Plaza Suite
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Bill Fielder
19 – 24 February 1979
Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza. A suburban couple take the suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 (or was it 24?) years before and yesterday was the anniversary, or is it today? This wry tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. He calls a childhood sweetheart, now a suburban housewife, for a little sexual diversion. Over the years she has idolised him from afar and is now more than the match he bargained for. The last couple is a mother and father fighting about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom where guests await her or, as Mother yells, “I want you to come out of that bathroom and get married!”
Cast
Visitor from Mamaroneck
Karen Nash – Jean Franks
Plaza Hotel Staff – Bob Lindley
Sam Nash – John Summers
Jean McCormack – Kathy Clark
Visitor from Hollywood
Plaza Hotel Staff – Bob Lindley
Jesse Kiplinger – John Summers
Muriel Tate – Kathy Clark
Visitor from Forest Hills
Norma Hubley – Jean Franks
Roy Hubley – John Summers
Bordon Eisler – Martin Wood
Mimsey Hubley – Lynn Harrington
Crew
Stage Manager – Colin Burring
Assistant Stage Manager – Pauline Fielder
Lighting – Ray Watts
Sound – Peter Rawlinson
Properties – Christine Jarman, Kathy Scripture, Lynn Harrington
Setting – Guild Workshop