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Short Eyes
By Miguel Piñero / Directed by Kevin Conway
With John Bentley, Richard Bright, Paul Calderon, Larry Fishburne, David Patrick Kelly, Reggie Montgomery, Esai Morales, Michael O'Keefe, Ving Rhames, Arnaldo Santana, Bari K Willerford
Sets by David Jenkins / Lighting by Marc B. Weiss / Costumes by Jane Suttell / Sound by Gary Harris / Fight Direction by J. Allen Suddeth / Production Stage Manager Paul Schneeberger / Stage Manager Laura Heller / Casting by Meg Simon and Fran Kumin
Produced in association with Tony Kiser
Original Off-Broadway production and Vivian Beaumont Theatre production by New York Shakespeare Festival, produced by Joseph Papp.
"This is a very fine production, clearly and forcefully staged by Kevin Conway, and the actors have been well chosen. It is a slashing play with some outstanding performances, especially the one given by Larry Fishburne."
— Douglas Watt, Daily News
"An honest and powerful prison drama. Kevin Conway has staged it acutely and with great sexual frankness."
— John Simon, New York Magazine
"David Jenkins has designed a set that seems to stretch on into corridors and levels far beyond the simple acting area on the main stage. For actors and directors the play seethes with the kind of hostility and frustration that engenders powerful performances."
— Ernest Albrecht, The Home News
"A terrific new cast is playing Short Eyes in the Second Stage revival, and the staging by Kevin Conway retains every volt of the play's shocking power."
— Allan Wallach, Newsday
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The Vienna Notes
By Richard Nelson / Directed by Carole Rothman
With Mia Dillon, Gwyllum Evans, James Noble, Lois Smith
Sets by Andrew Jackness / Lighting by Frances Aronson / Costumes by Shay Cunliffe / Sound by Gary Harris / Hair by Antonio Soddu / Special Effects Consultation by Jauchem & Meeh, Inc. / Production Stage Manager Kit Liset / Stage Manager Sondra R. Katz / Casting by Meg Simon and Fran Kumin
Original production by Playwrights Horizons, Bob Moss, Producing Director, Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, 1979
"Carole Rothman's direction seems to catch the author's manic tone. The performances seem more than adequate, and the special effects are terrific."
— Clive Barnes, New York Post
"Under Carole Rothman's cool but intense direction, the whole thing is properly stylized and frostily dramatic. James Noble is very good. Lois Smith is superb."
— Jacques le Sourd, syndicated columnist
"A classy production and an impeccable cast with stunning special effects."
— Sy Syna, New York City Tribune
"There is something frighteningly real here, relevant to our politics and beyond."
— John Simon, New York Magazine
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Juno's Swans
By E. Katherine Kerr / Directed by Marsha Mason
With Betty Buckley, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Mary Kay Place
Sets by Kate Edmunds/ Lighting by Frances Aronson/ Costumes by Ann Roth/ Sound by Gary Harris/ Production Stage Manager Melody Kirkwanger/ Stage Manager Allison Sommers/ Casting by Simon and Kumin
Original production by PAF Playhouse, Jay Broad, Artistic Director, 1978.
"Perky acting, deft direction, and bright dialogue. Mason does not miss a point, beat or laugh. Betty Buckley is a revelation of wit and wisdom."
— Clive Barnes, New York Post
"The production is visually appealing, thanks to Ann Roth's slightly whimsical costumes, Frances Aronson's soft, playful lighting, and, especially, Kate Edmunds' set, a Columbus Avenue jungle of plants and coy fabrics in 88 shades of pink."
— Robert Massa, The Village Voice
"A gem! Katherine Kerr's snappy, insightful dialogue combines the wit of Neil Simon with the bite of Joan Rivers - the wisdom is strictly original. Marsha Mason stages this story of sibling rivalry with style and sureness."
— Susan Granger, WMCA Radio
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Sister and Miss Lexie
Based on the works of Eudora Welty
Adapted for the stage by David Kaplan and Brenda Currin
With Brenda Currin, Karen Weingort, Katy Zhukov
Sets and Costumes by Susan Hilferty / Lighting by Ken Tabachnick / Sound by Gary Harris / Hair by Antonio Soddu / Production Stage Manager Kathy Guy / Stage Manager Dominick Balletta / Production Supervisor Kim Novick / Casting by Simon and Kumin
Original Production: Chelsea Theater Center, 1981.
"An eloquent one-act play. It is storytelling raised to dramatic art. Inhabiting the environment is a most congenial actress with an apparently limitless understanding of her material."
— Mel Gussow, The New York Times
"David Kaplan has staged Sister and Miss Lexie with an unblinking eye for visual detail and a sharp ear for sonorous effect."
— John Simon, New York Magazine
"Eudora Welty's characters, both delightfully and arrestingly, currently fill the theater in a charmingly presented piece, Sister and Miss Lexie. David Kaplan and Brenda Currin have created a most memorable collage. Currin brings these sketches vibrantly, and most touchingly, to life."
— William A. Raidy, The Star-Ledger
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