Courtship

Synopsis: As gentle and warm as the spring night in which it takes place, is a mosaic of conversations and encounters that occur during a party at the home of a well-to-do family in Harrison, Texas in 1914. The Vaughns are substantial, God-fearing folk who expect their children to accept their standards, which sometimes seem unreasonable and oppressive to their lovely, romantically inclined daughter, Elizabeth. Secretly engaged to the rather rakish Horace Robedaux, Elizabeth announces her determination to break free, despite her parents' objections, and as she and her sister gossip about the others present, it is soon apparent that their elders are not always their betters and that the previous generation is often guilty of the very sins against which they warn their offspring. But, as the play ends, Elizabeth, while still restless, is not yet quite bold enough to really defy her parents—and to challenge the powerful but reassuring restraints that the times and a way of life have bequeathed to her and her contemporaries.

Cast

Elizabeth Vaughn	Joshilyn Jackson
Laura Vaughn	Rebecca Stevenson
Mr. Vaughn	Daniel Mainwaring
Mrs. Vaughn	Patricia Simmons
Aunt Lucy	Heidi Bowen
Aunt Sarah	Amy Bruner
Horace	Van Golden
Stanley	Hunt Scarritt
Dancers	Hunt Scarritt
	Michael Evans
	Carla Wood
	Cayne Miceli

 

Production Staff

Director	Jack Brookings
Assistant Director	Heidi Bowen
Choreographer	Kim Atwood
Scene Designer	John Pettegrew
Costume Designer	Nora Place
Lighting Designer	Peter B. Young
Technical Director	David Maysonet
Production Stage Manager	Susan Koffler
Properties	Carla Wood
Lighting Control	David Heeg
Sound Control	Pam Perry