The Play
Jake's Women, a serious comedy by Neil Simon
The Director
Director: Karen Kolar
The Story
Writing is Jake’s life. Literally. Jake, you see, is a writer by profession. For thirty years. he’s worked eight hours a day, every day, out of an eight by ten foot office in his apartment. In fact, he writes all the time, even when he’s not actually writing. And he’s got a pretty active social life, too. At least in his mind. There’s his late wife, his wife of late, his young daughter, his older young daughter, his sister, his girlfriend, and—as you may have guessed—his psychiatrist. Jake can’t decide whether he’d rather keep the company of the women in his life or the women in his imagination. Unfortunately for Jake, the women in his life are less ambivalent. The time, it seems, has come for Jake to decide between the pleasures of reality and those of imagination. And if it takes a catharsis, a miracle, and a bolt of lightning to make that happen, then so be it.
The Cast
- Jake: David Vale
- Maggie: Michele Shapero
- Karen: Lee Prichard
- Molly (at 12): Lisa Saban
- Molly (at 21): Riley Hoveland
- Edith: Rose Shannon
- Julie: Star Connelly
- Sheila: Karie Stidham
The Crew
- Director: Karen Kolar
- Producer: Steve Shapero
- Stage Manager: Myra Lindborg
- Lights: Mike Lemler
- Sound: Steve Shapero
- Set Design: Michele Shapero
- Publicity: David Vale
- Graphic Design: Sandy Sanford, Monte Sanford, Karen Kolar
- Photography: Steve Shapero
Place
Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts
Performances
- Friday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, April 11, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, April 12, 2:00 p.m.
Past