'Dinner' tech team preps for June 3 opening

Posted: Friday, May 20, 2011, 4:57pm

Director Keely Kurtas-Chapman and the production and design team for Dinner with Friends are working in the Harlem Road playhouse preparing the play for performances June 3-19.

Kurtas -Chapman’s team includes: Jaylene Henderson, producer; Michael Day, production stage manager; Samantha Turner, rehearsal stage manager; Betty Peters, rehearsal assistant; Jim LeVally, scene designer; Mary Benge, costumer; Ruth S. Luketic, lighting designer and board operator; Cory Baker, sound designer and board operator; Karen Tylak, properties coordinator; Jason Speicher, fight choreographer; Tim Cogley, master electrician; Clint Dummitt, Mark Rasche, and Drew Washburn, set construction crew; Denise Dumouchelle, board operator; and Sherri Luketic, lighting assistant.

In Dinner with Friends – the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Donald Margulies – two couples confront their fears about marriage and what happens to the friendships left behind in the wake of a broken union. The script addresses mature themes and contains adult language.

Amy Anderson, James F. Petsche, Mark Schuliger and Jill Taylor comprise the cast.

Visit the Dinner with Friends show page to learn more.