Run for your Wife
Written by Ray Cooney
Shows (Evenings at 7:30pm):
Preview 9/17 (All Seats $15.00)
Fri. 9/18 - Sat. 9/19, Thu. 9/24 - Sat. 9/26, Thu. 10/1 - Sat. 10/3
A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London
because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled upon complication
as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.
The Cast |
Mary Smith | Holly Biracree |
Barbara Smith | Amanda Menard |
John Smith | Hugh Davies |
Stanley Gardner | Chris Demars |
Detective Sgt Troughton | Sarah Venooker |
Detective Sgt Porterhouse | Ethan Alsruhe |
Bobby Franklin | Adam Cunningham |
The Crew |
Director | George Pierce |
Set Construction & Design | Rick Loya |
Costumes | Ginger Pierce |
Properties | Lisa Baranyay |
Stage Manager | Kathy Barickman |
Lighting/Sound Operator | Tim Schein |
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Ethan Alsruhe
has appeared with the WFP in The Underpants, Noises Off and Year of the Duck
and is delighted to be back! Favorite local appearances include Quarryworks'
Long Day's Journey Into Night, Green Candle's The Nose and Art the Father,
Theatre Mosaic Mond's Mrs. Warren's Profession and Classic Theatre Co.'s
Glengarry Glen Ross. Ethan has a BA in Theatre from Connecticut College,
likes film, all kinds of junk food and has a day gig at the Williston Hannafords.
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Lisa Baranyay
has a love of theatre that began her senior year of high school as a member of the tech crew on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coat
at Gould Academy, Bethel, ME. Years later, she became involved with the Lamoille Union Middle School drama program, helping
out wherever needed, and was officially dubbed Props Mistress for Annie Jr. Lisa joined WFP in 2014. She especially loves
hunting for obscure items and making the really unique ones by hand.
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Kathy Barickman
is excited about her fifth season with WFP. She has been
playing in the dark backstage since high school and has stage
managed productions throughout college and then with the Valley
Players in Waitsfield, VT after moving here from upstate NY.
When not playing in the theater, Kathryn can usually be found
at her job as an environmental laboratory analyst in Williston
or singing with St. Michael's College Liturgical choir.
Occasionally she is even at home in Underhill with her husband,
Jake, and their houseful of loving critters. She thanks her
parents (both English teachers) for passing on their love of
theater and her husband for his loving patience.
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Holly Biracree
is thrilled to be making her debut with Waterbury Festival Playhouse. She has
performed with Lyric Theatre, Stowe Theatre Guild, Shelburne Players, Lamoille
County Players, Little City Players, and Essex Community Players. Her favorite
roles include Roz from Moon over Buffalo, Rita from Lucky Stiff, Portia from
Cinderella, wife to her best friend and husband Mike, and mother to her two
amazing children, Bryce and Gabriel. Thank you Ali for always making that
drive to see me on stage!
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Adam Cunningham
is very happy to be working at WFP again, having recently worked with WFP as
Gene in Parasite Drag and Lloyd in Noises off. He was last seen in the Burlington
area doing a double-dose of Shakespeare - first as Prospero in Essex Community
Players' production of The Tempest and then as Lord Capulet in Vermont Shakespeare
Company's production of Romeo and Juliet. Prior to those roles, he played the
inscrutable-yet-menacing Martin Dart in Moxie Productions' The Receptionist. Other
favorite roles in Vermont include Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap, Bruce in Beyond Therapy
and Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross. Adam has a BFA in acting from the University
of Illinois and an MFA in acting from Brandeis University.
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Hugh Davies
is delighted to be returning to the Waterbury Festival, having previously appeared
here in Sight Unseen, Leading Ladies and Unnecessary Farce. Some of his other favorite
productions include Antigone, Experiment With An Air Pump and The Children's Hour.
Normally a resident of New York, Hugh loves to spend as much time as possible
hiking and skiing in Vermont!
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Chris Demars
is from Morrisville, Vermont and has appeared in several local theatrical productions
much to the chagrin of his ever-suffering wife. Hobbies include stopwatch operations,
insulting chickens and staying out of the court report. He would like to thank
President Obama for ruining the country and God for allowing pickled beets to be a thing.
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Rick Loya
It’s great to be on board for another season with the WFP. Rick’s passion continues
in set design/decoration creating a different place, time and mood has always been
challenging and exciting. You can check out Rick’s artistic services, stage works,
and more on his website: www.artworksbyloya.com
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Amanda Menard
is very happy to be returning to the Waterbury Festival Playhouse and working
with such a wonderful cast and crew. She holds a BA in Fine Arts: Theater from
St. Michael's College. Other companies she has performed with include Lost Nation
Theater, WordStage Vermont, and The Valley Players.
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George Pierce
It all comes down to the show. All the building and rebuilding, planning and
organizing comes with one great reward. I get to sit with an incredibly talented
group of actors and we get to create a show. Run for your Wife is just one of those
fun silly plays that makes for a great night out. Please laugh and enjoy and watch
while we try to raise the bar yet again.
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Ginger Pierce
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Sarah Venooker
is honored and bemused to be part of this eccentric gathering of talents before you this evening.
She would like to thank her family for fostering her furtive imagination from a young age,
and her husband for always being proud of this weird thing that consumes
so much of her time. Also for eel. Eel is great. Thank you, dear audience member,
for your time and energy this evening. And now for something completely different...
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