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The Pulitzer Prize winning play about the unlikeliest of love stories.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this classic American play takes place in a deserted boathouse in Lebanon, Missouri in 1944. Narrator and protagonist, Matt Friedman has come from St. Louis to profess his love to Sally Talley, an uncertain and shy “spinster” in her 30s. Matt, an older Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, has little more than an hour and a half to convince Sally, a Protestant from a conservative family, to run off with him and get married. Through it all, they must share their darkest secrets and most painful memories, but as Matt says, “This is the kind of romance that can only be found in the theatre.”
This activity is supported by the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL and CULTURE SOURCE.
December 1, 2023 - December 17, 2023
CREATIVE TEAM
CAST
Matt................................................................Jeff Thomakos*
Sally................................................................Jessica Annunziata
* Member Actors’ Equity Association
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR..............................................Brittany Connors
STAGE MANAGER..................................Lizzie Caldwell
LIGHTING DESIGNER.............................TyChi
COSTUME DESIGNER............................Abigail Hall
SET DESIGNER/BUILDER.......................Emily Willemse
SOUND DESIGNER.................................Jeff Thomakos
SCENIC PAINTERS..................................Emily Willemse
Brittany Connors
SET DRESSING & PROPS.......................Brittany Connors
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR...........................Julia Leuterman
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER...............Alice Neumeyer
SET BUILD CREW....................................Brittany Connors,
Ira Connors, Kai Connors,
Ryan Connors, Evan Fisher,
Mel Kramer, Dereck Mashburn,
Lynn Meissner, Joshua Purcell
HOUSE MANAGER..................................Katja Thomakos