Production History

The Gorges Motel opened CST’s 35th-anniversary season with an interconnected collection of seven short plays. Set at a worn roadside motel in Watkins Glen, New York, the stories bring together wedding guests, estranged relatives and unexpected visitors, moving between relationship drama, farce and surreal comedy. In Daniel Bokemper’s contemporary Gazette interview, Rhonda Clark explained that the shared setting and recurring characters made the collection a practical and dramatically connected alternative to unrelated one-acts. Virginia, the motel proprietor, provided continuity while other performers changed roles.

The seven component plays are:

Missing — James Hindman
Kissing Cousins — Craig Pospisil
What Lola Saw — Isaac Himmelman
Reverend — Lynne Halliday
Second Chance — Lynne Halliday
Breckenridge — Gretchen Cryer
Here Comes the Drone — Arlene Hutton.

CST rated the production PG-13.

CST Connections

Vikki Simer’s earlier CST appearances include The Goat (2007) and The Clean House (2009), both directed by Rhonda Clark.
Mariah Warren later played Shanita in Skeleton Crew (2021).
Angela Lux appeared in The Game’s Afoot (2014).
Ben Hall, Jay C. Schardt and Rhonda Clark also provided design work for The Birds (2017).

Gallery Exhibition

The lobby gallery featured David Burkhart’s photographs of Oklahoma, presented in both black-and-white and color. This exhibition was separate from production photography.

Press and Photography

Acknowledgments

Cast Sponsors — Bill and Nancy Majors
Ticket Sponsor — Joey Muth
Season Sponsors — Ed and Janet Bucknell; Mel and Cindy Ables

Supported in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts and Allied Arts.

Licensing

Licensed through Concord Theatricals, a Dramatists Play Service title.

THEATRE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Karen Garlitz