gavin |
| Annie Robbins | Maryjo Gavin |
| Vinnie Bavasi | Zac Gilley |
| Sammii | Heather Bartlett |
| Lewis Barnett | Charles Crockett |
Program Staff
| Director | Wes Skinner |
| Producers | Patrick Drummond |
| Stage Managers | Susan McCann |
| Scene Coach | Kate Argow |
| Lighting Design | Andrew C. Todd |
| Lighting Crew | Rhonda Cowell |
| Sound Design | Jeffrey Bartlett |
| Sound Crew | Judy Meeks |
| Costume Design | Pam Kelso & Brenda Sweeney |
| Props Mistress | Dawne Garrett |
| Stage Crew | Dawne Garrett & James Harris |
| Set Design | Wes Skinner |
| Set Dressing | Wes Skinner |
| Set Construction | Brad Ray |
| Painting | Wes Skinner |
| Scenic Art | Mark McGovern |
| Program | Jake Gordy |
| Program Art & Cover Design | Christopher Jagodzinski |
| Production Logo | Christopher Jagodzinski |
| House Manager | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office | Ann Veasey |
| Box Office Staff | Sandy Blanchard, Kimberly Bruggemann, Pam Engle, Dan Finkel, Jake Gordy, Darlene Hatfield, Patty Hoover, Christopher Jagodzinski, Debbie Marinik, Jean Mills, Susan Rice, Laura Zelenka |
| Program Printing | AIM Specialists |
| Marquee Signs | Jake Gordy & Christopher Jagodzinski |
| Theatre Photographer | Frank Venda |
| Special Thanks | Kate Argow, Bonnie Brandburg, Jean & Norb Mills, Sara Speelman & J. Judson Lohman, Eric Simpson, Toledo Repertoire Theater, Toledo Museum of Art |
The Show!
Place: Near a resort in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania
Time: 1953
Act I
Scene 1: Evening
Scene 2: The next morning
Scene 3: Later that day
Act II
Scene 1: An hour later
Scene 2: Later still
Scene 3: That evening
Scene 4: Three weeks later