There will be no intermission for this show.
Stage Director: Mark Pearson
Music Director: Mila Henry
Choreographer: Caitlin Belcik
Stage Manager: Miranda Van Mooy
Lighting Designer: Elijah Kleinberg
Costume Designer: Thomas J. Charles
Set Designer: Kristin Knutson
Props Master: Peter Waldmiller
Scenic Technician: Melie Hayes
Thursday Matinee performance led by Associate Conductor and Pianist: Lindsay Miller
Stage Director: Mark Pearson
Music Director: Mila Henry
Choreographer: Caitlin Belcik
Stage Manager: Miranda Van Mooy
Lighting Designer: Elijah Kleinberg
Costume Designer: Thomas J. Charles
Set Designer: Kristin Knutson
Props Master: Peter Waldmiller
Scenic Technician: Melie Hayes
Thursday Matinee performance led by Associate Conductor and Pianist: Lindsay Miller
Cast
Dinah, A Suburban Housewife.........................Gillian Weatherford
Sam, Her Husband.........................................................Alex Poletti
The Trio, a Greek Chorus born of the radio commercial: Orlando Montalvo, Brandon Roth, Sophie Thompson
Sam, Her Husband.........................................................Alex Poletti
The Trio, a Greek Chorus born of the radio commercial: Orlando Montalvo, Brandon Roth, Sophie Thompson
Synopsis
This satire on the American dream is divided into seven short scenes that segue into one another. A kind of radio jingle Greek Chorus guides us into 1950s suburbia, where Sam and Dinah appear to have the perfect life in their little white house. But their growing detachment from each other exposes a mutual feeling that they are trapped in a life that has turned into a lie. Squabbling at the breakfast table ends with Sam leaving for his job in the city while Dinah heads to her analyst’s office. The couple are given a brief opportunity for reconciliation through a serendipitous encounter on a busy street. However, each fabricates an excuse why they cannot have lunch together. In order to avoid the trouble at home, Sam escapes to the hyper-masculine, win-or-lose world of the gym, while Dinah loses herself in the movies, where the hit picture of the day is the ominously-titled Trouble in Tahiti. The piece ends back at home where the questions hanging over Dinah and Sam’s relationship are never fully resolved.
Program
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