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Laughter on the 23rd FloorBy: Neil Simon
Performance Dates
October 9th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, & 24th
Show Times
Fridays - 7:30pm
Saturday - 7:30pm
2nd Sunday - 2:30pm
Lucas Brickman is a young comedy writer trying to prove himself in the fraternal writers room for The Max Prince Show, one of the country’s most popular variety shows. It’s 1953, and with McCarthyism running rampant, the network demanding budget cuts, and a host who can’t manage to stay sober, things aren’t looking good. Playwright Neil Simon, a television comedy writer himself, wrote Laughter on the 23rd Floor as a roman a clef: the characters are based on real people but given fictional names. There’s the flashy Milt, who prefers quantity over quality when it comes to jokes, Ira, the hypochondriac agitator, Val, the fussy Russian immigrant, Brian, who claims to have somehow sold a screenplay he’s yet to write, the sophisticated Kenny, and the defensive Carol, the sole female writer. Packed with Simon’s characteristic wit and offbeat characters, this ensemble comedy offers a fly-on-the-wall look at a zany TV writers room and the colorful personalities inside it.
Directed by Ayden Lopez
Cast:
Lucas Brickman: Nick Schaeffler
Milt Fields: Derek Hauk
Val Slotsky: Gerry Gallagher
Kenny Franks: Jodie Skudlarek
Brian Doyle: JP Quirk
Carol Wyman: Morgan LeResche
Max Prince: Jeff Meurer
Helen: Nicole Lapas
Ira Stone: Jon Witt
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $23
Child (13 & Under)/Seniors (65 and older) - $18
May be asked to provide valid ID
Please call (630) 406-8838 for further information.
Tickets may be purchased at the box office but are subject to availability.
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100 N Island Ave, Fl 3rd, Batavia, IL, United States, Illinois 60510
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