Present Laughter
by Noël Coward
Directed by Claire Hart-Palumbo

Main Street Theater - Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd.

Previews
May 10, 11 and 14, 2008

Performances
May 15 - June 8, 2008

Call 713-524-6706 for Tickets
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Garry Essendine, an aging matinee idol, may be teetering reluctantly towards middle age but everyone, both male and female, is infatuated with him. Flamboyant and witty, wearing a silk dressing gown and equipped with the requisite cocktail, his life is one long performance in which he can never be himself. About to set off on an extended tour of Africa, Essendine is visited by practically everyone he knows, including his ex-wife/manager, lawyer, secretary, butler, business partners, an admiring young playwright and a recent one-night stand. An acknowledged self-portrait of the playwright himself, PRESENT LAUGHTER is a marvelously comic exaggeration of the life that whirled around Coward in his heyday. Starring Main Street favorite Joel Sandel as Garry.

Recommended for all audiences ages 13 and up

Ticket Information

	Regular Adult	Senior (65+)	Student
Previews	$10	$10	$10
Opening Night (@ 7:30pm) Thursday, May 15, 2008	$30 - $35	$24 - $28	$24 - $28
Thursday (@ 7:30pm)	$20 - $25	$16 - $20	$16 - $20
Friday (@ 8:00pm)/Sunday (@ 3:00pm)	$25 - $30	$20 - $24	$20 - $24
Saturday (@ 8:00pm)	$30 - $35	$24 - $28	$24 - $28
No Performance	Friday, May 16, 2008

Discounts

Pay-What-You-Can Performances Pay what you can afford for all tickets. On sale now! Call the box office to purchase tickets. $5.00 Minimum. All Sales Final on PWYC. No Exchanges.	Sunday, May 18, 2008
Rush Hour - Available at the door only. No advance reservations. Half Price tickets available 90 minutes before curtain for 1 hour. Discount only available on Regular Priced Tickets Discount is off of full price only and no longer available in 30 minutes before curtain. Previews and Opening Night Excluded.
Every Night is a School Night - Available at the door only. No advance reservations. $10.00 tickets for any Student with a valid School I. D. every regular performance. Opening Night Excluded.
HIPTix Specially discounted $10 tickets for patrons 30 years old or younger. Tickets available on-line only the week of the performance for select shows.

Cast and Design Team

Cast

	Daphne Stillington	Morgan McCarthy
	Miss Erikson / Lady Saltburn	Sheryl Croix
	Fred / Hugo Lyppiatt	David Harlan
	Monica Reed	Terri Branda Carter
	Garry Essendine	Joel Sandel*
	Liz Essendine	Kara Greenberg*
	Roland Maule	Nicholas Collins*
	Morris Dixon	David Wald*
	Joanna Lyppiatt	Sara Gaston
Design Team

	Director	Claire Hart-Palumbo
	Set Designer	Meghan C. Hakes
	Costume Designer	Rebecca Greene Udden
	Lighting Designer	Janel J. Badrina
	Properties Designer	McKay Talley
	Sound Designer	Janel J. Badrina
	Stage Manager	Eva De La Cruz*

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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