California Suite

by Neil Simon

directed by Gary M. Kendall

​produced by Linda Minkoff


A comedy confection divided into four parts as only Neil Simon can write it!!


Four couples arrive from New York, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago, and separately inhabit a Beverly Hills hotel suite, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas.  Beverly Hills will never be the same!

​PERFORMANCES

October 4-5 and 11-12 at 7:30 pm

October 6 and 13 at 2 pm

directed by Shahn and Ed Knights

produced by Linda Minkoff

stage management by Alison Walters-Short


Theatre III is thrilled to announce our fall production,

Lovers and Other Strangers!

Live.  In person.  On.  The.  Stage.



THE PLAY

An evening of five untitled comedic one-acts.  The first deals with the lead-up to a seduction, the second with a couple's problems with infidelity, the third with a husband and wife's quarrels over passion, the fourth with a father and mother struggling to help their son be confident about his marriage, and the fifth with a groom getting cold feet the night before his wedding



PERFORMANCES

November 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 8:00 pm

November 7 at 2:00 pm

In Visitor from New York… Hannah Warren, a Manhattan workaholic, flies to LA to retrieve her teenage daughter Jenny after she leaves home to live with her successful screenwriter father William (Billy).  The banter flies fast and furious as the couple tries to decide what’s best for their daughter.

Cast

Hannah Warren - Rachael Robiner

William Warren - Jeremy McMahon

​In Visitor from Philadelphia… in town for his nephew’s bar mitzvah, conservative businessman Marvin Michaels awakens to discover a young lady named “Bunny” unconscious in his bed after consuming an entire large bottle of vodka!  Unfortunately, it’s bad timing for Marvin - his wife Millie has just arrived and is on her way up to the hotel suite as Marvin frantically tries cover-up his little indiscretion!!

Cast

Marvin Michaels - Jon Saul

Millie Michaels - Leslie Wagner

Bunny - Cathy Koerwer

In Visitors from London… we meet British actress Diana Nichols and her antiques dealer “closeted” husband Sidney who increasingly has become indiscreet about his sexual orientation as they prepare to attend the Oscars for Diana’s first-time Best Actress nomination.  She is in deep denial about the true nature of her marriage and has no confidence in winning as her mood fluctuates between hope, panic, and despair.

Cast

Sidney Nichols - John Day

Diana Nichols - Victoria Powell

In Visitors from Chicago… two affluent couples and best friends, Mort Hollender and his wife Beth, along with Stu Franklyn and his wife Gert, decide to spend a much needed “relaxing” vacation together.  Unfortunately, an ill-advised couple’s mixed doubles tennis match and unexpected injury creates hilarious chaos and unveils some frayed nerves and deep-seated issues between them as they conclude their mutually disastrous trip!!

Cast

Mort Hollender - Glenn Wakeley

Beth Hollender - Maren Caulfield

Stu Franklyn - Matthew Slepin

Gert Franklyn - Colleen Locke