Our 47th Season:
THE LITTLE FOXES
by Lillian Hellman
directed by Dawn Bernitt-Perito
January 26, 27, February 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10, 2007
YCP THEATERWORKS Opens
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
YCP TheaterWorks presents their winter production, The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman. Performances are slated for Fridays and Saturdays, February 2, 3, 9 & 10 at 8 pm and Sunday, February 4 at 2 pm. All performances will take place at the Van Cortlandtville School Theater, Route 6, Mohegan Lake, directly across from the Cortlandt Town Shopping Center. Tickets are $15, adults; $10 seniors and students. For information and reservations, call (914) 528-4145.
The Little Foxes was first seen on Broadway in 1939 at the National Theater. Set in a small town in Alabama in 1900, the play focuses on three siblings struggling to take over control of the family business. In the play, Miss Hellman investigates the characters’ inner lives while attacking universal moral faults. Through the actions of her characters, Ms. Hellman presents to the audience an indictment of capitalistic motives focused on greed. Her powerful insights into the depth of familial dysfunction still ring true even to today’s audiences.
A theft committed by the members of the family forces the confrontation of issues, reveals the depth of lies and scheming that can run deep in families. The brothers, Ben and Oscar Hubbard, played by Martin Posnerand Frank Panzer, respectively want to build a cotton mill, but are still $75,000 short. They enlist the help of their sister Regina, played by Syl Farrell, to get the remainder from her husband Horace who is played by Jeff Virgo. Horace has been away at a hospital and Regina bids him home through her daughter, Alexandra played by Heather Campbell.
Also performing in the play are Mark Firestone who plays Leo, Oscar’s weak and unimaginative son, Karen Quinn-Panzerportraying the flighty and intimidated Birdie Hubbard, Jim Petrillo playing the business investor William Marshall, and the two servants of the Hubbard’s, Addie and Cal played by Leslie Smithey and Jan Dyckman.
The producer of The Little Foxes is Pawling resident and YCP board member, Marie Ricci Gelston and Jane Posner is the state manager. Marshall Moseley, a board member for many years, is the set designer.
Directing The Little Foxes for YCP TheaterWorks is Dawn Bernitt-Perito who is both an actress and director. She was last seen in YCP’s production of The 7 Year Itch.
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YCPTW's 46th Season:
produced these fine plays:
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THE FOREIGNER, a comedy by Larry Shue, directed by Elaine Hartel Poritzky, October 2005
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, a comedy by George Axelrod, directed by Chris Arena, March 2006
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, a drama by Jason Miller, directed by Brian DeToma, May 2006
