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THE CHELSEA THEATER CENTER OF BROOKLYN Artistic Director Executive Director Productions Director Robert Kalfin Michael David Burl Hash presents by TANKRED DORST in cooperation with Ursula Ehler English version by Peter Sander directed by ARNE ZASLOVE setting designed by Wolfgang Roth costumes designed by Ruth Morley lighting designed by Daniel Flannery with Gary Allen Frances Bay Roberts Blossom Roger DeKoven Robert Einenkel J anice Fuller Eleanor Cody Gould Nicholas Hormann Ruth Hunt Anne lves Renos Mandis Charles Mayer George Morfogen K. Lype O'Dell Frances Pole William Robertson Larry Swansen Curt Williams Jerrold Ziman Sonia Zomina Production stage manager: Sherman Warner CAST IN .ORDER OF APPEARANCE Old Man . • . • • . Roberts Blossom Fragile Lady ......... ... , .. , . , , . , , ....... ........ Anne lves Cleaning Lady......... .. .......•..... .......... Sonia Zomina Gardener . .. .•. .•. ..... , , , , • , • , ....•... ... ... Curt Williams Spinste~ ....... .•.............. .. ........ Eleanor Cody Gould Major's Widow .... ............................ .. Frances Pole Oswald ........•.. •• ••. , .• , , , .. ..... .. .. Nicholas Hormann Prof. Jenssen, A Psychiatrist .... , ... ... .. .. ....... Jerrold Ziman Male Assistant. .. ... ....... •. .. ..... .... ... Robert Einenkel Female Assistant . ... .. • , .. , . , . , , , . , ....... .... .. Janice Fuller Paul .............. .• .... , . , . , , , .. .. .. ..... George Morfogen Holm .. ..... .. .... •................... ... ... Larry Swansen Reich .... .. .. ............................. K. Lype O'Dell Bank Director .........•. .. , ... , •...... .. ...... Gary Allen Vera ............. • . , ..... .. .. ............ Ruth Hunt Woman In Wheelchair..... .. •.. , . , . ............. .. 'Frances Bay Old Soldier. ........... .... , . .. ...... • .... William Robertson Diva .. .. ................. ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .. Sonia Zomina Berend ........ .•••.•....•..... ............. Charles Mayer Man With Camera ... ... .• . , . , ..... .. ............Curt Williams Fat Man In Mask ......... ... , .. .. .... ... ..... K. Lype O'Dell Man In Mask.... ... ........ , . , .. .. .. .... : . Larry Swansen Cook... ........•....................... .... Renos Mandis Blind Man .. .• ....•....... , ..................... Gary Allen Kristian ..... ... ... ................ ... .. ... Roger De Koven The action of the play takes place at an old people's home and the adjoining park, Norway, 1947-48. THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION understudies: Frances Bay (Vera, Fragile Lady, Major's Widow, Cleaning Lady); Roger DeKoven (Old Man); ~obert Einenkel (Reich, Paul, Oswald); K. Lype O'Dell (Cook); Curt Williams (Kristian, Psychiatrist, Berend); Jerrold Ziman (Bank Director, Holm); Sonia Zomina (Spinster). assistant stage manager: Bob Jaffe credits for ICE AGE wigs and beards by Bob Kelly Latvian song from Andrejs Jansons thanks to Mercedes Benz of Manhattan U.S. production rights to Tankred Dorst's ICE AGE controll ed by Kurt Bern heim, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, on behalf of Suhrkamp Verlag, Frank furt, Main. Gary Allen (Bank Director, Blind Man) just completed a leading role in the film COMMUNION. He also has a star ring part in the soon to be released film THE NIGHT THEY ROBBED BIG BERTHA'S. A veteran of The Second City, Hull House and Ivanhoe Theatres in Chicago, he attended the Goodman Memorial Theatre and Memphis State University. Some of his favorite roles have been Morris in THE BLOOD KNOT, Editor Webb in OUR TOWN and Eloi in AUTO-DA-FE. Mr. Allen has made severa l hundred television commercials and appeared on numerous network shows. He is the w inner of two Andy Awards and the Chicago Film Critics Award. This is his first appearance at Chelsea. Frances Bay (Woman In Wheelchair) has appeared with Theatre Company of Boston, Pasadena Playhouse and Old Globe Theatre, as we ll as in numerous dinner theaters, Off Off Broadway, stock, television and radio. She is a charter member of Colonnades Theater Lab, and is a winner of the Best Actress Award at the Canadian Drama Fest ival. She has studied with Uta Hagen and at the Maria Ouspenskaya School of Dramatic Art. Some roles have included Berdie in LITTLE FOXES, Linda in DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Kate in PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY and a cherished memory is narrating PETER AND THE WOLF to 6000 respon sive schoolchildren. Roberts Blossom (Old Man) starred in Peter Brook's production of THE PHYSICISTS and was also seen on Broadway in STATUS QUO VAD IS, A COOK FOR MR . GENERAL, and others. Among his recent roles have been the Colonel in THE LAST MEETI NG OF THE KN IGHTS OF THE WH ITE MAGNOLIA at Arena Stage, D.W. Griffith in BEACON HI LL, and a Rebel in the upcoming ADAMS CHRON ICLES. He has been seen in films as the star of DERANGED, as Gatsby's father in TH E GREAT GATSBY, as Wild Bob in SLAUGHTER HOUSE FIVE, and as Mr. Guernsey in THE HOSP ITAL. Mr. Blossom has twice been awarded Obies for distinguished performances. Roger De Koven ( Kristian) played The Actor in ARTURO Ul on Broadway and for Chicago's Goodman Theater. He is remembered for his role as Ziegfeld in the original production of FUNNY GIRL and as The Commissar in TOVARICH. His other Broadway credits include THE LARK; JOAN OF LORRAINE; BROOKLYN, U.S.A .; THE ASSASSIN; THE HIDDEN RIVER; COMPULSION and THE FIGHTING COCK. He has played Vershinin in three different productions of THE THR EE SISTERS, and recently received critical acclaim for his work in the film SE IZURE. Leading roles Off Broadway have been in Duerrenmatt's THE DEADLY GAME, THE MAKING OF MOO and STEAL THE OLD MAN'S BUNDLE. Robert Einenkel (Male Assistant) has previously appeared at Chelsea in AC/DC, THE SCREENS, KASPAR and SELF- ACCUSATION. He has worked with the Long Wharf Touring Company, NY Shakespeare Festival's tour of VOLPONE and Buffalo Studio Arena. He most recently did THE DREAM WATCHER with Eva LeGallienne at the White Barn Theater and Chausible in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Queens Playhouse. He has studied with Eva LeGallienne, Stella Adler, Elizabeth Smith and at the Yale School of Drama. Janice Fuller (Female Assistant) played Minnie in the American Shakespeare Festival's 1971 production of MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. Other roles around the country include Mistress Quickly in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR for San Diego Nation· al Shakespeare Festival (where she spent seven seasons) and April in HOT L BALTIMORE for Seattle's A .C.T. In New York she has worked with Lion Theater Co., W.P.A., Manhattan Theatre Club, and Mercer Arts Center. Ms. Fuller studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Eleanor Cody Gould (Spinster) is founder and Executive Director of the American Creative Theatre. She pioneered in presenting original plays by American authors, producing sixty seven during the 1960's. She taught acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the last two decades, and has _been seen in films, commer cials and daytime serials. She was Director of the summer program at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Mass. and played leading roles at the Cherry County Playhouse, Ephrata Star Playhouse and Ivoryton (Conn.) Playhouse. This summer she acted in the Repertory Company American Stage Festival. Nicholas Hormann (Oswald) has performed two winter and summer seasons w ith the New Phoenix Reper tory Company, playing Dennis McCarthy in END OF SUMMER and touring in MEMBER OF THE WE DDING and THE VISIT. A 1973 graduate of Yale Drama School and winner of the Oliver Thorndike Acting Award, he played Flamineo in THE WHITE DEVIL and created several roles for the Yale Reper tory Theatre incl uding Sterling Hayden in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN. His stock credits include Oberon, Henry Higgins and Edmund in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. He has appeared in RULES OF THE GAME for NET. Larry Swansen (Holm, Man In Mask) after a career as a high school magician, an MFA degree from Oklahoma University, and several years of nudging the Gods and Goddesses of the Great White Way, finally made his way to Broadway in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE and THOSE THAT PLAY THE CLOWNS. He did the national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC and appeared with Helen Hayes on tour in Maugham's THE CIRCLE. Various regional theaters have see n his work as Biff in DEATH OF A SALESMAN, John Shand in WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS, Aimwell in THE BEAUX STRATAGEM and Sir Andrew in TWELFTH NIGHT. I Curt Williams (Gardener, Man With Camera) returns to Off Broadway after several seasons in regional theaters, where he played such diverse roles as Estragon in WAITING FOR GODOT, Edward in THE DRUNKARD, Tesman in HEDDA GABLER and Victor in PRIVATE LIVES. Prior Off Broadway credits include THE FANTASTICKS (three different roles), and starring roles at E.L.T. such as Danny in NIGHT MUST FALL and Leslie in THE HOSTAGE. On Broadway he was a standby in PUR LIE, playing the Old Captain and Charlie many times during its two year run and taking over Charlie on the national tour. A former student of Sanford Meisner, Mr. Williams now studies with Warren Robertson. Jerrold Ziman (Psychiatrist) was seen most recently in GOLDEN BOY at the Manhattan Theatre Club where he also appeared in EAST LYNNE and in the Shirtsleeve Theater's production of Saroyan's REBIRTH CELEBRATION... Previously, he portrayed Goddard Guagmeyer, etc., in THE BEAUTY PART at the American Place, appeared in the title role of THE MARRIAGE OF MR. MISSISSIPPI at the Shade Co., was seen in LOTTA at the Public, and in the New Repertory Co. production of LADY FROM THE SEA