A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Craig Johnson

October 3 – 26, 2003
Loading Dock Theater

Local Playwright Craig Johnson’s very human adaptation breathes new life into Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama about a young wife and mother in 1879 small town Norway who is still very much a child herself. Ibsen, considered by many to be the father of modern drama, delivers a penetrating play about marriage, honesty and the obligation of the individual to oneself in this story of two people who are very much living in a doll’s house of their own creation.

Cast:
Ellen Apel
Ben Chadwick
Andrew Chambers
Al Fiene
Amanda Rafuse
Michelle Schwantes

Staff:
Directed by: Peter Hansen
…

---

…

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

February 6 – 29, 2004
Loading Dock Theater

All hell (and heaven!) break loose when a misguided medium inadvertently conjures up the ghostly first wife of a happily married novelist. Coward’s improbable farce of marital strife and psychic hijinks abounds with sparkling wit and deliciously droll humor.

Cast:

Shannon Jankowski
Jen Maren
Tina Miller
Amanda Rafuse
David Rinzema
Carl Schoenborn
Karen Wiese-Thompson

…

---

…

Orphans by Lyle Kessler

April 30 – May 23, 2004
Loading Dock Theater

The story of a petty hoodlum and his younger brother in a Philadelphia row house. When the older brother kidnaps Harold, a “businessman” with mob connections, their lives are turned upside down as Harold sets about rehabilitating the brothers. Survival, vulnerability, self-worth and redemption take center stage in this award-winning drama about three very lost souls.

Cast:

David Coral
Peter Hansen
Ryan Parker Knox

Staff:
Directed by Casey Radmann