Casa Valentina
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Previews Began: April 1, 2014
Opening Night: April 23, 2014
Closing Night: June 29, 2014
Playwright: Harvey Fierstein
Back in 1962, most men went to the Catskill Mountains to escape the summer heat, but others took the two-hour drive to escape something else entirely: being men. Nestled in the land of dirty dancing and borscht belt comedy sat an inconspicuous bungalow colony that catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men whose favorite pastime was dressing and acting as women. It was paradise for these men—white-collar professionals with families—to spend their weekends discreetly and safely inhabiting their chosen female alter egos. But when they got the opportunity to share their secret lives with the world, these “self-made women” had to decide whether the freedom they would gain by emerging from hiding was worth the risk of personal ruin.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Reed Birney Charlotte
John Cullum Terry
Gabriel Ebert Jonathon/Miranda
Lisa Emery Eleanor
Tom McGowan Bessie
Patrick Page George/Valentina
Larry Pine The Judge/Amy
Nick Westrate Gloria
Mare Winningham Rita
Understudies: Nick Bailey (Jonathon/Miranda, Gloria), Peter Bradbury (George/Valentina, Charlotte), Judith Lightfoot Clarke (Rita, Eleanor), Jack Davidson (Terry, The Judge/Amy), John Treacy Egan (Bessie)