The St. Peter’s Players are pleased to present
Plaza Suite
by Neil Simon
Thursday, May 17 & Friday, May 18, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 19 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Written in 1968, Plaza Suite was Simon’s fifth play and ran for over 1,000 performances. The play features three different couples staying in Suite 719 of New York City’s venerable Plaza Hotel at three different times.
Originally, the three couples were played on Broadway by George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton. In our production, directed by John Hunter Orr, the three acts will have separate casts.
In typical Simon style, each of the comedies is filled with the sparkling zingers for which he is so well known, but also contains poignant moments that reflect the lives and troubles of ordinary people.
ACT I – (Visitor from Mamaroneck). This story introduces the audience to the not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt by Karen to bring the love back into their marriage.
Karen Nash—Lita Haack
Sam Nash—Victor Utz
Bellhop—Nabi Moghadam
Waiter—Don Cheetham
Jean McCormack—Michelle Zielinski
ACT II (Visitor from Hollywood). This story involves a meeting between movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his old childhood sweetheart, now suburban housewife, Muriel Tate. Muriel, aware of his reputation as a smooth-talking ladies’ man, has come for a chat between old friends, promising herself she will not stay too long. Jesse, however, has other plans in mind.
Waiter—Don Cheetham
Jesse Kiplinger—Clayton Platt
Muriel Tate—Susan Butterworth
ACT III (Visitor from Forest Hills) The final act revolves around married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter Mimsey’s wedding day. Mimsey has locked herself in the suite’s bathroom and refuses to leave. Her parents frantically argue about the best way to get their daughter downstairs where all the guests await.
Norma Hubley—Melissa Shaner
Roy Hubley—Dave Arnold
Mimsey Hubley—Kayla Cross
Tickets
Tickets to all performances are $20 for adults and $10 for students and may be ordered online, by mail, by phone, or at the door. To order tickets
- by phone, please call Jan Muck at 610-644-9260.
- by mail, click here.
- online:
We invite you to become a patron of Plaza Suite. Patrons will be listed in the program and receive free tickets to the show. Please consider participating at one of the following levels. Your patronage makes the Player’s productions possible. Thank you very much for your generosity!
Patron Levels
PALM COURT .….….…………………………………………. $250
- 6 tickets for the play performance
- Full page ad in the program book
- Listing in program book
CHAMPAGNE BAR……..………….…………………………… $200
- 4 tickets for the play performance
- Half-page ad in the program book
- Listing in program book
OAK ROOM……..………………………………………………. $150
- 2 tickets for the play performance
- Quarter-page ad in the program book
- Listing in program book
Preview Cocktail Party
Please Save-the-Date of Saturday, April 21 for our Plaza Suite Preview Cocktail Party in the Parish Hall from 6:00—7:30 p.m. The evening will include libations and hors d’oeuvres à la The Plaza Hotel, a presentation by Director John Orr, and a few surprises(!) for $30 per person. Please make your check payable to St. Peter’s Church in the Great Valley “Preview Party” in the memo line.
Acknowledgments
In addition to the actors, we would like to recognize the following individuals whose expertise and commitment are bringing Plaza Suite to the Barn this May.
Production Staff:
John Hunter Orr, Director
Joe Franz, Technical Director
Bob Mikrut, Costume Designer
Katie Franz, Production State Manager
Mary Ann Tatum, Stage Manager
Sandy Sachs, Assistant Stage Manager
Business Team:
Jason Hacker, Preview Cocktail Party
Charlene Hanbury, Member-at-large
Paige Infortuna, Program
Larry Malcolm, Treasurer
Jan Muck, Tickets
Sally Orr, Marketing and Publicity
Jane and Page Thompson, Program Advertising
St. Peter’s Players Past Productions
The mission of the St. Peter’s Players is to produce theatrical performances for members of the parish and the wider community to enjoy, to offer opportunities for fellowship among those who participate on stage and off, and to raise funds for the parish. So, while not primarily a fundraiser, the Players are proud to have contributed proceeds of over $45,000 to the parish over the last seven seasons.
2016—Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
2015—“Four American Shorts” – One-act plays by Marc Connelly, Thornton
Wilder, William Saroyan and Gore Vidal
2014—You Can’t Take it With You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
2013—Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
2012—The Admiral Crichton by J. M. Barrie
2011—Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee
2010—Our Town by Thornton Wilder