The Boys Next Door |
Oct 2nd, 2003 - Nov 23rd, 2003 |
Directed by Kerry Meads |
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Arnold Wiggins |
Paul Maley |
Lucien P. Smith |
Keith Jefferson |
Barry Klempner |
Nick Cordileone |
Mr. Klempner |
Doren Elias |
Mr. Hodges, Mr. Corbin, Senator Clarke |
Tom Stephenson |
Mrs. Fremus, Mrs. Warren, Clara |
Veronica Murphy Smith |
Jack Palmer |
Jon Lorenz |
Sheila |
Deborah Gilmour Smyth |
Norman Bulansky |
Robert Smyth |
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Scenic Design |
Mike Buckley |
Costume Design |
Jeanne Reith |
Lighting Design |
Nate Parde |
Properties Design |
Cecelia Church |
Properties Design |
Chrissy Reynolds-Vögele |
Stage Manager |
Michael S. Lowe |
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"Staging a comedy about four mentally challenged men isn't easy,
It's a tall order, but director Kerry Meads solidly delivers the goods in a heartwarming and hilarious production. The performances are exceptional. The Smyth's show their range, transforming amazingly from the witty and urbane Elyot and Amanda in Private Lives just a few weeks ago, to Norman and Sheila, a mildly retarded middle-aged couple very much in love." |
- ( North County Times ) |
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"Poignant, but comical...
An incredible play that will leave you wanting to hear more about 'the boys.'...
It was well after intermission before I realized that Sheila was played by Deborah Gilmour Smyth. The same actress who played a passionate, sophisticated divorcee in last month's Private Lives, now plays a shy, wistful, mentally disabled woman in love...The play was over before I realized the lovable Norman was played by Robert Smyth." |
- ( Pomerado News ) |
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"Without ever using the patronizing word 'special,' Boys depicts the terrors and elations of unconditional innocence, which may indeed be the happiest and saddest condition of all." |
- ( San Diego Reader ) |
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"The Boys Next Door will win your hearts over. Watching these men, performed to perfection, is like being tossed into a world that many of us have never experienced." |
- ( San Diego Jewish Times ) |
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"Lamb's Players Theatre presented the local premiere of the play a dozen years ago, and I never quite got it out of my mind. The play manages to touch us at the core: we feel empathy, sympathy, sadness, guilt — and humble gratitude too." |
- ( KPBS ) |
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