"From the smallest theatre to the most eminent, the word
"ART" should be written in auditoriums and dressing rooms, for if
not we shall have to write the word "COMMERCE" or some other that
I dare not say."
-Federico Garcia Lorca
1934
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Publicity Photographs of
WAITING FOR LEFTY
Scroll down to see the Cast in Action (photos
courtesy of John Rickus).
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AN ANGRY MEETING HALL:
Corrupt Labor Leader Harry Fatt (Victor Morales, right) denounces the
strike committee of a Depression-Era taxicab drivers' union in the midst
of a heated debate on whether or not to strike.
Seated left to right in front row: Jeffrey Coyle, M. Joseph
Fratello, Richard Lambert+.
Seated left to right in back row: Bill Schmidt*, Rich Kraemer,
Hasheen DeBerry*. |
HONEY, I'M HOME:
Joe (Richard Lambert+, left) and Edna (Kate LoConti, right) start fighting the
minute he comes through the door as the quintessential
struggling-to-get-by couple in the play's first flashback
scene. |
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NO SMOKE WITHOUT A FIRE:
A promising young chemist (Hasheen DeBerry*, left) has no intention of
making poison gas for his war-mongering, cigar-puffing boss, Mr. Fayette
(Victor Morales, right) in the play's second flashback. |
YOUNG LOVE AND POVERTY:
Onto flashback number three, overworked and underpaid cabdriver Sid
(Jeffrey Coyle, right) breaks the painful news to his long-time fiancé
Florrie (Sarah Brown, left) that he just can't bear to drag her into his
poverty-stricken life. |
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THERE'S A RAT IN THE WOODPILE!:
Back in the union hall, veteran cabdriver Clancy (Marshall Maxwell*,
left) fights his way to the podium to unmask his own brother Clayton
(Leon S. Copeland, Jr.* right) as a company spy. Union Secretary
Fatt (Victor Morales, center right) and his hired gunman (Tom Scahill*,
center left) are quite literally caught in the middle. |
WIDE EYES AND EMPTY POCKETS:
In the next flashback an aspiring young actor (Rich Kraemer, left) gets
an abrupt introduction to class politics from a hard-nosed stenographer
(Jennifer Linch*, right) right in the middle of a Broadway Producers'
Office. |
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THE SYSTEM IS SICK:
In the play's final flashback, jaded Doctor Barnes (Keith Elkins*,
right) offers soon-to-be-fired Doctor Benjamin (M. Joseph Fratello,
left) a much needed drink as they discuss the gross inequities of the
medical system of the 1930s -- how little has changed! |
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER:
As tensions in the meeting hall come to a head, fiery union organizer
Agate Keller (Bill Schmidt*, left) delivers an impassioned speech that
whips the assemblage into a wild frenzy! |
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WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
For the play's finale, union members leap to their feet, united and on
strike!
Silhouetted here from left to right: Rich Kraemer, M. Joseph
Fratello, Hasheen DeBerry*, Richard Lambert+, Keith Elkins*, Victor
Morales.
Down front: Tom Scahill*. |
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
+ = indicates member of the Actors' Equity Association
Photography by John Rickus.
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