WRITTEN BY: Westley M. Pederson
PERFORMED AT: Corning Community College, Corning, NY
PERFORMED ON: December 7-10, 1995
DIRECTOR: Tom Jackson
SPONSORED BY: CCC Two-Bit Players
CAST:
* LESTER- Chris Callas
* MIKE/BERNARD- Rich Carroll
* GREG BAXTER- John T. Olcott
* ALEX CANE- David Alan Scott Jr.
* SHARON CANE- Amber La Bella
* GLADYS- Allison Masteller

PLOT: Two hapless crew members (Chris Callas & Rich Carroll) forget to finish the set in time for the show. During the performance, a man in the audience (John Olcott) comes on stage to answer a telephone, set pieces fail to function or fall apart, and when one of the cast members fails to show up, crew member Mike has to take his place as "Bernard." A one-act comedy.

HISTORY: Presented as the first half of a double feature of student-directed one-act plays, "Take Five" is one of the most exciting and funniest shows I've ever done.
Among the highlights of that show was my first onstage kiss (from Amber La Bella, who played my wife).
The other show featured with ours was...

The Mid-Life Crisis of Dionysus

WRITTEN BY: Garrison Keillor
DIRECTOR: John T. Olcott
CAST:
* DIONYSUS- Keith Nichols
* NYMPH (and other roles)- Laura Fusare
* ARIADNE- Sally Egan
* GLADYS (and other roles)- Ann Harris
* A GUY (and other roles)- Sam Losito

PLOT: Despite his immortality, Dionysus (Keith Nichols), the Greek god of wine and orgies, must come to terms with becoming forty years old. A one-act comedy.

PHOTOS:
* The cast of "Take Five", during a rehearsal (photo by Tom Jackson)
* The "falling wall" scene, final rehearsal (photo by Sally Egan)
* The "crowded couch" scene, final rehearsal (photo by Sally Egan)