Summer and Smoke

Theatre
Name: Circle in the Square
Address: 5 Sheridan Square, New York, NY 10014
Production Information
Number of performances: 356
Opening date: April 24, 1952
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Circle in the Square Producer
Theodore Mann Artistic Director
  
Tennessee Williams Playwright
  
Jose Quintero Director
  
Keith Cuerden Set Designer

Cast
Actor Role
Gloria Scott Backe Mrs. Bassett
Duncan Bancroft Vernon
Walter Beakel Rev. Winemiller
Bernard Bogin Archie Kramer
Lola D'Annunzio Rosa Gonzales
Bill Goodwin Roger Doremus
Kathleen Murray Nellie Ewell
Estelle Omens Mrs. Winemiller
Geraldine Page Alma Winemiller
Robert Randall Dusty
Lee Richardson John
Emilie Stevens Rosemary
Sydney G. Stevens Gonzales
Jason Wingreen Dr. John Buchanan Sr
Notes
"Off-Broadway, for historical purposes, may be said to have begun in Sheridan Square on the evening of April 24, 1952 when SUMMER AND SMOKE with Geraldine Page opened at Circle in the Square and became the first major theatrical success below Forty-Second Street in thirty years." - Stuart W. Little A PROPHETIC THEATRE