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Garson Kanin's BORN YESTERDAY


Presented April 16-18, 23-25, 2004
at
The Manahan Center  700 1st Street  La Salle, Illinois

 

Born Yesterday takes place in an upscale Washington, D.C., hotel suite in 1946. Harry Brock is a thuggish, junkyard millionaire from Jersey who comes to the capitol to take care of shifty business with a crooked senator. Harry brings with him his long-time “broad”, Billie Dawn. Billie is a blond ex-showgirl whom Harry describes as “a little on the dumb side”. Harry decides that Billie is too dumb to socialize with the elites of Congress, so he hires an idealistic journalist, Paul Verrall, to teach her grammar and literature. But Paul also believes in pure, uncorrupted democracy - and allows Billie to find within herself what is true and right…whether Harry likes it or not.


Directed by
LARRY KELSEY

Produced by
SUE YOPCHICK

 

Cast

Billie Dawn TRACY BOYLAN
Harry Brock JOE BAIMA
Paul Verrall RON McCUTCHAN
Ed Devery DENNIS WEITZEL, Jr.
Senator Hedges DAN HARTENBOWER
Mrs. Hedges MARYHELEN BIDASIO
Eddie Brock NATHAN NOSALIK
Helen JENNIFER LAFFERTY
Assistant Manager / Barber KENNETH SCHROEDER
Bellhop / Waiter JOEL PETERS
2nd Bellhop CAROL HARTENBOWER
Bootblack AMY MARINCIC

 

Staff

Assistant Director AMY MARINCIC
Set Design / Construction DAN HARTENBOWER
Set Decoration PAM GRIVETTI
Set Crew CAROL HARTENBOWER
LARRY KELSEY
JOEL PETERS
RICK SHOWEN
NATHAN NOSALIK
DENNIS WEITZEL, Jr.
JENN HARTENBOWER
DAVID WILTS (Stair Carpeting)
JIM PHELPS (Stair Railing)
Lighting Design TREY BARKER
Costumes RON McCUTCHAN
Properties TONI TRAVIS
DICK CRANFORD
JOAN EIBERGER
Light Operator NATALIE HULSTRUM
Sound Operator LARRY KELSEY
Dresser AMY MARINCIC

 

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