By: Chip Gertzog

Chip Gertzog — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:45:30 +0000

We very much appreciate Lisa Kay and Lynne’s review and, indeed, each time showbizradio.net reviews a Providence Players’ production. Lisa Kay and Lynne properly stayed away commenting on Mike Clark’s performance as Tom in the show (the conflict with showbizradio is obvious) so let me add that this first-time community theater actor is doing a terrific job in a challenging role. He is a natural in this part, was a very risky casting decision that has paid off in a positive way big time! I also want to let showbizradio patrons know that Laura Clark was a huge and invaluable part of this production. She is “off book” on so many of the smaller roles, often filling in for missing actors during rehearsal. She has been invaluable to us and welcome member to the Providence Players family.

The Time of Your Life is the kind of production where the Players can shine….great set, lots to small gem roles that give a lot of people a chance to perform and a show that provides the opportunity to provide a complete theater expereince for our patrons.

Lisa Kay and Lynne, The Arab’s line (as Laura will tell you) is “No Foundation. All the way down the line”. It is actually a 1930’s socialist/marxist reference that Saroyan weaved into the play. I suspect he may have been spoofing some of the “heavier” message plays of the time and tweaking the critics who found his stuff to sentimental. You can try and read a lot into this play but I truly beleive that it was written as a play to simply portray interesting people, dealing with some of life’s basic issues…what you see is what you get with Saroyan in this play.

As for jelly beans, we made a mistake in not offering them at our concession table after the show. Thanks again for reviewing this production. Chip Gertzog, Providence Players

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By: Chip Gertzog