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Town Players have joined up in a rare collaboration between amateur and professional companies. Together with the Berkshire Theatre Festival (BTF), the Townplayers are mounting “Ca$h and Change”, a new play by BTF Production Manager Foster Durgin. Richard Johnson, an artist-In-Residence at BTF, will direct. Mr. Durgin has written numerous children’s plays, which were produced by BTF. Mr. Johnson has directed “Marvin’s room” and “Last Night at Ballyhoo” for Town Players. The play follows the lives of eight diverse characters who have become instantly rich. Relationships and circumstances unfold at a dizzying pace as Mr. Durgin explores the human flaws of his characters. It explores how money affects eight very different characters in hilarious and poignant ways. As relationships and circumstances unfold at a dizzying pace, Mr. Durgin never loses the coherence surrounding the issues of human fallibility and virtue in the face of unimaginable gain. This is a lively, clever, funny and highly satisfying comedy that is sure to become a classic crowd pleaser. The play is set in an Atlantic City hotel room at three different times of the year (January, July and September) and juggles the three separate storylines simultaneously. Each story deals with someone who has won big money in a lottery/contest/casino. Though each storyline unfolds at the same time, the couples at the center of each story never meet. Its like watching three stories unfold simultanously. Though his play is set in Atlantic City, Playwright Foster Durgin has never gambled, been in a casino or been tempted by the bright neon lights of the world's gambling Mecca's. The result of winning at the tables in Atlantic City is at the heart of the hilarious comedy. “I wasn’t interested in gambling so much as I was in the life-changing events that can occur when people suddenly have a lot of money,” he explains. “My focus, my fascination was on the impact money has, not on how the money was won.” If his characters are reeling from their luck at the tables, Mr. Durgin is himself reeling at the excitement of having “Ca$h and Change” produced by Pittsfield’s long standing Town Players.
Production DatesFriday May 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th 2003
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Although the bellhop is woven into each storyline, the couples at the center of each story appear in the room together but never meet each other. Its like watching three stories unfold simultanously.
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Stuart : John picked a nice hotel. Mary : Oh, look at this view. You can see the whole boardwalk from here. |
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Dottie : Here are your room keys. Mary : We open the door with a credit card? Dottie : It just looks like a credit card. |
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Stuart : Look at this. Two dollars and forty cents for a soda? We're not touching anything in this fridge. |
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Dottie : Here's your suite, Ma'am. Susan : Oh, it's beautiful. Dottie : I hope you enjoy your stay with us. Susan : I will. I know I will. Three days just won't be enough. I know I'll want to stay longer. Dottie : Well, you're welcome to, but the prize package you won is only for three free nights. |
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Grant : Elise, I want you to call John in the home office
and tell him to fax today's report here.
Have it with you when we meet in the morning. Elise : Yes, sir. Grant : And bring coffee. Dennis : And donuts. |
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Larry : It's a trip for two. When I arrived, they just told me
that my wife was already here. Susan : I don't believe this. Larry : So here we are on our free trip to Atlantic City. We might as well enjoy it. Susan : I won't be enjoying anything with you here. |
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I was caller number ninety-nine! You wern't even home. |
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| Susan : Well I'm here now. | |
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| Susan : Just try to make me leave. |
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| Larry : Don't think for one second that I'm about to leave. | |||
| Susan : You mean leave again. | |||
| Larry : Don't bring out whole marriage into this little getaway. | |||
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Grant : Oh my God! I don't believe it. I just won the Jersey Lotto! |
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Grant : I need my lottery ticket. Dennis : Lottery ticket? Grant : The ticket I had you buy me at lunch yesterday. Dennis : It's right here in my wallet. |
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Stuart : We're rich. Mary : What are you talking about? Stuart : We won the potato chip contest. We won the grand prize! One million dollars! |
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Grant : Elise! Help me get Dennis out of the bathroom. Elise : I'd better stay out of this one. |
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Larry : It's Friday night and you're all ready for bed? Susan : I'm not here to gamble. I'm here to relax. Larry : Look, to show that I'm still a good guy, I will sit at the card table with you. I'll coach you. What do you have to lose? |
| Stuart : From now on we are going to live like knigs. We can do some travelling and eat out all the time. We can go to a new restaurant every night. Think of all the places we couldn't afford before. Life is going to be different now. |
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Larry : Wahoo! Susan : I beat the dealer! |
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Mary : Stuart. You're going to have a heart attack. Stuart : I can afford any medical expense. Mary : I don't think we should claim the money. Stuart : What? Mary : I want you to rip it up and forget it ever existed.
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| Grant : I'd like to talk to the manager. I need to get to the bottom of the elevator shaft. | Dennis : Are you talking to a desk clerk? | Elise : What happened? |
| Grant : Tomorrow morning? | Elise : Please tell me what's . . . | |
| Grant : It has to be now. | Dennis : I knew it. We're going to have to do it ourselves. We're going to have to get the ticket from the bottom of the elevator shaft. | |
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Larry : You weren't about to run out of here were you? Susan : You do the splitting around her, not me. Larry : It seemed that you were heading for the door with the money. Susan : Maybe I was just trying to getr away from you. |
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Stuart : You're not thinking straight. Mary : I still have my head on straight. That coupon has turned you insane. Stuart : It's a million dollars. Mary : I know how much money it is. That's what worries me. |
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Stuart : What are you worried about? Mary : I'm worried about our lives changing. |
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Larry : I have to admit I'm . . . I'm enjoying beig with you tonight. Susan : That makes one of us. Larry : You had fun downstairs. Susan : I liked winning. Larry : I liked holding you. |
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