THE HOSTAGE

Directed by Karen Randazzo This arresting play depicts the events leading up to the planned execution of an 18-year-old IRA member in a Belfast jail. It is set in a very odd house of ill-repute owned by a former IRA commandant. The hostage of the title is Leslie Williams, a young and innocent Cockney British soldier taken at the border with Northern Ireland and held in the brothel. He is thrust among the vibrant, but desperately unorthodox, combination of prostitutes, revolutionaries and general low characters inhabiting the place. The play switches suddenly between comedy, serious political commentary and tragedy. This constant change of tone is heightened further by its regular changes from prose to song, with a number of popular nationalist ballads sung by different cast members similar to the music hall tradition of Dublin.

Production Design by- Peter Barbieri, Jr.

Costume Design by- Terry Hanson

Production Stage Manager- John Zimmerman

Directed by Karen Randazzo

Cast (in alphabetical order):
(Names in red denote Curtain Call debut.)
Monsewer- Steve Benko
Ropeen- Jacquie Carlsen
Meg Dillon- Cathy Cordaro
Pat- Jim Eaton
Rio Rita- Scott Faubel
I.R.A. Officer- Andre Herzegovitch
Volunteer/Russian Sailor- Justin Lockwood
Colette- Anastasia Marcos
Leslie Williams- Byron O'Hanlon
Teresa- Emily Vrissis
Princess Grace- Norris Wakefield
Kate- Olivia Walsh
Miss Gilchrist- Gail Yudain
Mr. Mulleady- Ted Yudain