A Bad Year for Tomatoes
For Phone Reservations, please call (951) 658-5300
Single Admission (everyone) is $15.00 per seat.
Opening Night Admission is $10.00 per seat.
Group Discount available for 10 or more seats.
Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept locked in an upstairs room, but who occasionally escapes long enough to scare off uninvited visitors. The ruse works well, at first, but complications result when the local handyman develops an affection for “Sister Sadie” (really Myra in a fright wig) and some of the more officious ladies decide it is their Christian duty to save the poor demented Sadie’s soul. In desperation Myra announces that her imaginary sibling has suddenly gone off to Boston—which brings on the sheriff and the suspicion of murder! Needless to say, all is straightened out in the end, but the uproarious doings will keep audiences laughing right up to the final curtain, and then some.
Types: Full-Length Play
Genre: Comedy
Themes: Period
*** All Ages are Relative ***
Myra Marlow – (30s, 40s) Actress who wants to write her memoirs
Tom Lamont – Same age as Myra, her agent and good friend
Cora Gump – Nosy neighbor and teetotaler
Reba Harper – Equally nosy neighbor
Piney – Woodsman type, man of few words and much passion
Willa Mae Wilcox – Suspicious, nutsy and nosy neighbor
Sheriff – Confused by townspeople and everyone else
Jeri Greene as Myra Marlowe
Chuck Sims as Tom Lamont
Janet Fulton as Cora Gump
Amanda Lashmit as Reba Harper
Frank Siebke as Piney
Misty Kiley as Willa Mae Wilcox
Bob Fisk as the Sheriff
Director: Betty Neal
Director’s Assistant: Peggy McQuown
Lights & Sound Design: Jason Middle
Stage Manager: Nathan McQuown
Set Design: Betty Neal & Peggy McQuown
Set Construction / Painting: Betty Neal, Peggy McQuown, & Marvin McQuown
Props / Costumes: Cast and Friends
It’s hard to believe that in 40 years of being involved at RHP I have never directed before. I want to thank my mom, Peggy McQuown, for encouraging me and being by my side through this process. Her experience and of all things theater have made my directorial debut one I will never forget.
I want to thank the cast for showing up to audition. Thank you for having faith in me. Your willingness to lend and share your thoughts and experience during rehearsals have ensured the success of the production. It has been a pleasure working with each of you.
Thank you, Marvin McQuown, my brother, for showing up time and time again to help on the set and whenever I needed you. Thank you, Bret Cherland for your time and expertise with our sound recordings. Your commitment to the arts in our Valley has not gone unnoticed.
And speaking of family, thank you to my son, Nathan McQuown, for serving as Stage Manager for this proudction. Good to have you back at RHP.
Hope you all enjoy “A Bad Year For Tomatoes”!
Showtime & Tickets
PLEASE NOTE: Your credit card statement will reflect the charge from Purplepass Ticketing Services