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State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State Studio Arena Programs Studio Arena 9-26-1980 Lady of The Diamond Studio Arena Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/saprograms Recommended Citation Studio Arena, "Lady of The Diamond" (1980). Studio Arena Programs. 50. http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/saprograms/50 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Studio Arena at Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. It has been accepted for inclusion in Studio Arena Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDIO ARENA THEATRE Li J, 1 ..J . i C. ■» » pDiiy^lsOfjciGlAiciLfSS ................ ’’ ;» / s@ papa6@ s..Jup<SB,S©(c fe b rk s. (C ; - I er1 C3 !,s :2 C'-S / the fine fit and quality of the wool blend fabrics. w ;; , jt the easy ways you can coordinate a versatile S-’.jlec) null! S-’.jlec) Interval (3 m fine twills, herringbones and tweed-textured ■^Sr! i90 and $95. Slacks S30 and S35. Vests $15. 13 1 ________________________________________ g -n 3 .o m =* JT " w m S , - > 1 8 ** ' \ . \ w ' A • ^ v- \ / v ■ ■Vs-.,.'i < '■ ■ m ‘h N t v f ' A tl J:-- A. ^ ««bb -:-/ ’ / I ‘ tm a m i l W m m EXKELEiora&a^ra^ Downtown, Thruway Mall, Boulevard Mall, Seneca Mall, Eastern Hills NOTES ON THE PLAYWRIGHT Mark Berman began his professional theatre cateer as a piaywr iijht/actor with the Guthrie Theatre Company which pt oduced o ik * of his early plays, i lib woiks have been done by tin-: American Conservatory Theatte, in San Franc ise ej, at the Dallas Theatre Center, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company, the Hartman Ihoatre Company, Chirjjao's North I i;.ji;t Repertoty Company, tin: Berkshire Fheatre Festival, the ( J icket i heatre in Minneapolis and the Obie Award- winning Set ond Stoty (Mayors and the l.jtri Street Theatres in Now York Citv. I lis plavs include.* PLEASE KEEP O I F T( Hi GRASS, Tl IF IJA Y I HI: M A R C H IN G B-\NI^ WENT WILD, ROU 11: 66, IA LI STORIES FROM I HF BUTCHER'S HI OCK, OLD FOI KS AT HOME, 1.FT'S PLAY CHF.SS, TRIPS, I HAD 3 HALLS BUT I LOST ONI!, and POPII CH I.OVFS P U C C IN I. M r. Horm .inS last visit to Buffalo was as a merchant seaman aboard a Gioat Lakes treiijhter. He has also worked as a welder in a midwest auto p i P d M O C M ; ^ plant, been an FM disc jockey, a construction worker and served as a pla\wi i^!ii-in-residonco at several State Ch(;csa frCuurmt-:t l-'oocJs, Inc. Universities, as well as ha\im; played semi-pro baseball in New York. "■'riin O n e ttj A K in d S'to/c" Purveyors of the finest quality and widest assort ment of imported and domestic cheeses, cold r7it?fn*s, soups, jorns, jGnu^s, LATECOMERS... spices, cookies, teas, crackers, sausages, breads Latecomers, please be advised and tid bits. Forty Planning Specialists that because of the request by At So Charge and out of courtesy to patrons who arrive on time, the Theatre's policy of not seating latecomers until a convenient interval will be enforced. Settler’s Is for Juniors You Are Looking So Fashionable As You Make Your Appearance At the Theatre and About Town. Select Our Wool Flannel Blazer In Camel, Navy or Burgundy. Add the Oxford Buttondown Shirt In White, Light Blue, Maize or Pink . and the Shetland Sw eater In A Choice of Colors. Complete Your New Fall Outfit with the Tartan Plaid Kilt with Fringed Side and Pleat. Sattler's, the Exciting Fashion Store for Juniors . Main Place, Seneca, Boulevard and Thruway Malls. STUDIO ARENA THEATRE David Frank, Artistic Director Barry Hoffman, Managing Director presents By MARK BERMAN Directed by JACK O'BRIEN Scenery & Costumes Designed by Lighting Designed by ROBERT MORGAN JOHN McLAIN Special Consultant Production Stage Manager DUKE McGUIRE BEVERLY J.ANDREOZZI Sound Designed by Technical Director RICKMENKE JOHNBAUN This production is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency, and from Erie County and the City of Buffalo. The Studio Arena Theatre participates in the Arts Development Services Performing Arts Voucher Program. 128lh Production, September 26-October 25,1980 World Premiere Box Office Telephone (716-856-5650) 5 ■'Mil i I to '“'llRj Playing the lead beautifully. Impossible to upstage. Our hand some sportcoat of camel hair and wool is dramatized with soft fitting collar and deep, flap patch pockets. Men's sizes . $100 isheJCPenney CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance) Connie Weaver CHRISTINE BARANSKI Vendor ROBERT SPENCER Hap “ Coach" Farrell ROBERT DARNELL Moose Katrina VICTOR ARNOLD Bomber JOHN GOODMAN Benton TERRY ALEXANDER W illie JOEL POLIS Mom (Clara Kocinski) LYNN COHEN Sportscaster TIMOTHY MEYERS Sammy (Batboy) MARK MISSERT Hedley Wooster CARLSCHURR Groundskeepers PHILIP KNOERZER, BRIAN DeMARCO SCENE SYNOPSIS Time: Baseball Season Place: The Major Leagues Act I: Fun and Games Act II: Winning Games Act III: End of the Game There will be two ten-minute intermissions. SPECIAL CREDITS Lobby and Publicity Photographs—Phototech Studios Consultants for Audience Development and Special Programs— Putnam-Anger Associates Fox and Staniland Incorporated Christine Baranski's Hair and Wigs Designed and Executed by Patrick Moreton Dresser for LADY OF THE D IAM O N D—Eileen Schnell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Buffalo Bisons Baseball, Inc. New York Telephone Buffalo Bills Football Club Niagara County Comm. College Angela Smith Royalite Buffalo Hotel Supply Sports Service Dealer's Outlet Dale Senn Dowd Rental Service & Sales Inc. Dick Garland Great Bear Water Cooler Poet's Lounge—Holiday Inn Joseph Byron The Neon Art Store JoAnne Cambio Fontana's Mearl D. Pritchard Pharmacy For the convenience of patrons, the Stage Left Lounge is open before and after each per formance, as well as during intermission. Smoking is permitted only in outer lobby and Stage Left Lounge. The use of photographic or any other recording device, such as tape recorders, is strictly prohibited in this theatre. 7 DIRECTOR'S NOTES T h < L s h o i '■? ; 1 * f f s ' i c \,V.“ c n r e c ^ M l i » Modeling • Interior MH Decorating • Fashion Merchandising ® Fabulous 40's As we head into the '80s, one cliche Program symptomatic of our times abounds: “ You (age 40+) can't really be sure of anything Kick off a career, or anym ore." And as disquieting as that may start your own sell improvement pro be to our grandparents, we seem to gram. Join us in our adjust as well as we can — often new modern facility surprising ourselves. This is truly an age at 310 Delaw are! of transition — careers can rise and fall within a television season, to say nothing of a baseball season, and one no more gets used to the punk rock look than it is v/ CARFFRCAREER SCHOOL immediately passe. Roller disco ... 310 Delaware Avenue 856-1500 com puter garrio . test tube babies . .. and fast-food croissants from France. So you shake your head, smile, and say, "Look. You can't really be sure of anything anymore." The theatre has been changing, too. The influence of film and television on our aesthetic sensibility is more direct than we might imagine. When a well- made play is performed these days — say, a revival of an elegant Lillian Heilman effort — it seems to be the exception more than the rule. Plays still have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but we have become so used to jump-cuts and fast edits from film, that when we sit in our seats in the theatre, we are finally ready for anything. LUNCHES SERVED Mon. thru Fri. For sophisticated evening DINNERS or classic daytime looks Mon. thru Sun. visit Les Jardins. from 4 PM The hair and skin people PRIVATE PARTIES on the Avenue. Call for Reservations ardins 886-9159 LoRdchumLeyS 346 Delaware Ave. RESTAURANT/BAR, INC. Buffalo, New York 481 D elaw are Avenue 856-3056 And a very good thing, too. Because theatre, which can entertain us and even educate us, must also astonish us. For nothing stays the same forever — even October is China baseball, perhaps the most formal of all American sports, and the only team sport Month at Pitt Petri not played to a clock, has felt the impact of the media, and the reverberations of 15%-30% Off on: big business and advertising. And LADY OF THE DIAMOND? Well, Lenox China perhaps it might be easier to define it by Minton China defining what it is not. Because it's not Denby Stoneware just about baseball, and it's not just about Wedgwood the women's movement, and it's not just Royal Worcester about sacred American institutions. It's about all of those things, of course, and Spode China finally mostly about men and women. Doulton Fine China And human potential. Well, look. It's Coalport China theatre. And you can't really be sure of Arabia Stoneware anything anymore. Aynsley China Jack O'Brien Gorham China Buffalo, September 19,1980 Thomas China Master Charge and Visa STUDIO ARENA THEATRE — A participant in Arts Development Services “ Salute to the Arts Month" p i t t p e t r i 378 DELAWARE AVE./852-7876 4552 MAIN ST.