The Boys Next Door
Winter Play
January 30th, February 1st & 2nd
The Boys Performance Dates:
Thursday, January 30, 2020 @ 7pm
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 7pm
Sunday, February 2, 2020 @ 2pm
Performance Cost:
Adults $12
Students/Seniors $10
Speech Dates:
Saturday, January 25, 2020 | District Lg Grp Speech Contest
Saturday, February 8, 2020 | State Lg Grp Speech Contest
Friday/Saturday, February 14 & 15, 2020
All-State Lg Grp Speech Festival at Iowa State, Ames, Iowa
Synopsis: The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that those with mental handicaps, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.
Production Team & Crew
Director: Stacie Kintigh
Student Directors: Jenna DeNoyer, Briley Larson
Technical Director: Josh Tipsword
Asst. Technical Director: Justin Walker
Producer: Renae Mohr
Student Scenic Designer: Maia Glover
Scenic Design Supervisor: Tom Goodall
Stage Manager: Kara Rohlf
Asst. Stage Manager: Aunica Jecks
Student Light Designer: Ethan Jost
Student Sound Designer: Kara Rohlf
Cast List
Arnold Wiggins: Eliot Morrow
Lucien P. Smith: Kellie Costello
Norman Bulansky: Mitchell Smith
Jack Palmer: Owen Popelka
Barry Klemper: Drew Dowda
Sheila: Morgan Abbott
Mr. Klemper: Seth Schrock
Mr. Hedges: Trevor Henry
Mr. Corbin: Jacob Bibens
Senator Clarke: Emma Stanley
Mrs. Fremus: Elizabeth Monroe
Mrs. Warren: Joie Stoefen
Clara: Joie Stoefen
The Boys Next Door Rehearsal Dates:
Beginning November 19, 2019 | M-Th 3:30 - 6:00p