Season Information
08/09 Season
Don't Dress for Dinner
By Marc Camoletti
Adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by Rosina Reynolds
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July 17 - August 2, 2009
$30 - $47
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Have you been craving a sexy French comedy with mystery, mayhem and madness? Witty dialogue, funny sight gags and a touch of slapstick are just a few ingredients that make Don’t Dress for Dinner simmer with action. Before playing in the United States, this hilarious madcap romp played for two years in Paris and kept audiences howling for six years in London. Playwright Robin Hawdon's recipe for comedic confusion combines some sexy hanky panky, mistaken identity, and, of course, dinner in a French country house.
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ROBIN HAWDON
Robin Hawdon (Adaptor) Robin Hawdon’s acting career began in the 1960s with appearances in a number of British television series as well as scattered roles in feature films. His greatest "exposure" came in 1970's “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” (1970) in which he played a caveman whose entire wardrobe consisted of an abbreviated loincloth. Hawdon also essayed a number of roles on the London stage and in provincial companies, playing everything from Hamlet to Henry Higgins. In the 1980s he became director of the Theatre Royal Bath. Writing initially supplemented and then dominated his acting as he turned out a number of plays including The Mating Game, Don't Dress for Dinner and God and Stephen Hawking. In 1984 he published a novel, A Rustle in the Grass, about with a colony of ants and which sold 60,000 copies. In 2002 he published a second novel, The Journey.
MARC CAMOLETTI
Marc Camoletti (Playwright) Authored more than 40 plays and became a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in France. Boeing-Boeing, his first major international success, opened in Paris in 1960, where it subsequently ran for 19 years. It went on to run for seven years and 2,000 performances in its debut London production. It became the Guinness Book of Records most performed French play worldwide. The Paramount film starred Jerry Lewis, Tony Curtis and Thelma Ritter. A later play, Don't Dress for Dinner, also ran for seven years in London's West End. A French citizen, born in Geneva, and an acclaimed artist and associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Marc Camoletti's theatre career launched with three plays running simultaneously in Paris. His work continues to flourish in numerous languages and some 55 countries. He died in 2003.
Lisel Gorell-Getz Jacqueline
Jaque Wilke Suzette
Phil Johnson* Bernard
Amanda Sitton Suzanne
Matt Thompson* George
Christopher Williams* Robert
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
| Director Rosina Reynolds | Costume Designer Michelle Hunt |
| Scenic Designer Marty Burnett | Sound Designer Chris Luessmann |
| Light Designer Matt Novotny | Prop Designer Bonnie Durben |
