January 9–26, 2020

Dressing Room Theatre

Our 29th Season

CACTUS FLOWER


CACTUS FLOWER
Playwright: Abe Burrows
Director: Rich Mancini

Performances: January 9 – February 1, 2020

Classic 1965 Broadway comedy ran for three years and subsequently became a successful film. Story of Julian Winston, a handsome, middle-aged Park Avenue dentist and bachelor, who has told his much younger girlfriend Toni that he is married, in order to not make a commitment to her. Convinced that Julian won’t leave his wife and kids for her, Toni attempts a lame suicide,only to be saved by her younger neighbor Igor when he smells gas and breaks into her apartment. When Julian discovers that Toni tried to kill herself over him, he suddenly decides to marry Toni and tells her that his fictional wife also wants a divorce.Toni demands to meet her in order to make sure that she agrees to the divorce.Julian then gets his “old maid”nurse Stephanie, who is secretly in love with him, to pose as his wife, and the comedy ensues.What follows is a farcical collection of misunderstandings, lies and unexpected romance as Stephanie … the Cactus Flower … begins to bloom.

CAST
Names in red = Curtain Call debut.

Gillian Bailey ……..…Stephanie
Joe Caputo…..……… Customer/Waiter/ Music Lover
Roger Dykeman….. Harvey
Greg Ellis ………….….Mr. Sanchez
Betsy Grover……….. Mrs. Durant
Samantha Holomakoff… Toni
Aaron Newcome….. Igor
Kristina Mitchell Botticelli's…. Springtime
Mat Young …………..Julian