On Golden Pond
by Ernest Thompson
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc.
Perennial favorite On Golden Pond is a celebration of love, family, and hope. This moving play explores the relationship of Norman and Ethel Thaylor as they return to their summer cabin and receive a visit from their adult daughter. When she drops off her fiance's thirteen year old son, the older couple begins to bond with him and explore what their marriage means to them in their twilight years.
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Directed by Charlotte Scheckel
Sponsored by Citizens State Bank
"ON GOLDEN POND is a work of rare simplicity and beauty, and in Thompson our theatre has found a fresh new voice."
—NY Daily News.
"…a rare and memorable theatrical experience…"
—Variety.
"What courage it must have taken for Mr. Thompson in the 1970s to write a play with so much affection in it!"
—The New Yorker.
Cast
Norman Thayer: Steve Weiss
Ethel Thayer: Linda Merritt
Charlie: Basillo Light
Chelsea: Mary Sue Vernon
Billy Jr.: Charlie Grier
Bill: Rob Merritt
Telephone Operator: Jane Lawrence