Directed by Amanda Claiborne
Sponsored by Dobie Edmunds, Lee Hunt & Joan Meisel
In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors, Leo and Jack, find themselves down on their luck.
But then, what luck! They hear that dear old Florence is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews whom she has never seen. For Jack and Leo it is the work of an instant to turn themselves into nephews Max and Steve and grab the cash. And that’s when the complications set in…
Romantic entanglements abound, as Some Like It Hot meets Twelfth Night in this screwball comedy filled with bad behavior, high heels and a world of comedy.
Meet the Cast
Dan Stryker (Jack Gable/Stephanie)
Dan is a lumberjack and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day. Dan has appeared in many CPAC productions, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Run for Your Wife, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rumors, Fuddy Meers and The 39 Steps, as well as the Raven Players’ 12th Night (With a Twist), Lost in Yonkers and The Germans Upstairs.
Charles Bertram (Leo Clark/Maxine)
Charlesis delighted to return to the Cloverdale stage in the dual role of Leo Clark and his alter ego Maxine. He was last seen in the role of Wadsworth in CPAC's production of Clue. Other recent productions include CPAC's One Act Play Festival, Raven Shorts in Healdsburg and Tapas with Pegasus Theater Company in Guerneville. Favorite prior roles include Cliff in Look Back in Anger, Banquo in Macbeth, and Dafydd Llewellyn in A Chorus of Disapproval. Charles would like to thank his wife, Nicole, for all of her love and support, not least with line learning.
Trish Doscher (Meg Snider)
Trish is excited to return to the CPAC stage in Leading Ladies. She was last seen locally in CPAC's One Act Play Festival and Pegasus Theater Company's Tapas. Favorite roles include Sister Lee in Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, Kate in Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Chorus in Antigone. Trish received a B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University in NYC. She would like to thank her husband and daughter for their unwavering support.
Max Chittister (Rev Duncan Wooley)
After seeing this play and Clue (Professor Plum), you might not believe it, but Max isn't really all that bad a guy.
Katie Bially (Audrey)
Katie Is happy to be making her return to community theatre, after a 16 year hiatus, with Cloverdale Community Theatre and, especially, the welcoming cast of Leading Ladies. While painting, gardening, and countless other hobbies have filled her creative soul over the years, she is excited to be back on the stage letting her imagination out to play. Her performance in the play is dedicated to Sean Spillane, who would have gotten a huge kick out of seeing her on stage again.
Robert Bauer (Dr. Myers)
Robert has been a regular on the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center stage since 2013, most recently appearing in 1984, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and several of the Radio Play offerings. Over his 18 years in community theater Robert has been cast in more than 30 productions at the Raven, Pegasus and Cloverdale theaters. Although he's slowed down a little as he approaches 70, he continues his loving relationship with the theater arts, his fellow actors, and of course, with the audience. Lastly, none of this would be possible without the endless support from his wife, Virginia. Thank you, my dear.
John Enterline (Butch)
John is thrilled to be making his debut with Cloverdale Performing Arts Center’s production of Leading Ladies as Butch. He brings a background in theater operations, having worked in management at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and in events at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. His stage journey began as Captain Hook in his high school production of Peter Pan. John lives on the Russian River with his beautiful, supportive wife and their two cats—one of which may or may not respond to “Hellooo, Big Boy!
Ann Mackenzie (Florence)
After attending Cranbrook Institute’s Theater School Summer Camp as a young teen, a handful of decades as a flight attendant, artist, and graphic designer, she acted upon her fascination with “theater-of-the-mind” by joining a friend to suggest Cloverdale Performing Arts bring old-time radio plays to Cloverdale. Since then, to her surprise and delight, she has appeared in That Thing In the Window, Standing On Ceremony/On Facebook & My Husband, Rev. Esq. (Reverend Esquire), The Hitchhiker, Sorry, Wrong Number, Twisted Tales of Poe, The Battle of the Detectives and now, Leading Ladies.
Amanda Claiborne (Director)
is happy to be returning to CPAC to work with some of her favorite actors, old and new. Amanda is a retired teacher and school administrator and has written and directed plays for children and adults. Her one-woman short play Waterfall (2020) was produced at 6th Street Playhouse. Most recently, she appeared as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at Curtain Call Theatre in Monte Rio, where she is the Associate Artistic Director and consequently doesn’t get to act enough. She will be directing Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor there in June.