
Eastern Standard
By Richard Greenberg
clockwise: Gil Bernardy,
Chad Borden, Laura Wernette,
Darin Anthony, Stacey Silverman,
overseen by Sandra Kinder
Director
Producers
Artistic Advisor
Stage Manager
Sound Designer
Lighting Adaptation
Set Adaptation
Costume Coordinator
Lighting Operator
Sound Operator
Running Crew
Props Coordinator
Swing Technicians
House Manager
Photography
WPSH Disc Jockey
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John
Ross Clark
Chad
Borden
Amy
Morrell
Nick
DeGruccio
Becky
Johnson
Chris
Dwan
Mike
Thayer
Seph
Kinder
Nick
DeGruccio
Brent Beath
Chris
Dwan
Karen Voyles
Ryann
Gerber
Jaclin
Ostoforoff
Steve Saracino
Tom Dugan
Helen Pettiet
Bob Lapin
Steven Fahey |
Cast (in order of appearance)
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Stephen Wheeler
Drew Paley
Ellen
Phoebe Kidde
Peter Kidde
May Logan |
Darin
Anthony
Chad
Borden
Stacey
Silverman
Kelly
Coleman
Gil
Bernardi
Sandra
Kinder |
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Understudies: For Stephen-Clayton
Whitfield; for Drew-Chris Thomas; for Ellen-Melissa Detwiler; for Peter-Greg
Foran; for May-Kathryn Kates.
All players are members of
one or more performing unions within the 4As, Associated Actors Artistes
of America.
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Time: Summer
1990
Act I: A restaurant,
uptown New York City.
Act II: Stephen's
beach house on the island
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Eastern Standard is
a Colony
Second Stage Production, produced
on the set originally designed for Dandelion
Wine, running concurrently. The set was designed by John Patrick.
Original lighting was designed by D. Silvio Volonte.
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SYNOPSIS
Eastern Standard
was a critical and popular comedic success at New York’s famed Manhattan
Theatre Club. This celebrated play went on to become a Broadway hit as
well. Hailed as a uniquely perceptive and devastatingly witty
play for our times, it traces
the experiences of a group of young, rich and somewhat jaded New York "Yuppies"
as they move from disenchantment to hopeful anticipation of what modern
life has to offer. Eastern Standard is directed by John
Ross Clark and produced by Chad
Borden and Amy Morrell.
The play takes place in 1990
in the bustling metropolis of New York City. In a trendy Manhattan restaurant,
Stephen (Darin Anthony),
a very successful architect, is having lunch with his best friend, Drew
(Chad Borden), a rising avant-garde
artist. At an adjacent table sits the unrequited object of Stephen’s affection,
Phoebe (Kelly Coleman), who is herself a shrewd and successful stock broker.
As they watch Phoebe, her television executive brother Peter (Gil
Bernardy) joins her, bringing with him some disturbing news. After
several raucous episodes involving a schizophrenic bag lady (played by
Sandra
Kinder) and a long-suffering actress/waitress (portrayed by Stacey
Silverman), the four characters meet and strike up an unlikely
friendship. A month later, all six assemble at Stephen’s beach house, determined
to get away from the craziness of the city and make some sense out of their
relationships and careers. Inevitably, this leads to a series of very funny
yet compelling incidents in which various relationships, non-relationships,
mistaken motives, and often shaky alliances are cleverly set forth and
examined.
"For anyone who has been
waiting for a play that tells what it is like to be more or less middle-class,
more or less young and more or less well-intentioned in a frightening city
at this moment in this time zone, "Eastern Standard" at long last
is it."
—NY Times
"With a truly original voice,
a deft hand with character and a gift for juxtaposing unexpected elements
with amusing and dramatically purposeful results, Greenberg’s "Eastern
Standard" is a romantic comedy for our times."
—Drama-Logue
"...it speaks to us eloquently,
and with humor, about today."
—Back Stage |
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Special Thanks
Jim Vukovich, J.D. Kessler
and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Nick DeGruccio, Ryann Gerber, Amanda
Diamond, Catherine Springer, Barbara Beckley, Lisa Beezley, Michael Fracassi,
Drew Dalzell, Laura Dwan, David Rose, Denise Dillard, Salvadore Palacios,
Helen Pettiet, David Carey Foster, Jaclin Ostoforoff, Frances Bernardy,
Michael Wadler, Mark C. Barros, James Dumont, and John Vuvovich.
Read the Back
Stage West Review
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