in association with Neil McPherson
for the Finborough Theatre presents
The World Premiere
DREAM OF
PERFECT SLEEP
by Kevin Kautzman
First performance at the Finborough Theatre: Tuesday, 17 June 2014.
Supported by
We are proud to support the following charities. All proceeds from the programme will be donated to:
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is the UK’s leading dementia research charity whose vision is a world free from dementia. Dementia research funding lags far behind other diseases – just 2.5% of the Government’s medical research is spent on dementia whereas a quarter is spent on cancer research.
Charity Registration Numbers 1077089 and SC042474.
Dementia UK is a national charity that aims to improve the quality of life for all people affected by dementia and are the only organization to provide a free and individualized nurse service (Admiral Nurses) to family carers and people with dementia.
Charity Registration Number 1039404.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them. They provide information and support for people with all forms of dementia and those who care for them. It campaigns for improved health and greater public understanding and awareness of dementia.
Charity Registration Number 296645.
DREAM OFPERFECT SLEEP
by Kevin Kautzman
| Cast in order of appearance: | |
| Mary | Susan Tracy |
| Gene | Martin Wimbush |
| Robert | Cory English |
| Melissa | Lisa Caruccio Came |
Gene and Mary’s living room. The United States of America. June, the present.
The performance lasts approximately ninety minutes. There will be no interval.
| Director | Max Pappenheim |
| Designer | Holly Seager |
| Lighting Designer | Elliot Griggs |
| Composer | Angus MacRae |
| Movement Director | Lucy Cullingford |
| Casting | Emily Jones |
| and Alice Krijgsman | |
| Stage Manager | Niki Buys |
| Education Relationship | |
| Development Officer | Emma Cahill |
| Producer and General Manager | Artyzan Productions |
Our patrons are respectfully reminded that, in this intimate theatre, any noise such as rustling programmes, talking or the ringing of mobile phones may distract the actors and your fellow audience-members.
We regret there is no admittance or re-admittance to the auditorium whilst the performance is in progress.
Lisa Caruccio Came | Melissa
Productions at the Finborough Theatre include Saturn Returns and Nothing is the End of the World (Except for the End of the World). Trained at Tisch School of The Arts, New York. Theatre includes Secret Cinema Presents The Grand Budapest Hotel (Secret Cinema), A Thousand Miles of History (Bussey Building), Rocket To The Moon (National Theatre), The Fever Chart (Trafalgar Studios and Theatre Royal York), The Six Wives of Timothy Leary (Riverside Studios and Pleasance Edinburgh), Richard III (The Drill Hall and Tour), The Woodsman (Old Red Lion Theatre), The Dybbuk (King’s Head Theatre), Time of The Tortoise (Theatre503), Oleanna (Mountview Directors’ Showcase) and Camel Station (Theatre Museum and National Tour).
Theatre in New York includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale (Lion Theatre, Theatre Row) and The Tempest (Looking Glass Theatre).
Film includes Mnemophrenia, Sprawlers, and That Samba Thing.
Radio includes Seeing In The Dark and The Hamam Bride.
Cory English | Robert
Theatre includes Urinetown (St. James Theatre), Somewhere in Time (Portland Centre Stage, Portland, Oregon), Chicago (Ambassador Theatre, Broadway), Young Frankenstein (Foxwoods Theatre, Broadway and National Tour), The Producers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and National Tour), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (St. James Theatre, Broadway), Hello Dolly (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway), Damn Yankees (Marquis Theatre, Broadway), Guys and Dolls (Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway) and Gypsy (St James Theatre, Broadway).
Film includes Mountainaire.
Television includes Oz and Britain’s Got The Pop Factor.
Susan Tracy | Mary
Productions at the Finborough Theatre include Variation On A Theme.
Susan has been twice nominated for an Olivier Award.
Theatre includes Terence Rattigan’s Nijinsky, The Deep Blue Sea, Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Relapse, Three Sisters, Anna Christie, Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello (Royal Shakespeare Company), Much Ado About Nothing (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park), Long Day’s Journey into Night (Cambridge Theatre Company), The Old Wives Tale (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme), Denial (Bristol Old Vic), Anything Goes (National Theatre and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), A Passage to India (Shared Experience, National Tour and BAM in New York), Richard II, Inherit the Wind (The Old Vic) and A Chorus of Disapproval (Harold Pinter Theatre). Television includes Midsomer Murders, The Stars Look Down, Born and Bred, The Diary of Anne Frank and Poirot.
Martin Wimbush | Gene
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