Rumors a Farce Comedy by Neil Simon Directed by Bill Fenner May 4-6 & 11-13, 2007 Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm COA/Old Manteo Middle School Auditorium

America's premier comic playwright delighted audiences with this out and out funny offering. Four couples are at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound) and his wife is missing. His lawyer's cover up gets progressively more difficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and nobody can remember who has been told what about whom. Doors slam and hilarity abounds as the couples get more and more crazed!

Standing (L to R): Genie Walter, Michael Daly, Harry Kirchner, Ed Montgomery, Jason Forbes, Diane Forbes.
Seated (L to R): Sheila Diehm, Melissa Dale, Vicque Jackson, Donna Grim.

Cast:

Donna Grim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Gorman
Jason Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Gorman
Ed Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Ganz
Vicque Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claire Ganz
Michael Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernie Cusack
Sheila Diehm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookie Cusack
Harry Kirchner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Cooper
Melissa Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassie Cooper
Genie Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Officer Welch
Diane Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Officer Pudney

Director: Bill Fenner

Assistant Director: Helen Cocke

Producer: Jason Forbes

Set Design: Jerry Maloney setdesign@charter.net

Sound: Bill Fenner

Lights:
David Miller, Harry Kirchner, Bill Fenner

Construction/Set Crew:
Jerry Maloney, Donnie Cocke, Bruce Spalding, Ed Montgomery,
Spencer Meekins, Bill Fenner

Set Decor: Helen Cocke

Stage Manager/Props/Crew: Jonta Charrier, Diane Forbes

Costumes: Helen Cocke & the Cast

House Manager: Gene Webster

Playbill: Sheila Diehm & Coastal Impressions, Inc.

Poster: Jason Forbes & Bill Fenner

Tickets/Box Office:
Sheila Diehm, Ed Diehm, Barb Minter

Back (L to R): Michael Daly, Sheila Diehm, Harry Kirchner, Diane Forbes, Vicque Jackson, Jason Forbes,
Ed Montgomery, Melissa Dale. Seated at Piano: Donna Grim, Genie Walter.

An alternate shot of the cast of "Rumors".