Opening out 47th Season:
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
by Horton Foote
directed by Marshall Moseley
November 3, 4, 5, 10 11 & 12, 2006
YCP THEATERWORKS OPENS THEIR 47TH SEASON WITH
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL BY HORTON FOOTE
YCP TheaterWorks opens their 47th season with Horton Foote’s powerful drama, The Trip to Bountiful directed by Marshall Moseley. Performances are slated for Fridays and Saturdays, November 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 8PM. There will be two matinee performances on Sundays, November 5 and 12 at 2PM. All performances will take place at the Van Cortlandtville School Theater, Route 6, Mohegan Lake, directly across from the Cortlandt Town Center Shopping Mall. Tickets are $15, adults; $10 seniors and students. For more information and reservations, call (914) 528-4145.
The Trip to Bountiful, which played last season with glowing reviews at the Signature Theatre in NYC, was first presented on television in early 1953 and later that year on Broadway. The 1985 movie version adapted by Mr. Foote garnered an Oscar for Geradine Paige as Mrs. Watts and a best screenplay nomination for Mr. Foote.
Set in 1947 Houston Mrs. Watts, an aging widow living with her son and his wife in a three room flat, chafes under the rigid and selfish supervision of her daughter-in-law and imagines that she should return to her home in the town of Bountiful. She attempts to run away, and when she reaches a bus station on the last part of her journey, she falls into the hands of a kindly sheriff whom her son has put on her trail. He allows her to complete the final stage of her pilgrimage to her old home. This pilgrimage turns up unexpected discoveries, both sad and enriching.
Leading the cast as Mrs. Watts is Elaine Hartel of Ossining. The part of her son, Ludie Watts, is being played by John Thompson (Bedford Hills). Barbara Marks (Bedford) is playing the part of the daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae Watts. Other cast members are Danae MacDonald (Croton-On-Hudson)playing Thelma, Tom Gorman(Yorktown Heights) playing the sheriff. Susan Bond (Mohegan Lake), Violet Benny (Ossining), and Frank Gatto (Cortlandt Manor) portray the ticket agents, Kristen Weismantel (Shrub Oak), Taryn King (Yorktown Heights) and John Schettino (Carmel) complete the cast list.
Directing the production is Marshall Moseley, a member of YCPTheaterWorks for over 30 years. He has directed 12 productions of which the most recent were, The Book of Days, and Present Laughter.
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YCPTW's 46th Season:
produced these fine plays:
(click on title to get more information)
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
