California Suite

In "Visitor from New York", Hannah Warren is a Manhattan workaholic who flies to Los Angeles to retrieve her teenage daughter Jenny after she leaves home to live with her successful screenwriter father William. The bickering, divorced couple is forced to decide what living arrangements are best for the girl.

Conservative, middle-aged businessman Marvin Michaels is the "Visitor from Philadelphia", who awakens to discover a prostitute named Bunny unconscious in his bed after consuming a bottle of vodka. With his wife Millie on her way up to the suite, he must find a way to conceal all traces of his uncharacteristic indiscretion.

The "Visitors from London" are British actress Diana Nichols, a first-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and her husband Sidney, a once-closeted antique dealer who increasingly has become indiscreet about his sexual orientation. The Oscar is an honor that could revive her faltering career, but Diana knows she doesn't have a chance of winning. She is in deep denial about the true nature of her marriage of convenience, and as she prepares for her moment in the spotlight, her mood fluctuates from hope to panic to despair.

The "Visitors from Chicago" are two affluent couples who are best friends. Stu Franklyn and his wife Gert and Mort Hollender and his wife Beth are taking a much-needed vacation together. Things begin to unravel quickly when Beth is hurt during a tennis match, and Mort accuses Stu of causing her injury.

The show was performed by the The Belfrey Theatre, Wellington, Shropshire
from 12th to 15th March 1997.

Photos courtesy of Facebook and the Belfrey Theatre.

Production Team:

Directors - JIM CRAIB, RORY HUNTER

Stage Manager - NEIL HUNTER

Assistant Stage Managers - LYNNE SHEPERD, LIZ CORSER, GAVIN PATTISON,  WILLIAM SUTHON
Lighting - RORY HUNTER, JIM CRAIB, GAVIN PATTISON
Sound - ROB DAVIES
Prompt - JOANNE STELMACH
Set Construction - NEIL HUNTER, RORY HUNTER , WILLIAM SUTHON
Make-up - CHRIS SIMMONS
Costumes - MARGARET PERRY
Front of House - CAROLINE OWEN, FIONA HUNTER and members of Wellington Theatre Company
Programme - MARIANNE FOSTER
Poster Design - RUSSELL JOHNS

Cast:

VISITORS FROM NEW YORK

Hannah Warren - MARGARET PERRY

William Warren (Billy) NATHAN WILSON

VISITORS FROM PHILADELPHIA

Marvin Michaels - NATHAN WILSON
Bunny-  ALISON MURPHY
Millie Michaels - MARGARET LEIGH

VISITORS FROM LONDON

Sidney Nicholls - ROB FORD
Diana Nicholls - BERYL EDWARDS

VISITORS FROM CHICAGO

Mort Hollender - ANDY REED
Beth Hollender - JENNY STONE
Stu Franklyn - ROB FORD
Gert Franklyn - CAROLINE OWEN