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PLAZA SUITE
By Neil Simon
Show dates: August 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 (Friday and Saturday Dates, 8pm, Sunday Dates at 2pm)
Neil Simon’s hilarious portrait of a suite at the Plaza Hotel and three couples who were guests there: suburbanites who honeymooned there 23 years before (or was it 24?), a Hollywood producer and his childhood sweetheart, and the parents of a bride who has locked herself in the bathroom on her wedding day. One of Neil Simon’s best! Scroll to bottom for detailed plot analysis. (Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.)
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| "Karen Nash" |
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| "Sam Nash" |
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| "Jean McCormack" |
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| "Jessie Kiplinger" |
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| "Muriel Tate" |
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| "Roy Hubley" |
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| "Norma Hubley" |
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| "Mimsey Hubley" |
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| "Borden Eisler" |
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| "Bellhop" |
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| "Waiter" |
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| DIRECTOR PATRICK VAUGHN |
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| Patrick C. Vaughn, the Dean of Arts and Humanities at St. Charles Community College, has received an Interdisciplinary Fine Arts PhD with an emphasis in Theatre and a Master of Arts in Theater/Directing from Texas Tech University. Prior to his current position at SCCC, he was the theatre program coordinator at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas. Since moving to Missouri, Patrick has become involved in supporting the arts all across the county. He is currently the President of the St. Charles County Arts Council, and the former Chair and current board member of the St. Charles County Youth Choir.
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| Producer Marsha Kenison |
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| Producer Debi Gravemann |
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| Producer Jessie Resimius |
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MORE INFO ABOUT PLAZA SUITE
The play is comprised of three acts, each
involving different characters but all set in
Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. The
first act introduces the audience to
not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen
Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon
suite in an attempt - by Karen - to bring the
love back into their marriage. Her plan
backfires and the two become embroiled in a
heated argument about whether or not Sam is
having an affair with his secretary. The act
ends with Sam leaving (allegedly to attend to
urgent business) and Karen sadly reflecting
on how much things have changed since they
were young. This is by far the most serious
of the three vignettes.
The second act involves a meeting between
former movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his
old flame, suburban housewife Muriel Tate.
Muriel - aware of his reputation as a
smooth-talking ladies' man - has come for
nothing more than a chat between old friends,
promising herself she will not stay too long.
Jesse, however, has other plans in mind and
repeatedly attempts to seduce her.
The third act revolves around married couple
Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter
Mimsey's wedding day. In a rush of
nervousness, Mimsey has locked herself in the
suite's bathroom and refuses to leave. This
is the most comic of the acts, filled with
increasingly outrageous slapstick moments
depicting her parents' frantic attempts to
cajole her into attending her wedding while
the gathered guests await the trio's arrival
downstairs.
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