Young Playwrights Festival (1987)

Theatre

Name:	Playwrights Horizons
Address:	416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

Number of performances:	30
Opening date:	September 15, 1987
Closing date:	October 11, 1987

Production Description

Two plays: Tiny Mommy by Juliet Garson (directed by Amy Saltz) and Sparks in the Park by Noble Mason Smith (directed by Gary Pearle). Plus three staged readings: Ebony by Pamela Mshana (dir. Sheldon Epps), Children by Debra Neff (dir. Charles Karchmer), Serendipity and Serenity by Jonathan Marc Sherman (dir. Thomas Babe).

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Foundation of the Dramatists Guild	Producer
	Nancy Quinn	Producing Director

	Juliet Garson	Playwright
	Pamela Mshana	Playwright
	Debra Neff	Playwright
	Jonathan Marc Sherman	Playwright
	Noble Mason Smith	Playwright

	Thomas Babe	Director
	Sheldon Epps	Director
	Charles Karchmer	Director
	Gary Pearle	Director
	Amy Saltz	Director

	Derek McLane	Set Designer
	Michael Krass	Costume Designer
	Nancy Schertler	Lighting Designer
	Lia Vollack	Sound Designer

	Bob Ullman	Press Representative

	Roy Harris	Production Stage Manager
	Mary Fran Loftus	Production Stage Manager

	Carl Mulert	Production Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Michael Patrick Boatman	Joe (Tiny Mommy)
	Nancy Giles	Joanne Jones/ Christena (Tiny Mommy)/ Janice/ English/ Barry's Mom (Sparks in the Park)
	Susan Greenhill	Miss Roddenberg/ Chani-Glick/ Dr. Ruth (Tiny Mommy)/ Dr. Renee Schmeer (Sparks)
	Doug Hutchinson	Ben Eckert (Sparks)
	Sylvia Kauders	Chana (Tiny Mommy)
	Eva Lopez	Millie (Tiny Mommy)
	Stephen Mellor	Agent 4-H/ Dr. Rudolph Schmeer/ Craig Strongman/ Guy Richmont (Sparks)
	Todd Merrill	Barry Daniels (Sparks)
	French Napier	Young Father/ Buddy (Tiny Mommy)
	Cynthia Nixon	Sharon (Tiny Mommy)/ Stephanie Eckert (Sparks)
	Oliver Platt	Indian Waiter/ Buddy Hollister/ French Waiter/ Bart (Sparks)
	Sally Prager	Jennifer (Tiny Mommy)
	Tonia Rowe	Woman with Baby/ Lashelle/ Gloria (Tiny Mommy)
	Jose Soto	Angel (Tiny Mommy)
	Jill Tasker	Marilyn Zuckerman (Tiny Mommy)
	Mary Testa	Subway Orator/ Cousin Elizabeth/ Shalamis (Tiny Mommy)
	John C. Vennema	Louis Reynolds/ Chuck Hollister (Sparks)
	Ming-Na Wen	Young Man with Ghetto Blaster/ Lam (Tiny Alice)