Laundry
and Bourbon
by James McLure
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James
McLure’s classic play Laundry and Bourbon is yet another
one-act set in a small town in Texas. Set in the early 1970's,
three 30-ish Texas women fold laundry, drink plenty of Bourbon,
gossip, reminisce, banter, exchange insults, (two of them end
up in a mini-brawl), and generally reveal much about the open
‘secrets’ of small town life.
There’s
plenty to laugh about, and much to ponder in this short work.
The New York Post said this about the original production: "Mr.
McLure’s strongest suit is dialogue – salty, comic
banter that derives from colorful indigenous characters."
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Cast
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| Elizabeth |
Julia
Lenardon
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| Hattie |
Monica
Clark-Robinson
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| Amy
Lee |
Christiane
Morel
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Christiane Morel
(Amy Lee)
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Julia
Lenardon (Elizabeth) |
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Elizabeth
(Julia Lenardon) and Hattie (Monica Clark-Robinson) |
Amy
Lee (Christiane Morel) |
Blind
Date
by Horton Foote
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in a small Texas town in 1929, Horton Foote’s one-act play
Blind Date explores what can happen when adults get mixed
up in trying to play the ‘matching game’ with the younger
generation. New York Magazine had this to say about the play’s
premier production at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York
City: "Foote writes with intelligence, sensitivity, humor,
and compassion. . . Blind Date, understatedly funny and uninsistently
touching, is full of lived humanity." |
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Cast
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| Robert |
Mike
McKeogh
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| Dolores |
Monica
Clark-Robinson
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| Sarah-Nancy |
Rachel
Roberts
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| Felix |
Tom
McCartan
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Rachel
Robert
(Sarah-Nancy) |
Preparing
for the 2002 Season |
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Production
Staff
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| Assistant
Director |
Adrienne
Simon
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| Stage
Manager |
Nate
Cox
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| Technical
Drector |
Stan
Jensen
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| Asst
to Technical Director |
Terrence
Tatum
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| Costume
Shop Supervisor |
Karen
M. Kangas-Preston
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| Assistant
Stage Manager |
Richie
P. Kinzi
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| Costume
Crew Head |
Lauren
Franklin
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| Seamstress |
Sandy
Spillette
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| Master
Electrician |
Jonathon
Sage
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| Prop
Master |
Ryan
Snow
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| Props
Crew |
Sarah
Habel. Melissa Waller,
Brad Etheridger
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| Light
Board Operator |
Deena
Bahu
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| Sound
Board Operator |
Sarah
Blocher
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| Costume
Running Crew |
Members
of THR 212
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| Costume
Shop Crew |
Courtney
Gross, Emily Mickelson,
Liz Moore
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| Graduate
Technical Superviors |
Danielle
M. Baisden, Rob Berls,
Kyle Matthews
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Below
is a gallery of photos I took of "Blind Date"
on the third weekend of SCT 2002. Featuring: Mike McKeogh with
an unforgettable mustache, Tom McCartan with a butt pad, Rachel
Roberts with an inconsolable expression, and Monica Clark-Robinson
doing all she can, she can do no more
Andrew
Hungerford
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Felix
(Tom McCarten) and
Sarah-Nancy (Rachel Roberts) |
Robert
(Mike McKeough) and
Dolores (Monica Clark-Robinson)
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Dolores (Monica Clark-Robinson), Felix (Tom McCarten)
and Sarah-Nancy (Rachel Roberts)
Sarah-Nancy (Rachel Roberts),
Felix (Tom McCarten), Dolores (Monica Clark-Robinson)
and Robert
(Mike McKeough)
Felix
(Tom McCarten) and Sarah-Nancy (Rachel Roberts)
Felix (Tom McCarten)Dol and
Dolores (Monica Clark-Robinson) |
Felix
(Tom McCarten) and
Robert
(Mike McKeough) |
Michigan
State University
College of Arts & Letters - Department of Theatre
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