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Last updated: 09/02/2024

160 Main Street, Route 101, Marlborough, NH 03455

Book by LARRY L KING & PETER MASTERSON

Cast in Order of Appearance

Production Crew

Mrs. Ernest Stanley ....................... Lisa Perreault Miss Preen ....................................... Sonia Kibbee Richard Stanley ............................... Bryan Hebert June Stanley ........................... Cassandra Schmitt John ....................................................David Chase Sarah .................................................... Sue Wilbur Mrs. Dexter ...................................... Teri Boucher Mrs. McCutcheon .................................. Sue Silver Mr. Stanley ................................... Mark Brosseau Maggie Cutler ......................................Tara Gillard Dr. Bradley ..................................... Ray Mahoney Sheridan Whiteside ............................ Rich Booth Harriet Stanley .................................. Traci Booth Bert Jefferson ........................................ Ren Doyle Professor Metz ..............................Paul Teitelman Luncheon Guests ...... Matt Axsom, David Chase Mr. Baker ................................... Matthew Axsom Expressman ...................................Paul Perreault

Lorraine Sheldon ................................... PJ Cooke Beverly Carlton ................................John Sansone Westcott .............,....................... Matthew Axsom Radio Technicians ........................... David Chase Choir Girl ......................................... Olivia Gillard Banjo ............................................ Paul Teitelman Michelson ................................. Matthew Axsom

“Portly Sheridan Whiteside, critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator, intimate friend of the great and near great, met his Waterloo in the shape of a small piece of ice on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley, of Mesalia, Ohio, while trekking across the country on his annual lecture tours. Result: the idol of the air waves rests until further notice in the home of the surprised Mr. and Mrs, Stanley. Possibility: Christmas may be postponed this year.”

So runs the lead article in the Christmas 1939 issue of Time magazine. Whiteside turns the Stanley household upside down, forcing everyone in town to cater to his egotistical demands. Meanwhile, his beloved secretary has given her notice after falling in love with a local reporter, and Whiteside must engage every weapon in his considerable arsenal of guile and manipulation to keep her in his employ—including blackmail, deceit, and the intervention of the fading sexpot actress Lorraine Sheldon and the elegant British wit of playwright Beverly Carlton. A three-ring circus of machinations and celebrity appearances ensues.

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Co-Directors ...............Traci Booth, Bryan Hebert Stage Manager ............................. Melanie Doyle Sound .........................Traci Booth, Bryan Hebert Lighting ...................................... Sharon McHugh Costumes ............................................ Traci Booth Set Design ............................................ RIch Booth Set Construction ........... Small Pond and Friends Concessions ........................................ Small Pond Poster/Program ......................... Sharon McHugh Ticket Sales/Photos ................Maureen McHugh

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