About the Show
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Olean Community Theatre presents
Neil Simon's Comic Fable...
Fools
written by Neil Simon
directed by Minna Badanes
Fri SEPTEMBER 18 at 7:30p
Sat SEPTEMBER 19 at 7:30p
Sun SEPTEMBER 20 at 2:30p
TICKETS: $10.00 Adults
$8.00 Seniors + Youth Under 18
Portville Central School Aud
500 Elm Street / Portville NY (Map it!)
FOOLS is Neil Simon at his most historical...er...hysterical!
Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He's landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream.
The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for 200 years and Leon's job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes Stupid. But, he has fallen in love with a girl so Stupid that she has only recently learned how to sit down.
"The brightest, freshest, funniest, wittiest, warmest and happiest to do on Broadway in many a day." - CBS-TV
FOOLS was first presented at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City on April 6, 1981. Directed by Mike Nichols, it starred John Rubenstein and Harold Gould.
THE CAST
Leon Tolchinsky... Jake Riggs
Snetsky... Marcia McAndrews
Magistrate... Steve Riley
Slovitch... Andee Cole
Mishkin... Corinne Potter
Yenchna... Angela Emley
Dr. Zubritsky... Rodney Stebbins
Lenya Zubritsky... Jessica Anderson
Sophia Zubritsky... Madison Granger
Gregor Yousekevitch... Daryl Johnson
THE PRODUCTION STAFF
Producers...
Carla Campbell & Jennifer Simpson
Director... Minna Badanes
Stage Manager... Dan Donner
Set Construction... Bill Fancher
Sound... Bill Steffen
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