GUYS ON ICE

A Musical Comedy by Fred Alley (Book and Lyrics) and James Kaplan (Music)

OCTOBER 4, 2001 – DECEMBER 22, 2001

Lloyd and Marvin keep warm in their ice shanty with a mutual appreciation for good bait, cold beer and the Packers. As Marvin anxiously awaits his opportunity to appear on a TV show, both pals scramble to protect their cold ones from Ernie the Moocher.

With musical numbers like “The Wishing Hole,” “Ode to a Snowmobile Suit,” “Fish is the Miracle Food” and “The One That Got Away,” Guys on Ice will give audiences the joys and adventures of ice fishing without freezing their socks off.

Music Direction by Richard Alder, Choreographed by Susan Filipiak

Directed by Anthony Caselli

CAST:

  • Jospeh Albright
  • Paul Hopper
  • Tom Whalen
  • Set Designer: Bartley H. Bauer
  • Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
  • Costume Designer: Colleen Ryan-Peters
  • Lighting Designer: Dana White
  • Stage Manager: Julie Dougherty

PRESS QUOTES

“… two-hour escape package that reminded me just how therapeutic a good chuckle can be.”

– Jackson Citizen Patriot

“… will make you smile. It will make you feel good. And I hope, help you to heal.”

– The Ann Arbor News

“Be prepared to laugh a lot as the ‘guys’ Marvin, Lloyd and Ernie, serve you up a ‘brewski,’ along with Upper Peninsula patois, song and dance.”

– Lansing City Pulse

“Purple Rose Theatre’s production of ‘Guys on Ice’ excels at taking an unlikely concept and crafting it into something lighthearted, funny, and startlingly entertaining.”

– Current

MONTHS ON END

a World Premiere by Craig Pospisil

JANUARY 17, 2002 – MARCH 16, 2002

In a series of comic scenes — one for each month of the year — we follow the intertwined worlds of a circle of friends and family whose lives are poised between happiness and heartbreak. The circle centers around Phoebe and Ben, who are engaged to be married. But Phoebe worries her Beatles-obsessed fiance may not be the right man for her, and Ben’s no help planning the wedding because he’s distracted by a friend’s illness.

Directed by Suzi Regan

CAST:

  • Wayne David Parker
  • Sandra Birch
  • Edward M. Nahhat
  • Martie Sanders
  • Trevor Rosen
  • Michelle Held
  • Ryan Carlson
  • Inga R. Wilson
  • Trudy Mason
  • Will David Young
  • Set Designer: Andrew Gorney
  • Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
  • Costume Designer: Colleen Ryan-Peters
  • Sound Designer: Suzi Regan
  • Stage Manager: Amy Hickman

PRESS QUOTES

“The evening’s pleasure lies in the performances.”

– Jackson Citizen Patriot

“The multiple symmetry of this dazzlingly charming show about relationships is a triumph in itself.”

– The Ann Arbor News

BORN YESTERDAY

by Garson Kanin

APRIL 4, 2002 – JUNE 15, 2002

Though it was written in the 1940’s, “Born Yesterday” is a metaphor for what is still going on in America today: a fight between the selfish and the unselfish. Harry Brock, played by Guy Sanville, is a loud, obnoxious, New Jersey junk dealer who is trying to score a fortune by buying himself a U.S senator. Michelle Mountain plays Brock’s beautiful fiancee, Billie Dawn, whose lack of social grace embarrasses Brock. Billie starts to scheme with Paul Verrall, played by Phil Powers, to undo her fiancee’s devious plans.

Directed by Suzi Regan

CAST:

  • Rhonda Freya English
  • Phil Powers
  • Tobin Hissong
  • Guy Sanville
  • Michelle Mountain
  • Ryan Carlson
  • David Daoust
  • Thomas D. Mahard
  • Terry Heck
  • Set Designer: Vincent Mountain
  • Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
  • Costume Designer: Rebecca Valentino
  • Lighting Designer: Rob Murphy
  • Sound Designer: Suzi Regan
  • Stage Manager: Amy Hickman

PRESS QUOTES

“… definite night out on the town. Both the performance and the theater get a 10.”

– Lansing City Pulse

“Stunning production”

– Commerce Report

“… cast works so well together, and each holds up their part so well that the strength of the production is a tribute to them all.”

– Commerce Report

“Expertly scripted, the play is chock-full of hilarious bursts from Brock, witty retaliatory fire from Verrall and timeless jabs from Dawn…”

– Current

LET IT BE

a World Premiere by Dennis E. North

JULY 31, 2002 – AUGUST 31, 2002

A maid observes the lives of the inhabitants of a southeastern Michigan hotel through a two-year span. She finds variations of vignettes of contemporary post-modern American urban life that are funny, cynical, poignant, innocent, menacing and melancholic. Through time she discovers that it is not what you find along the path in life that is most crucial, but rather it is what you leave behind.

Directed by Guy Sanville

CAST:

  • Robin Lewis-Bedz
  • Tom Whalen
  • Inga R. Wilson
  • Milica Govich
  • Jim Porterfield
  • Michael DelSordo
  • James Kuhl
  • Set Designer: Andrew Gorney
  • Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
  • Costume Designer: Colleen Ryan-Peters
  • Lighting Designer: Reid G. Johnson
  • Sound Designer: Suzi Regan
  • Stage Manager: Michelle DiDomenico

PRESS QUOTES

“Guy Sanville directs with his usual sure touch.”

– Jackson Citizen Patriot

“…Acting is highlight of new Purple Rose Theatre Company production”

– Commerce Report