About

Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's obsessions with things soft and cuddly, that have made George cautious about who the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates with. His promise to allow Lennie to "tend to the rabbits" on their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the overgrown child needs constant reassurance.

Schedule

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
OCT 2012			10 7:30pm (Preview)	11 7:30pm (Preview)	12 8:00pm (Opening Nite)	13 8:00pm
14 2:00pm	15	16	17 7:30pm	18 7:30pm	19 8:00pm	20 8:00pm
21 2:00pm	22	23	24 7:30pm	25 7:30pm	26 8:00pm	27 8:00pm
28 2:00pm

Artists

JED AICHER (LENNIE) is excited to make his Playhouse on Park debut. Gulfshore Playhouse: Mitch (A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE); Asolo: Umberto (FILOMENA), Sir Wilful Witwood (THE WAY OF THE WORLD), Jim (THE WEIR); Muhlenberg Theatre: Sergeant of Police (PIRATES OF PENZANCE). Jed would like to thank Mike for his generosity and Ramona for her inspiration.

 

SHANNON MICHAEL WAMSER (GEORGE) Playhouse on Park acting debut. Previous Playhouse production: A COMEDY OF ERRORS (adapter). Other credits include Orlando Shakespeare Theatre: Jack Worthing (THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST); Northern Stage Company: Jimmy (THE RAINMAKER); Arkansas Repertory Theatre: Laertes (HAMLET); Saratoga Shakespeare Festival: Mercutio (ROMEO & JULIET); Monomoy Theatre: Chris Keller (ALL MY SONS). Upcoming: Orlando Shakespeare Theatre: OTHELLO & SENSE and SENSIBILITY. BA, DeSales University. MFA, Ohio University. Proud member of AEA. Please visit www.shannonmichaelwamser.com


CLARK BEASLEY, JR. (CROOKS) Playhouse on Park debut! St Marks Theater: Azaguy (RAISINETTES IN THE SUNSHINE); Dixon Place Theater: Hal (Pic Up); NYC Fringe Festival: Zorro (BAAAH); Negro Ensemble: Jim (MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN); 78tH Street Theater Lab: Duane (WAITING FOR THE WORLD). Clark just completed filming a leading role on the new TV show, ALIEN DAWN, airing this fall on Nickelodeon.

ROBERT BRITTON (CANDY) Playhouse on Park debut. Stage credits include: Tommy (BRIGADOON), Milos Gloriosus (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM), Kenicki (GREASE), Jigger (CAROUSEL), The King (THE KING AND I). Film and Television: character roles in DICK TRACY, TWILIGHT ZONE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, MR. BELVEDERE, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, CHEERS, MIAMI VICE.

TED D'AGOSTINO (CARLSON) Playhouse on Park: MC Dog (GO, DOG. GO!). Pacific Repertory Theatre (TROILUS & CRESSIDA), Nick (WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLFE?); Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM); Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Titus Lartius (CORIOLANUS), Lennox (MACBETH). Ted is also the voice of the popular character NIGHTMARE, from the best selling video game Soul Calibur II.

DUSTIN FONTAINE (SLIM) Playhouse on Park Debut! Dustin is an actor hearalding from NYC. Credits include: Errol Flynn (Stephanie Johnstone and Joshua William Gelb's A MUSICAL FATASIA ON PIRATICAL THEMES). Dr. Triletsky (PLATONOV) Columbia University. Tom Joad (GRAPES OF WRATH) Montclair State University Mainstage. He's excited to be in beautiful West Hartford with the amazing team at Playhouse on Park!

HARRISON GREENE (WHIT) Playhouse on Park: Phaeton (METAMORPHOSES); Connecticut Repertory Theatre: Lord of Sicilia (THE WINTER'S TALE), Mark Twain/Canada (I'M CONNECTICUT), Sigmund Freud/St. Thomas (THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT), Lloyd/Timmy (ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIG GAY DANCE PARTY). Harrison recently received his BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut. There, he also studied mask performance and puppetry with Bart Roccoberton Jr. at the UConn Puppet Arts Complex and Commedia d'ell Arte abroad with Teatro Punto. Puppet Film Credits: Puppeteer (THE TELL-TALE HEART), Animation team (OPENING DAY).

TONY KNOTTS (CURLEY) Playhouse on Park debut! St. Marks Theatre: Johnathon (CLAIRE WENT TO FRANCE); Montclair State University: Romeo (ROMEO AND JULIET), Konstantin (THE SEAGULL), Connie Rivers (THE GRAPES OF WRATH), Don (ALL IN THE TIMING), Silvius (AS YOU LIKE IT), Keith Burgess (STAGE DOOR).

JONATHAN ROSS(BOSS) Playhouse on Park debut. Jonathan has performed at theaters throughout the state, including Southbury Playhouse, Musicals at Richter Park, Coachlight Dinner Theater, Thomaston Opera House, Seven Angels, and Theatreworks - New Milford. In the past forty years he has appeared in over one hundred fifty productions, and has done everything from concessions and set construction to stage managing and directing. Recent roles include Henry Cabot Lodge (TEDDY AND ALICE), Joseph Flaherty in (THE IRISH CURSE), Harold Nichols (THE FULL MONTY), Decker (BLEACHER BUMS), Roger (THE FOURTH WALL), Victor Fleming (MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS).

KIMBERLEY SHONIKER (CURLEY'S WIFE) Playhouse on Park debut. Hamptons Shakespeare Festival: Katherine (TAMING OF THE SHREW), Alternative Theater Company: Janet (THE GAYEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER!), Corrine (THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR) Sharman MacDonald writer/dir; theatre festivals including NYC, Canadian Six Stages, Edinburgh UK, Gdansk Poland. FILM/TV: Off Season (Cold Hands productions), Celebrity Ghost Stories (Bio Channel), upcoming Tinieblas (Mtip Works). BA Acting The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Conservatory Degree The Stella Adler Studio of Acting.