Comedies are my favorite genre to direct. On those days when you’re down, your luck has just run out, nothing is going your way... A good, hard laugh is always the cure. For me, directing this play has certainly been a non-stop dose of medicine!

I have been a fan of Neil Simon’s work for a long time, so being able to direct one of his finest comedies is a great pleasure. One thing Simon is known for, however, is the relationships he creates between his characters. Chemistry is key in all his plays. This one was no exception. I had the fortune to luck-out with my cast. From day one, the chemistry between the actors has been remarkable! They have done a terrific job of feeding off each others energies and making each other look good onstage. I could not have asked for a more cohesive, or dedicated cast. The hours of sweat, tears, and blood (literally) have paid off!!

I hope in watching this production that you are able to find humor in the tangled and twisted relationships that abound; perhaps parallels to your own interactions; and maybe even some peace in those few tender moments.

Or perchance, you’ll at least enjoy a good, hard laugh. Shama Shama!”

Jillian NolanDirector

Corporate SponSorS and UnderwriterSSteven & Carolyn Wong/TSF Inc. – Producer

David & Kristin Fishter/Exxon Mobil Foundation – DirectorJim & Angela Graves – Stage ManagerKaren & Mike Olson – Stage Manager

Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Wood, Jr. – Stage ManagerCliff & Peggie Miller – Stage Manager

Dr. Bruce and Mimi Bastian – Actor

Corie Bratter .........................Crys McClureTelephone Repair Man .........Steven DowellDelivery Man .......................Gerald LivingstonPaul Bratter ..........................Richard C. WilcoxEthel Banks ..........................Yvonne Owen NelsonVictor Velasco ......................Patrick Slagle

SYNOPSIS OF SCENESaCt one

the top floor of a brownstone on east 48th Street, new York City. about 5:30 on a cold February afternoon.

aCt twoScene 1: Four days later. about 7:00 pm

Scene 2: Later that night. about 2 am

aCt tHreethe following day. about 5:00 pm

there will be a 15 minute intermission between act ii Sc. 1 and Sc. 2.Food & drink only in the lobby, please!

(In order of appearance)

StaGe riGHt Board oF direCtorSCatherine Anderson, Marcia Feldt Bates, Phil Clarke, Katt Gilcrease,Angela Graves, Lyn Hawthorne Howard, Greg Kelly, Tom Lockhart

Bruce Lyon, Melody Montez, Mike Olson, Sandy RineyAmy Sowers, Carolyn Corsano Wong, Steven Wong, Kathleen Zaritski

Director ...........................................Jillian NolanAssistant Director ............................Michael CadwalladerTechnical Director ...........................Jim BinghamStage Manager ................................Kylee HuddlestonSet Design .......................................Katt GilcreaseSet Construction ..............................Katt Gilcrease, Susan Burge, .........................................................Jim Bingham, Peter KellyCostumes & Props...........................Amy Sowers, Carolyn WongSound Design ..................................Carolyn Corsano WongSound Engineer ...............................Nick BarfieldLight Design ....................................Roger OrmistonLight Engineer ................................Maredith Zaritski, Steve WongStage Crew ......................................Tori Allen, Gerald Livingston, .........................................................Katie & Peter KellyHouse Manager ...............................Mary LockhartProducer ..........................................Amy Sowers

CastSteven dowell (Telephone Repairman) Steven is happy to be on the Crighton stage for the second time. He was last seen here in Harvey, searching for a six and a half foot white rabbit. Steven has been working in shows nonstop for the last two years, it seems. Recent shows in-clude A Lesson Before Dying at Houston Family Arts Center, The Curious Savage at Playhouse 1960, The Annual 10x10 at Country Playhouse, Driving Miss Daisy at Playhouse 1960, and Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will? also at Playhouse 1960. He also had the pleasure of stage managing Agnes of God, in which his lovely wife Jacque played the title char-acter. Thanks to Jillian Nolan for her di-recting skills, the entire cast and crew, as well as the wonderful Steve and Carolyn Wong for making his experience at the Crighton Theatre a happy one. As al-ways, Steve wishes to thank his lovely wife Jacque. None of this, or anything else would happen without her.

GeraLd LiVinGSton (Delivery Man/Set Crew) is a familiar face to Con-roe Theater goers as a journeyman char-acter actor. Locally he has been seen in My Fair Lady, Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will? and The Crucible. In the Vaude-ville show he played 5 different charac-ters with George Burns being his favor-ite. He followed up Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton with a behind the lights effort of AD for Lend Me a Tenor. In Annie, once again, he played 5 char-acters. Most recently, he was in Mama

Won’t Fly and in Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd. He thanks his lovely wife Susan for sharing him with the historic Crighton Theater.

CrYS MCCLUre (Corie Bratter) Crys is thrilled to be playing Corie, she has dreamed of this since she was a little girl. She would like to send a big thank you out to Jillian Nolan the director, and all of STAGE RIGHT for this opportunity. This is the third time Crys has worked with STAGE RIGHT, you may remember her from the world premiere of Mama Won’t Fly or last summer’s The Music Man. Crys studied acting at the Houston Acad-emy of Dramatic Arts. Some of her favor-ite roles have included Allison in Men are Dogs and Geneva from Dearly Beloved. Crys would also like to thank all of her friends and family for their support.

YVonne owen neLSon (Ethel Banks) has enjoyed being involved with this collaborative effort. She earned a BFA in Drama from Sam Houston State University, worked summer stock, and toured on the dinner theatre circuit be-fore performing in community theatres in Galveston, Houston, and Conroe, such as the Strand Street Theatre, Chocolate Bay-ou Theatre Company, the Equinox and Kaplan Theatres, Playhouse 1960, Hous-ton Family Arts Center, Stage Right and The Crighton Players as well as TUTS. Selected roles she has played include Come Blow Your Horn (Mrs. Baker), But-terflies are Free (Jill Tanner), The Collec-

tion (Stella), The Prisoner of Second Ave-nue (Jessie), To Kill a Mockingbird (Miss Stephanie Crawford), Charley’s Aunt (Donna Lucia d’Alvadorez), The Quilt-maker’s Gift (the Quiltmaker), Oklahoma (Ado Annie), Guys & Dolls (Adelaide), Annie (Miss Hannigan), The Music Man (Mrs. Paroo), and several principal roles in The Sound of Music: Maria von Trapp, Elsa Schraeder, Mother Abbess and Sis-ter Margaretta. She has also enjoyed voicing characters in The Monkey’s Paw (Mrs. White), Little Women (Marmee), and Charles Dickens’ The Story of the the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (the Goblin King) for Short Story Theatre on behalf of Taping for the Blind. Love and thanks go out to the guy who has made it all pos-sible the past 27 years – husband Larry Wayne Nelson – and to her supportive family and friends.

patriCK SLaGLe (Victor Velasco) Patrick began his stage career at the age of 12 in the Thibodaux Playhouse pro-duction of Tom Sawyer. Since then, he has rarely left the stage working in com-munity and professional theatres through-out southern Louisiana. After moving to Texas he found a new home with STAGE RIGHT, and has performed in their pro-ductions of Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles, Annie, and Mama Won’t Fly. He has also appeared in Some Show (About a Murder) at Country Playhouse and in the recent horror film Renfield the Un-dead. He would like to extend his sincere thanks to his partner of 14 years and all his dear friends who never miss his per-formances.

riCHard wiLCoX (Paul Bratter) is a new-comer to the acting world with Bare-foot in the Park as his first performance. He is a graduate from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administra-

tion degree in Business Management. He was raised in Conroe, Texas and is cur-rently a resident of The Woodlands, Tex-as. Richard would like to thank the cast and crew of Barefoot in the Park, includ-ing Jillian Nolan, Director, and Michael Cadwallader, Assistant Director, for their guidance throughout the preparations for the show.

CrewJiLLian noLan (Director) is a pro-fessional director and actor. Most recent shows include: The Music Man, No Time for Sergeants, Mixed Feelings, Mur-der on the Nile, Cheaper by the Dozen, Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crigh-ton, Time Square Angel, Southern Hospi-tality, Line, and more. She is occasional-ly involved in the Houston Film Industry in a directing and casting capacity. She currently works as a Theatre instructor for grades 6-8. She is so proud of the hard work from the cast and crew, and she thanks God everyday for her talent and passion!

tori aLLen (Set Crew) Tori is a 9th grader in homeschool through the PAC-ES program. This is Tori’s first time to work backstage for a STAGE RIGHT production. She has been in 13 shows through CYT and Stage Right and has worked backstage for CYT. Her favorite role so far is Gracie in The Music Man.

JaMeS BinGHaM (Technical Direc-tor) has been the Executive Director of The Crighton Theatre Foundation for the past 21 years. Jim has been involved with theatre for over 35 years in shows ranging from Aida to 1776. Welcome to the Crighton!

niCK BarFieLd (Sound Engineer) currently resides right up the road, in Montgomery. He works a full time job as an electrical estimator and has decided to return back to school at night, after 10 years for his electrical engineering de-gree. He has been involved with the the-ater for the last three years.

MiCHaeL CadwaLLader (As-sistant Director) was born into a family of eight where he was homeschooled along with his brothers and sister. After noticing that Michael was a rather wild and crazy fellow his parents pushed him towards acting. Since then he has acted in Crighton theatre productions for over ten years but recently he has spent most of his time directing and acting in short films and movies. Michael is also cur-rently working at “WayMoreFM.com” where he created and hosts a show called “Cinema Talk”. After being absent from the theatre for almost 2 years, he is ex-cited to be back at the Crighton to assist Jillian Nolan in directing Barefoot in the Park.

Katt GiLCreaSe (Set Design & Construction) Katt was last seen onstage as Father in A Christmas Story. He de-signed and built that set as well as that

of Mama Won’t Fly. A veteran actor with television, commercial, and film credits under his belt, Katt is glad to announce the premiere of three movies in which he appears, two of which are already released: Up and Down (Michael Spen-cer), Oil (Paul Watkins), and Tree of Life (featured extra). Katt’s favorite stage roles include Jonathan Brewster in Arse-nic and Old Lace, Cpt. A. Keller in The Miracle Worker. As always thanks and love to Susan.

KYLee MiCHeLLe HUddLeSton (Stage Manager) is attending Sam Hous-ton University for a degree in Athletic Training and a minor in 2D Art. She was the stage manager for Always… Patsy Cline at the Crighton Theatre in Conroe, and assistant directed/stage managed the play Murder on the Nile at Playhouse 1960. Kylee was last seen on the Crigh-ton stage in Annie where she played a Boylen Sister.

Katie KeLLY (Set Crew/Dresser) Al-though she is still new to theatre, Kate performed in her second production, Mama Won’t Fly after appearing in The Music Man this past summer. Word of her sewing skills got around and we were happy she decided to help us with cos-

tumes on A Christmas Story. Katie and husband Peter enjoy working on what-ever needs doing at the theatre. She is looking forward to more performances in the near future.

peter p. KeLLY, iii (Set crew) While living on Long Island and working as a police officer, Peter enjoyed Broadway and community theater alike, but never thought that he’d be behind the scenes one day.

roGer orMiSton (Lighting De-sign) has been involved with theatre for over 35 years. He is currently involved with lighting design, setup and program-ming for both the Crighton and the Owen theatres.

aMY SowerS (Producer) is proud to have served a small part in bringing this excellent production to the Crigh-ton Stage. Amy served as the assistant director for A Christmas Story and was last seen onstage at the Crighton Theatre in the world premiere production of the Jones, Hope, Wooten play Mama Won’t Fly as Ardale, Juliette, and Teeta. She recently portrayed Ruby Ragot in the Country Playhouse production Some Show about a Murder. She has previ-ously been seen as Honey Raye in the trilogy Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles and Southern Hospitality. Some of Amy’s favorite roles are Diana in Lend Me a Tenor, Elaine in Miss Firecracker Contest, Mary in How the Other Half Loves, Pamela in The Uninvited, Mother in Cheaper by the Dozen, Mary in Run for your Wife and Marmee in Little Wom-en. Amy has been an assistant director for Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinder-ella and Stalag 17. She has directed a number of children’s shows including Bravo Company’s The Ever After and

Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood. She serves on the Crighton Theatre Foundation and Stage Right Boards. She is also the di-rector of Bravo Company Performing Arts School, the educational wing of Stage Right. Amy holds a MA in speech pathology from the University of Hous-ton and lives in Conroe with her husband George.

CaroLYn CorSano wonG (Sound Design) had a blast finding 60s era music, costumes and props for this show. Over her 30 plus years in theatre, Carolyn has worn many hats; artistic di-rector, producer, director, publicist, chief cook and bottle washer. Her favorite ‘hat’ is that of performer. Carolyn was last seen on stage as Eulalie Shinn in The Music Man and Louise in Always…Patsy Cline. She has had the pleasure of por-traying Geneva Musgrave in Jones, Hope and Wooten’s Fayro Futrellogy (Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles and Southern Hospitality) and directed the world pre-miere of Jones, Hope & Wooten’s Mama Won’t Fly last September. She sends love and thanks to her guys at home; Steve, Michael and Harley.

MareditH ZaritSKi (Lights En-gineer) is thrilled to be involved in this fun production. Maredith recently gradu-ated from SHSU with a BFA in theatre. She is currently pursuing any acting jobs she can get her hands on. She was last seen on the Crighton stage as Myrtle Mae Harvey, Patsy Cline Always...Patsy Cline, and Lily St. Regis Annie. “Thank you to all my friends and family for be-lieving in and supporting me through my life. I couldn’t have been where I am now without all of your love and support!”

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Crys McClure

Amy Sowers

Richard C. Wilcox Carolyn Wong

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Steven Dowell

Jillian Nolan

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Gerald Livingston Mary Lockhart

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An overwhelmed groom places his older sister in charge of getting their mother from Alabama to his wedding on the West Coast. There’s only one problem: Mama won’t fly. Rated: PG

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