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2006 Fall Play
The fall play was held on October 19th and 20th, 2006. Directed by Kristen Linde, "Moon Over Buffalo" by Ken Ludwigg, was quite a success. The cast, crew, and directors would like to thank everyone who was involved in supporting this performance!
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Synopsis of "Moon Over Buffalo"
The time: 1953 The place: Buffalo, New York
Ken Ludwig, who wrote the hit show Lend Me a Tenor and wrote the text for Crazy for You, provides another crowd-pleasing comedy. “Moon over Buffalo” takes place in the backstage area of a theater in the artistic, yet low-income, part of Buffalo, NY. The couple has just lost their last chance at stardom-leads in a Frank Capra movie. To add to the chaos, George finds that his past has caught up with him after an adulterous night with fellow actor Eileen. Charlotte learns of his antics and decides to leave him and their chaotic theater life in favor of the more stable lawyer Richard (who just so happens to be wealthy & handsome). With their marriage and acting careers on the skids, daughter Roz comes to visit with news of her own new engagement to a stable (non-actor) young man, Howard. Add to this plot the fact that her former love, Paul, continues to work with Charlotte and George as they sink deeper into the depths of acting careers that are going nowhere.
Helping to pull this comedy together is Charlotte’s mother, Ethel. Ethel is a meddling, opinionated mother whose selective hearing allows her to say and do whatever she pleases. When George’s agent calls to say Hollywood director Frank Capra will be attending their matinee to consider giving George, and possibly Charlotte, a starring role in a big-budget film, a situation of mayhem erupts. We discover George is drunk and missing, and the company can't figure out if it’s playing Private Lives or Cyrano de Bergerac. This is just the beginning of the twists and turns each character will face during the evening as the audience watches the relationships unfold, each with a degree of almost slapstick comedy. The plot is full of misunderstandings, misplaced affections, and missing persons. Stuffed with comic invention, running gags, and a superb sense of absurdity, this is truly a “love letter to live theatre.”
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Ashley Gratz
David Howard
Kate Lang
Jenni Meador
Mike Schwan
Courtney Yuen
Geoff Zokal
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