The Novato Community Players present...
By: John Guare
Winner - New York Drama Critics Award
Winner - Los Angeles Drama Critics Award
Winner - Obie Award for Best American Play
Produced by Jack Gallivan
Directed by Bernie Hamilton-Lee
CAST:
Barry Kite as Artie Shaughnessy
Bonnie Roe as Bananas Shaughnessy
Alex Marquis as Bunny Flingus
Also Starring:
Nathan Ardiaz, Bill Balzac,
Geri Fogarty, Annan Paterson,
Sallie Romer, Alexa Sakellariou
PERFORMANCES:
Fri Sat
August 28 29 8:00 PM
September 4 5 8:00 PM
September 11 12 8:00 PM
September 18 19 8:00 PM
September 25 26 8:00 PM
TICKETS - $15.00 General Admission, $12.00 Senior Citizens and Students
For tickets and subscriber information call:
(415)892-3005 or (707)794-0801
LOCATION - The Novato Community House at the corner of Machin and DeLong in Novato
About The House of Blue Leaves:
The Pope is coming, and chaos reigns in this winning show from John Guare! Artie Shaughnessy, a native of Queens, desperately wants a change. He dreams of life in Hollywood with his girlfriend, Bunny Flingus, as a composer for the movies. The reality: a zoo (literally) at work, and another at home with his mentally unstable wife, Bananas. If he does not make a break soon, he fears, he will be "too old to be a young talent."
To add to Artie's troubles, Bunny, an accomplished chef and wannabe social climber, refuses to cook for him until they are married; his son, AWOL from the army, is plotting to bomb the Pope; three frost-bitten nuns show up in search of a television; and a glamorous movie star drops by. Pandemonium reigns.
This hilarious dark comedy, intended for mature audiences, is a roller-coaster of emotions built around a family who is consumed by becoming famous in any way they can. Eventually each is humiliated by their dreams, their loves, and their wants, proving that modem life may best be viewed in comic terms.
Author John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation) won both the New York and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards and the Obie Award for Best American Play for The House of Blue Leaves published in 1968.
Produced by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
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