| The Boys Next Door | |
|---|---|
| Oct 2nd, 2003 - Nov 23rd, 2003 | |
| Directed by Kerry Meads | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| "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 ) | |
| "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 ) | |
| "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 ) | |
| "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 ) | |
| "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 ) | |