Lost in Yonkers
By Neil Simon
Directed by Scott Schwartz
January 23, 2010 - February 28, 2010
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award® for Best Play, Lost in Yonkers is about finding one’s way through the tangled web of family relationships without losing the sense of self or sense of humor. Set in Yonkers, NY in 1942, the play focuses on two young brothers, Arty and Jay, left in the care of their feuding relatives, Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella. Lost in Yonkers epitomizes Neil Simon’s trademark mix of comedy and drama. The New York Post hailed Lost in Yonkers, “The best play Simon ever wrote.”
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(l. to r.) Jennifer Regan as Bella and Judy Kaye as Grandma Kurnitz in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz.. |
(l. to r.) Judy Kaye as Grandma Kurnitz and Jennifer Regan as Bella in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
(l. to r.) Steven Kaplan as Jay, Austyn Myers as Arty and Judy Kaye as Grandma Kurnitz in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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(l. to r.) Steven Kaplan as Jay, Jennifer Regan as Bella and Austyn Myers as Arty in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
(l. to r.) Austyn Myers as Arty and Steven Kaplan as Jay in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
(l. to r.) Austyn Myers as Arty, Steven Kaplan as Jay and Jeffrey M. Bender as Louie in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
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(l. to r.) Austyn Myers as Arty and Steven Kaplan as Jay in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Judy Kaye as Grandma Kurnitz in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
Jennifer Regan as Bella in Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost in Yonkers, at The Old Globe, Jan. 23 - Feb. 28, 2010. Photo by Craig Schwartz. |
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
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Jeffrey Bender (Louie) has previously appeared at The Old Globe in The Mystery of Irma Vep and Opus. His Broadway credits include Cymbeline at Lincoln Center Theater and he was seen in the The Acting Company’s Off Broadway production of Jane Eyre. Bender’s regional credits include The Three Musketeers, Seattle Repertory Theatre; Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Rivals, Life of Galileo, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Enrico IV, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Measure for Measure and Camino Real, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; The Nerd, Delaware Theatre Company; Rounding Third and Fuddy Meers, Capital Repertory Theatre; and The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare on the Sound. |
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Steven Kaplan (Jay) was last seen on stage as Henry in Terrible Infant at the New York International Fringe Festival. Mr. Kaplan appeared in productions of What I Learned In School Today and The Flaw with the Young Connecticut Playwrights’ Festival. His favorite roles include Harry Witherspoon in Lucky Stiff at Irvington Town Hall Theater, Jesus in Godspell and Jack in Into the Woods with White Plains Performing Arts Center. Kaplan made his feature film debut starring opposite William H. Macy in Bart Got a Room, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He will next be seen in the upcoming film, Beware the Gonzo. His television credits include “Law & Order” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” Kaplan is currently enrolled at NYU Tisch School of the Arts CAP21. |
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Judy Kaye (Grandma Kurnitz) starred on Broadway in Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She also performed it at the York Theatre, where she was nominated for Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards, and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Subsequently, the show was done in Los Angeles, Westport, Tucson, Phoenix, San Francisco, Baltimore, Sarasota and Rochester. Kaye also appeared in Zorba for the Reprise Series in Los Angeles (Ovation Award nomination), and appeared in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber on Fleet Street on Broadway as Mrs. Lovett, which she then repeated on the National Tour, garnering a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Garland Award and Carbonell Award. Her career highlights include the Broadway productions of Phantom of the Opera (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), Mamma Mia! (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award, Drama Desk nomination) and Ragtime (Ovation Award). She has also appeared as Musetta in La Bohème, Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld and Lucy Lockett in The Beggar’s Opera, all at the Santa Fe Opera. Her other roles range from Sally in Follies, Maggie in The Man Who Came to Dinner and Penny in You Can’t Take It with You, to Kitty Dean in The Royal Family and Mama Rose in Gypsy. She has appeared with symphony orchestras around the country and the world, and has sung at the White House twice. She has recorded numerous albums, and is the voice of Kinsey Millhone for the Sue Grafton/Random House Audio Book Alphabet Mystery Series. |
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Austyn Myers (Arty) recently appeared at The Old Globe in The First Wives Club. Hewas part of the Lost in Yonkers cast at McCoy Rigby Entertainment. Myers appeared on Broadway in the revival of Les Misérables and was also in the National Tour. His regional credits include A Secret Garden, Lamb’s Players Theatre; A Christmas Carol, North Coast Repertory Theatre; Roar of the Greasepaint, Starlight Theatre; Big River, Suessical the Musical, Ragtime, Les Misérables, California Youth Conservatory; Li’l Abner, American Rose Theatre; Suessical the Musical, J*Company Youth Theatre; Celebrity Sonnets, San Diego Shakespeare Society; and King John, Intrepid Shakespeare Company. His film and television roles include Meet Dave, Moon Rocks & Lighter Fluid and“Bommi and Friends.” |
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Amanda Naughton (Gert) has appeared in several shows at The Old Globe including Paramour, Loves and Hours, The Constant Wife and The Women. Her Broadway credits include Into The Woods (2002 revival) and The Secret Garden (National Tour, Jefferson Award nominee). She has appeared in the Off Broadway productions of Romance in Hard Times, The Public Theater; Hundreds of Hats, WPA Theater; 3Postcards, Circle Repertory Company and Mr. President, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre. Naughton’s regional credits include A Little Night Music, Goodspeed Musicals, Los Angeles Opera and South Coast Repertory; Amour and O. Henry’s Lovers, Goodspeed Musicals; On The Town, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera; Gypsy, Tartuffe, The Waves, Misalliance, Bedroom Farce and The Threepenny Opera, Hangar Theatre; Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, Lend Me a Tenor, The Foreigner and Steel Magnolias, Forestburgh Playhouse; The Royal Family, Caldwell Theatre; Off-Key, George Street Playhouse; Another Kind of Hero, Walnut Street Theatre; and Edith Stein, Geva Theatre Center. Her television credits include Betty Roberts on AMC’s original series, “Remember WENN,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Payne” (John Larroquette) and “Chappelle’s Show.” Naughton received her BFA from Ithaca College. |
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Jennifer Regan (Bella) previously appeared at The Old Globe in Arthur Miller’s Resurrection Blues and The Trojan Women. Her additional theater credits include working with Dame Maggie Smith in Edward Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque, London’s West End; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Broadway (standby); Buffalo Gal, Primary Stages; Ivanov, Off Broadway; Girl, Cherry Lane; Edgardo Mine, Guthrie Theater; A Streetcar Named Desire, Barrington Stage Company; Yerma, Cleveland Playhouse. Her television and film work includes “Law & Order: SVU”and “Criminal Intent,” the upcoming “Gravity” (Starz), “As the World Turns”and “Guiding Light.” Her feature films include Final Rinse and the upcoming Ten Stories Tall, premiering at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in 2010. She has trained at UCLA Theater, BADA, Oxford University and the Shakespeare Lab, The Public Theater. |
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Spencer Rowe (Eddie) was last seen as Harry in the Nevada Conservatory Theatre's production of Company, directed by Michael Lichtefeld. His regional credits include Anselmo in Man of La Mancha, Sacramento Music Circus; Giuseppe Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza; Lambs Players Theatre; Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Westchester Broadway Theatre; and Lt. Marco Rodriguez in the world premiere of Camila, Walnut Street Theatre. Rowe has also performed in several National and European tours of West Side Story and A Chorus Line. |
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Scott Schwartz (Director) has directed several shows on Broadway including Golda’s Balcony and Jane Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). He also co-directed Jane Eyre at La Jolla Playhouse in 1999. Off Broadway credits include Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Off Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), Tick Tick…Boom! (Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Off Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), Rooms: A Rock Romance, The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick for Roundabout Theatre Company, The Castle (Outer Critics Circle nomination, Outstanding Director of a Play), Miss Julie and No Way to Treat a Lady. He also directed Golda’s Balcony in London, in Los Angeles at the Wadsworth Theater and in San Francisco at the American Conservatory Theater. Most recently, he directed the world premiere of Séance on a Wet Sunday Afternoon, a new opera starring Lauren Flanigan at Opera Santa Barbara. Other recent credits include Othello and Much Ado About Nothing at the Alley Theater, and a new reinvisioning of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, Theatre on the Square and North Shore Music Theater (2008 IRNE Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical). |
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