Plays / Chronology / Holidays





Actors Theatre of Louisville
3rd Festival of New American Plays


January 26–February 25, 1979
HOLIDAYS
a dramatic anthology
by Ray Aranha, Tom Even, John Guare, Oliver Hailey, Israel Horovitz, Preston Jones, Marsha Norman, Megan Terry, Douglas Turner Ward and Lanford Wilson

Directed by Michael Hankins

INDEPENDENCE DAY by Tom Eyen

Cast

Jaynie
Peggy Cowles
George Robert Jackson
Lena Leona Johnson
Will John Pielmeier
Harriett Anne Pitoniak
Robert Daniel Ziskie

FIREWORKS by Megan Terry
(A city park, Seattle, Washington, 1946)

Cast
Joan
Peggy Cowles
Raymie John Pielmeier
Dad Daniel Ziskie

JUNE–TEENTH by Preston Jones

Cast

Harvey Blankenship
Robert Jackson
George Lewis John Pielmeier
Betty Lou Ellis Anne Pitoniak
Sam Furd Daniel Ziskie

IN FIREWORKS LIE SECRET CODES by John Guare

Cast

Number Four
Peggy Cowles
Number Five Robert Jackson
Number Two Leona Johnson
Number One John Pielmeier
Number Six Anne Pitoniak
Number Three Daniel Ziskie

I CAN’T FIND IT ANYWHERE by Oliver Hailey

Cast

Mommy
Peggy Cowles
John-John Daniel Ziskie

MERRY CHRISTMAS by Marsha Norman

Cast

Sara
Peggy Cowles
Oscar Robert Jackson
Helen Leona Johnson
Phil John Pielmeier
Clara Anne Pitoniak
Bert Daniel Ziskie

BAR PLAY by Lanford Wilson

Cast

Bartender
Robert Jackson
Waitress Leona Johnson
Cabdriver John Pielmeier
Sportsfan Daniel Ziskie

REDEEMER by Douglas Turner Ward

Cast

Feminist Peggy Cowles
Black Militant Robert Jackson
Black Woman Leona Johnson
White Revolutionary John Pielmeier
Old Lady Anne Pitoniak
Rabbi Daniel Ziskie

NEW YEAR’S by Ray Aranha

Cast

Gentlemen
Robert Jackson
Honey Leona Johnson
Carmen Anne Pitoniak

THE GREAT LABOR DAY CLASSIC
by Israel Horovitz
(Cape Anne, Mass.)

Cast

Mary Peas
Peggy Cowles
Spike Coffin Robert Jackson
Doreen Duffy Leona Johnson
August Day John Pielmeier
Rebecca Coon Anne Pitoniak
Eben Coon Daniel Ziskie

Set and Lighting Design
Paul Owen
Costume Design Kurt Wilhelm
Co-Property Masters Sam Garst
Sandra Strawn
Production Stage Manager Frazier Marsh
Presented by special arrangement with the authors and their respective agents.

This production is made possible in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation.