May 2 - 4 2008     [ Performance Schedule ]

by Ketti Frings
from the novel by Thomas Wolfe

Based on the teenage years of writer Thomas Wolfe, this dramatic tale of a young man’s personal growth is driven by his family: a mother who obsesses over her material holdings while building barriers; his father, a stonecutter imprisoned by his failures; and a brother who never breaks away. Ultimately, the young man, Eugene, experiences love in all its wrenching psychological forms and escapes a lifetime of solitude by confronting the forces that shape his future.

Director KIM CHANDLER
Stage Manager JOSHUA D. STEWART
Sound/Lighting Designer GEORGE ERIC PERRY
Technical Director PHILLIP A. MILLER

THE CAST

*Denotes Civic debut

Ben Gant Darrell Kellogg*
Mrs. Marie “Fatty” Pert Linda Diller*
Helen Gant Barton Cynthia Stech
Hugh Barton Carl E. Kime
Eliza Gant Jean Kenz
Will Pentland Elvin E. East
Eugene Gant Dave Senecal
Jake Clatt Greg Shanley
Mrs. Clatt Karen Tudor*
Florry Mangle Paula Fenstermaker*
Mrs. Snowden Nancy Smoker
Mr. Farrel Robert Nichols
Miss Brown Gail Somerville
Laura James Donna Marie Gorczany
W.O. Gant Larry Plamondon*
Dr. Maguire Dan Fleischacker
Tarkinton Steven Hammond
Madame Elizabeth Marilyn M. Mark
Luke Gant Jay Miller