Young Playwrights Festival (1983)

Theatre

Name:	Circle Repertory Theatre
Address:	99 7th Avenue South, New York, NY 10014

Production Information

Number of performances:	19
Opening date:	April 13, 1983
Closing date:	May 1, 1983

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Circle Repertory Company	Producer
	Foundation of the Dramatists Guild	Producer
	Gerald Chapman	Artistic Director
	Peggy Hansen	Managing Director

	Michael Aschner	Playwright
	Richard Colman	Playwright
	Arthur W. French III	Playwright
	Peter Getty	Playwright
	Tagore Joseph McIntyre	Playwright
	Charlie Schulman	Playwright
	David Torbett	Playwright
	Richard Weinstock	Music

	Michael Bennett	Director
	Gerald Chapman	Director
	John Feraro	Director
	Daniel Irvine	Director
	Shelly Raffle	Director
	Bryna Wortman	Director
	Garland Wright	Director

	John Arnone	Set Designer
	Patricia McGourty	Costume Designer
	Mal Sturchio	Lighting Designer
	Chuck London	Sound Designer
	Stewart Werner	Sound Designer

	Kate Stewart	Production Stage Manager
	Suzanne Fry	Stage Manager

	B. Rodney Marriott	Production Supervisor

	A.R. (Pete) Gurney	Dramaturg
	Wendy Wasserstein	Dramaturg
	Michael Weller	Dramaturg

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Blanche Baker	Susan (A New Approach to Human Sacrifice)
	Kim Beaty	Lucy (The Birthday Present)
	Jean DeBaer	Mother (I'm Tired And I Want To Go To Bed)/ Mary (The Birthday Present)
	Christopher Durang	Michael (A New Approach)/ Wallace (The Birthday Present)
	Greg Germann	Alvin (New Approach)/ Jerome (I'm Tired)
	Keith Gordon	Ron (Third Street)
	Bill Moor	Henry (The Birthday Present)
	Robert Alan Morrow	John (Third Street)
	Brendan Murphy	Bobby (New Approach)
	Novella Nelson	Narrator (I'm Tired)/ Newscaster (The Birthday Present)
	Burke Pearson	Hopp (The Birthday Present)
	Deborah Rush	Mrs. Wall (New Approach)/ Sheila (The Birthday Present)
	Brian Tarantina	Frank (Third Street)/ TV Host (The Birthday Present)

Notes

Four plays: A New Approach to Human Sacrifice by Peter Getty (dir. Garland Wright), I’m Tired And I Want To Go To Bed by David Torbett (dir. Gerald Chapman), Third Street by Richard Colman (dir. Michael Bennett), The Birthday Present by Charlie Schulman (dir. John Ferraro). Plus three readings: Scraps by Tagore Joseph McIntyre (dir. Daniel Irvine), Teens Today by Arthur W. French III (dir. Bryna Wortman), Weltschmerz by Michael Aschner (dir. Shelly Raffle). New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation