PCS | 2009-2010 | Second Stage

Players Club of Swarthmore Second Stage Season 2009-2010

Different and exciting evenings presented upstairs in the Raymond W. Smith Theater, an adaptable black box theater seating 85. The Second Stage program consists of fully stage productions, staged readings, and cabarets. An informal discussion with the actors and director will sometimes follow performances. Refreshments will be served at all events and patrons are encouraged to bring their favorite beverage and snacks to cabarets.

All performances begin at 8:00 PM unless otherwise noted. Seating is general admission. Early arrival is recommended.

With the exeption of Anna in the Tropics, all Second Stage tickets are sold at the door.
For all performances except cabarets, main stage tickets or vouchers that have not been redeemed are good for admission,
even expired one-per-show vouchers. For Anna in the Tropics tickets will be available in advance.

For information about CABARETS, click here

Anna in the Tropics
by Nilo Cruz

Directed by Bridget Dougherty

Set in 1929, just before the Depression, Anna in the Tropics centers on a Cuban American family and the cigar factory that provides their livelihood in Ybor City, Florida. Told as a romantic allegory, the show raises questions about the nature of the American dream, the mechanization of the American worker, and the place of literature and intellect in a consumer based society. Anna in the Tropics was the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama.

Cigar smoking done during performance.

This is the Philadelphia/Delaware County area premier of this show.

Check out what the critics say:

Players Club’s remarkable ‘Anna’

Anna in the Tropics Logo

CAST (*= PCS Debut)

Ofelia

Deb Braak*

Production dates:
October 9, 10, 11*, 16 and 17, 2009

Friday and Saturday performances at 8:00 PM
*Sunday matinee at 2:00 PM

10/9: light refreshments provided on Second Stage by our friends from Qdoba (they are located on Baltimore Pike, across from Borders)

10/16: Talk Back with cast after the show

Juan Julian

Abdel Pena

Santiago

Timothy Jackson*

Palomo

Richard Bradford*

Marela

Lorraine Delgado-Amador*

Cheche

Fabrizio Spada*

Conchita

Lenora Locatelli*

Eliades

David Palmer

For the first time for Second Stage advance ticket sales are now available online or by phone!

Admission $10

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW

Friday, October 9, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Sunday, October 11, 2009

or call 1-866-811-4111

Charlotte’s Web
from the book by E.B. White, adapted by Joseph Robinette

Wilbur meets Charlotte in Charlotte's Web

Directed by Kristy Boyer Chen

Admission $5

Wilbur the pig knows he will be pork chops in the fall unless his friend Charlotte the spider can think of a way to change the farmer’s mind. A classic children’s story that will delight all ages, presented with a bit of a twist. We've called upon an aerialist to play Charlotte – so the clever spider really is suspended above the stage by her “web”.

Lynn Sabin Lunny as Charlotte in Charlotte's Web at the Players Club of Swarthmore

CAST (*= PCS Debut)

Wilbur - Jenna Sharples
Charlotte - Lynn Lunny*
Fern Arable - Talia Kaplan*
John Arable - Jim Reese
Martha Arable - Lori Exley*
Avery - Daniel Jacob Kaplan*
Goose - Kathryn Leech*
Gander - George Mulford
Templeton - Katryn Broido*
Sheep - Samantha Simons*
Lamb - Aidan Chen*
First Chorus Member - Nhut Le*
Second Chorus Member - Jordyn Elise Kaplan*
Third Chorus Member - Alyssa Marino
Homer - Jim Carroll
Edith - Betsy Brookshier*
Lurvy - Nicholas Horiel*
Announcer - George Mulford

December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 2009

Saturday, December 19th show cancelled due to inclement weather

Friday performances at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2:00

New Plays by local playwrights

Mementos by Chris Ludovici
directed by Jim Ludovici

A dead boy’s mother surprises his girlfriend in his apartment.

CAST:
Jane Shumaker as Cassie
Bonnie Kapenstein as Mrs. McKinney

Ripples in the Water
by Toby Mulford
directedy by Toby Mulford

A fisherman’s wife challenges the Spirit of the Sea to win back her drowned husband.

CAST: Melissa Kearney - Kathy Nay - Erin Stewart

January 8, 9, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Admission $5

Both plays are suitable for all audiences, accessible for mature teens.
Both plays will be presented on Friday and Saturday - running time of each is less than ½ hour.

Les Blancs (Reading)
Lorraine Hansberry

An urbane, westernized African man returns to his native village and its neighboring mission in the midst of a smoldering post-colonial conflict. This powerful drama by the author of A Raisin in the Sun was produced posthumously.

CAST:

Thais Hobbs, Eric Jarrell, Pat Hawley, Larry Wilson, Ed Milliner,
Mike Raimondo, Shannon Jones, Vision
and Narrated by Shanna Massad

NOTE: DATES CHANGED

February 26, 27, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Directed by Dave Ebersole

Admission $5

The Smell of the Kill
by Michele Lowe

A very dark and very funny comedy about three women whose husbands could each use a little tuning up and the way the women decide to take the project on.

Contains some coarse language, sexual themes and adult situations.

March 12, 13, 19, 20, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Directed by Brian Boland

Admission $10

A play in one act. There will be no intermission

The Smell of the Kill

THE CAST

Nicky Elisabeth Hostetter
Debra Roni Cibischino
Molly Heidi Starr
Marty John Foelster
Jay John Furey
Danny Bill Haburcak

THE STAFF

Director Brian Boland
Lights Richard Wright
Sound Davida Weiler-Stone
Stage Manager Danielle DiFederico Gowen
Props Linda Squibb
AD/Script/Gopher Miriam Boland

Love-Lies-Bleeding
by Don DeLillo

Directed by James Carroll

Love-Lies-Bleeding, by Don DeLillo, tells the story of last act in the life of a charismatic artist – as witnessed by three who have felt that charisma: his third wife, his second wife, and his son by his first wife. It is the most unusual of families, in the most unusual setting, trying to find ways to talk about the ultimate human experience.

The play gently (but relentlessly) reveals their past and their purposes. Does the artist need his family to help him die? Or does his family need him to die? And how can they tell which, if either, is true? This is a quiet, poetic work of great theatrical intensity.

Contains adult language and situations.

April 16, 17, 23, 24, 2010 - 8:00 PM

Admission $10

At right: Stephen Kelly of Drexel Hill (Alex) and Kim Garrison of Aston (Tionette) appear in Love-Lies-Bleeding.

Photo by James Reese

Cast

Alex - Steve Kelly
Toinette - Kim Garrison
Sean – Thomas Robert Irvin
Lia - Jill Cassidy
Sitting Figure - Jim Hulme

Crew

Director – Jim Carroll
Assistant Director – Jen Wolfe
Sound Design – Davida Stone
Lighting Design – Josiah Donnell
Set Design – Jim Carroll, Josiah Donnell
Stage Manager – Ryan Stone

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