* Lamb's Players Staff Member
^ Lamb's Players Associate Artist
° Appearing courtesy Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
^ Lamb's Players Associate Artist
° Appearing courtesy Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
October 2—November 23, 2003
"Staging a comedy about four mentally challenged men isn't easy,
It's a tall order, but director Kerry Meads solidly delivers the goods in a heartwarming and hilarious production. The performances are exceptional. The Smyth's show their range, transforming amazingly from the witty and urbane Elyot and Amanda in Private Lives just a few weeks ago, to Norman and Sheila, a mildly retarded middle-aged couple very much in love."
-North County Times
"Poignant, but comical...
An incredible play that will leave you wanting to hear more about 'the boys.'...
It was well after intermission before I realized that Sheila was played by Deborah Gilmour Smyth. The same actress who played a passionate, sophisticated divorcee in last month's Private Lives, now plays a shy, wistful, mentally disabled woman in love...The play was over before I realized the lovable Norman was played by Robert Smyth."
-Pomerado News
It's a tall order, but director Kerry Meads solidly delivers the goods in a heartwarming and hilarious production. The performances are exceptional. The Smyth's show their range, transforming amazingly from the witty and urbane Elyot and Amanda in Private Lives just a few weeks ago, to Norman and Sheila, a mildly retarded middle-aged couple very much in love."
-North County Times
"Poignant, but comical...
An incredible play that will leave you wanting to hear more about 'the boys.'...
It was well after intermission before I realized that Sheila was played by Deborah Gilmour Smyth. The same actress who played a passionate, sophisticated divorcee in last month's Private Lives, now plays a shy, wistful, mentally disabled woman in love...The play was over before I realized the lovable Norman was played by Robert Smyth."
-Pomerado News
"Without ever using the patronizing word 'special,' Boys depicts the terrors and elations of unconditional innocence, which may indeed be the happiest and saddest condition of all."
-San Diego Reader
"The Boys Next Door will win your hearts over. Watching these men, performed to perfection, is like being tossed into a world that many of us have never experienced."
-San Diego Jewish Times
"Lamb's Players Theatre presented the local premiere of the play a dozen years ago, and I never quite got it out of my mind. The play manages to touch us at the core: we feel empathy, sympathy, sadness, guilt — and humble gratitude too."
-KPBS
Arnold Wiggins
Lucien P. Smith
Norman Bulansky
Barry Klempner
Jack
Sheila
Mr. Klempner
Hr. Hodges, Mr. Corbin, Senator Clarke
Mrs. Fremus, Mrs. Warren, Clara
Director
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Properties
Stage Manager
Lucien P. Smith
Norman Bulansky
Barry Klempner
Jack
Sheila
Mr. Klempner
Hr. Hodges, Mr. Corbin, Senator Clarke
Mrs. Fremus, Mrs. Warren, Clara
Director
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Properties
Stage Manager
Paul Maley*
Keith Jefferson°
Robert Smyth*
Nick Cordileone*
Jon Lorenz^
Deborah Gilmour Smyth*
Doren Elias*
Tom Stephenson
Veronica Murphy*
Kerry Meads*
Mike Buckley*
Jeanne Reith*
Nate Parde*
Cecelia Church,
Chrissy Reynolds-Vögele
Michael S. Lowe
Keith Jefferson°
Robert Smyth*
Nick Cordileone*
Jon Lorenz^
Deborah Gilmour Smyth*
Doren Elias*
Tom Stephenson
Veronica Murphy*
Kerry Meads*
Mike Buckley*
Jeanne Reith*
Nate Parde*
Cecelia Church,
Chrissy Reynolds-Vögele
Michael S. Lowe