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Side Man
Warren Leight
Opening Date:
February 21, 2003
Closing Date:
March 15, 2003
A son remembers his jazz-trumpeter father and a troubled marriage as the fading big-band era transforms a family in Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning comedy-drama.
Cast & Crew
CAST
John Brumley — Clifford Glimmer
Steve Vann — Gene Glimmer
Sue Ellen Reiman — Terry Glimmer
Russell Webster — Jonesy
James Tyra — Ziggy
J. David Bliley — Al
Ginger Gilmartin-Smith — Patsy
CREW
Rhonda Clark — Director; Sound Design; Set Design; Scenic Artist
Steven Gillmore — Lighting Design; Technical Director; Set Construction
Corey Martin — Costumes; Set Construction; Scenic Artist
Sara Phoenix — Assistant Director; Sound Operator
Bob Cross — Stage Manager; Light Operator
Shane Schnetzler; Bob Bates; John Brumley; Dean Gillmore; April Gillmore — Set Construction
John Brumley — Lighting Crew
Jennifer Coon; Ryanne Pemberton — Running Crew
Roger Oxford — Massage Therapist
Production Notes
Advertised by CST as the Oklahoma City debut of Warren Leight’s Side Man, winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Clifford narrates family history from 1953 to 1985, drawing on the playwright’s own childhood and his trumpet-playing father Donald Leight. Director Rhonda Clark discussed balancing melancholy and joy and emphasized the ensemble’s complexity in original promotional copy. Nine original images sideman01.jpg–09.jpg, without individual actor captions in supplied source. Contemporary review: The Oklahoman, February 26, 2003, https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/02/26/effortless-performance-br-side-man-shows-true-skill-of-carpenter-cast/62055863007/ ; March 7 listing https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/03/07/10-in-town-10-around/62054503007/ . Cast sponsor Chris Steves; opening-night party sponsor Suzanne Charney. Thanks: Tom’s Formalwear, Inc.; Horn Trader; Tommy’s Italian-American Grill; Suzanne Charney; Chris Crane; Addie Veal; Mark Wegener; Terry Veal; Lance Garrett; Ellen Webster. CST credited Oklahoma Arts Council, NEA, and Allied Arts assistance. Licensed through Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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