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This production will use the Main Stage Theater Seating Layout.
Production DatesFriday October 4th
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Random Pictures from
the Production
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 Moon Over Buffalo Set © copyright 2002 by Marc Grimshaw |
ACT I
| Cyrano (George) : I
am Cyrano de Bergerac! Three Soldiers Behind Scrim (Weakly) : Yea. George : Stop! Stop! For the hundredth time, I want the cheer louder! Three Soldiers Behind Scrim (Weakly again) : Yea. |
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| Ethel : OH! . . .
Rosalind! What a surprise! You look adorable! Roz : So do you! You look great! Ethel : I'm afraid you'll have to speak up, dear. Roz : Grandma, can I get you your hearing aid?! Ethel : No thank you, dear, I'm not in the mood for lemonade. |
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| Roz : It's sort of
sweet that you're nervous about meeting them. Howard : Nervous? Look at me, I'm a wreck! Do they know that I'm in show business. Roz : You're a weatherman. |
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| George : Aroint
thee, villain! Charlotte : Stay back, thou knave. George : Stand thy ground, I say. |
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| Charlotte : When you
do that, George, I can't help myself. George : Thank you, my darling. Charlotte : Kiss me. Now. Before the moment passes. |
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| George : Am I
getting old, Charlotte? Charlotte : No, dear, you're just falling apart. George : No wonder they didn't want me for the "Pimpernel" movie. Charlotte : Oh, George, let them have their Ronald Colman and their Greer Garson. |
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| Charlotte : How's
your neck? George : Better. But don't stop. . . . . . Charlotte : George, can I ask you a question? Did you sleep with Eileen? |
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| Roz : Hello, Paul Paul : Hi, Roz Roz : I thought you were in New York? Paul : I came back to work for your parents. |
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| Charlotte : Are we
in trouble? George : We'll survive. It's television that's killing us. Entertainment by the yard. It's putting us our of business. |
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| Charlotte : I just
found out that we're not meeting our payroll. Richard : I know that. Charlotte : You do? Richard : I've told George for months to start cutting down expenses. |
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| Charlotte : Oh,
Richard, you make me happy. Richard : Good you deserve it. And frankly, so do I. I'm tired of living alone. Charlotte : What about George. Richard : I don't want to live with him. |
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| Paul : George, I
have some bad news. George : What? Bad news in this company? The House of Usher Repertory Theatre? Paul : George, Eileen is pregnant. |
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| George : So then you
might not actually be . . . Eileen : I'm pregnant, George. Believe me. I'm two weeks late, and I've been tossing my guts up every morning for three weeks. George : . . . Bad Oysters? |
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| Eileen : She is
going to figure it out when I start waddling around here
like a duck! "Romeo, Romeo, quack, quack,
quack." |
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| Charlotte : George,
the strangest item has appeared in this week's Variety.
Read it dear. George : Dear Charlotte. I'm carrying your husband's . . . piles. Files? Charlotte : "Child!" "I'm carrying your husband's CHILD!" George : Right. |
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| Eileen : Charlotte,
I'm sorry. But you shouldn't blame George. I guess I
shouldn't have believed him when he said that next season
I could play Roxanne. |
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| Paul : It's your
agent, from New York George : I'm not here. |
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| George : Well of
course I know they started filming yesterday. I have a
little Ronald Colman doll that I'm sticking pins into. |
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| George : Henry just
called. Mister Colman made a most dramatic entrance
yesterday and careened head first down a flight of
steps. Charlotte : This is easily the most ridiculous lie you have ever told me. Good-bye, George. Take care of yourself. |
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| Charlotte : Paul,
guess what! George was telling the truth! Capra is coming
to the matinee! Roz : Mother! Would you listen! Charlotte : Okay! "Dear Roz, I'll be back in a few days. Love Daddy. . . . . . . . Charlotte : NO! NO!
NO! |
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ACT II
| Paul : Don't you
have any ambition left? I mean, this could be it, for all
of us! Roz : Don't you think about anything but acting? Paul : Sure directing. I've also written a play that happens to have a terrific part for you in it. |
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| Reading from the script "Private Lives" Roz
: "Ummmm, not so very enthusiastic.
Again". |
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| George : I should
write Ronald Colman a get-well card! Dear Ronnie. How are the old pins? . . . . . . That is writing, Ronnie. That is glory on the tongue, gold on the canvas. It is not the movies, it is not television, it is the theatre! The theatre! |
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| George : "Schedule of
Performances. . . . . . Matinee -- Private Lives" : . . . . WRONG! "Cyrano." . . . . Puh. She got it wrong again. |
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| Charlotte : We have
a half-hour till curtain. Paul : We can still make it! Charlotte : First we'll have to sober him up. Give him lots of coffee. |
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| Charlotte : Perhaps
we should start over. . . I'm Charlotte Hay. Howard : Hi - Charlotte : I just want to tell you what a huge fan I am of your work - "It's a wonderful life". George : . . . Well, actually it happens every night at six and eleven. |
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| Paul : You found
him. Charlotte : No, he found me while I was talking to Capra! |
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| Eileen : I went to
see a doctor. And yes I'm pregnant. And as I was coming
out, I bumped into my brother and . . . . I told him
about the baby, and he got really upset. He threatened to
kill you. |
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| Howard : George Hay?
Gotcha! George : Yes. No. I look a little like him . . . . Howard : Oh, come on now. You are so. |
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| Roz : Eli! You remembered
about the costume party! George : I did? Roz : But what are you doing in your costume now darling. |
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| Roz : About our
honeymoon, darling. At this hotel, with the two
balconies, where we can lead such "Private
Lives". George : "Private Lives"? Roz : That's right, dear. "Private Lives". |
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| Charlotte : Mother,
what are you doing? Ethel : I thought I should try to straighten things our, if it's not too late. |
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| Charlotte : George!
STOP! |
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| Ethel : You're right
where you belong. In the pit. |
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| George : I have
never been so depressed in my whole life. I'd commit
suicide, but nobody would notice. |
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| George : Charlotte,
I want to talk to you. Charlotte : There's nothing to talk about. George : Of course there is. Charlotte : Don't touch me. |
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| George : You're as
beautiful now as the day we met. No. You're more
beautiful. Charlotte : You have glaucoma. George : Cataracts. |
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| Howard : This is a
funny story. We met at the hospital. We started talking,
and it just "happened". And you know what the
best part is? Eileen : Go ahead. Howard : She wants to start a family right away! |
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| George : There comes
a moment in every man's life when it is time to step
aside and pass the torch on to the younger generation. To
the two of you we hereby present Romeo and his Juliet,
those younger roles that your mother and I have now
outgrown. Charlotte : Speak for your self, dear. |
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| Charlotte : That was
Frank Capra. He said his plane was delayed and he did not
see the matinee. He plans to attend tonights performance. Richard : Which play are you doing. Charlotte : "Private Lives". George : "No, "Cyrano". Roz : Oh, no! |
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