Directed by Shari Johnson
Assistant Director- Jamie D. Close
PERFORMANCE DATES ARE: September 9,10,11,12 and 17,18,19.


THE STORY: The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

Cast List

Arnold Wiggins: Mario Lozoya

Lucien P. Smith: John Cardarella

Jack: Michael Masterson

Norman Bulansky: Bill Pelletier

Barry Klemper: Noah J.J. Price

Mr. Hedges, Mr. Corbin, Senator Clarke: Stephen Howard

Mrs. Fremus, Mrs. Warren, Clara: Mary Espinosa

Sheila: Marcie Ramirez

Mr. Klemper: Mike Wimpy

The Crew

Set Designer R.J. Parish

Costume Designer: Patricia McLaughlin

Sound Designer: Chris Ducket

Props Designer: Marsha Brownlee

Light Board Op: Dennis Fithen

Backstage Crew: Erin Brown