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The Drawer Boy
Michael Healey
Opening Date:
January 13, 2006
Closing Date:
February 4, 2006
On an isolated Ontario farm in 1972, longtime friends Morgan and Angus have settled into a protective routine shaped by Angus’s wartime memory loss. When a young Toronto actor arrives to research rural life, the stories he turns into theatre begin to uncover painful truths. Rhonda Clark directed Michael Healey’s moving and often funny exploration of friendship, memory, and storytelling.
Cast & Crew
CAST
Angus — Mike Waugh
Morgan — Steve Vann
Miles — Corey Whaley
CREW
Director — Rhonda Clark
Set and sound design — Rhonda Clark, Steven Gillmore
Lighting design — Steven Gillmore
Costume design — Corey Martin
Stage manager and light technician — Bob Cross
Sound technician — Vickie Zipf
Set construction — Steven Gillmore, David Mays, Anthony Bullock, Christi Newbury
Scenic painting — Rhonda Clark, Doobie Potter, Roger Oxford, Vickie Zipf, Vikki Simer
Properties — Rhonda Clark, Mona Cross
Running crew — Mona Cross, Tom Gibson
Poster design — Jeni White
CST webmasters — Don Lusk, Phil Carlton
Stage Demolition Crew (special acknowledgment) — Angela Brock, Jeni White, Jonathan White, David Mays, Farah Shaukat, Doobie Potter, Christi Newbury, Steve Vann, Mike Waugh, Michael Gibbons
Production Notes
Fourth production, January 13–February 4, 2006; directed by Rhonda Clark at Stage Center Arena Theater. Original cast explicitly identifies Mike Waugh as Angus, Steve Vann as Morgan, Corey Whaley as Miles; contrary supplemental attribution “Morgan / Angus” to Vann is incorrect. Set in Ontario in 1972, the story follows WWII veterans Morgan and Angus; Angus suffered a head injury during the London Blitz and struggles with memory loss. Young actor Miles arrives to research farm life, then uses Morgan’s recurring story of their lives in a play, stirring suppressed memories. Inspired by Theatre Passe Muraille’s 1972 Farm Show project in Clinton, Ontario; The Drawer Boy premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille in 1999, directed by Miles Potter and featuring David Fox, both connected to The Farm Show. CST materials noted Time’s Ten Best Plays of 2001, four Dora Awards, and recognition as most produced play in US regional theatre in 2004. Six original gallery images drawerboy01–06, first displayed 06; performers not individually identified. Contemporary coverage: The Oklahoman “Drawer Boy” January 6, 2006; “Discount Admission Continues” January 24, 2006; The Journal Record “Around Town: Beauty Contest” January 25, 2006. Coverage associates run with Pay-What-You-Can Night, but exact performance date and program start not established. Special thanks: Garman Productions; Harn Homestead; Nick Backes; Terry Veal; Vikki Simer; Jon Womastek; Thelma Vann; Doobie Potter; Greg Thorsen; United Engines; Cusack Equipment. Special separate “Stage Demolition Crew” acknowledgment preserved in crew. Cast sponsor Linda Manaugh; opening-night party sponsor Trattoria Il Centro. Licensing not specified in original page. Original page: https://web.archive.org/web/20211207034408/http://carpentersquare.com/shows/show_drawerboy.htm
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