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Don’t Dress for Dinner
By Marc Camoletti & Robin HawdonDon’t Dress for Dinner
By Marc Camoletti & Robin HawdonBernard has it all planned—a perfect weekend of romance with his mistress, complete with gourmet dining and an ironclad alibi provided by his best friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife unexpectedly discovers Robert is coming for a visit, she sees a perfect chance for a romantic escapade of her own. Soon, alibis crumble, secrets unravel, and a quiet weekend quickly spins into a whirlwind of confusion and chaos.
Running Time
A laugh-out-loud rollercoaster of chaos and comedy that keeps you on the edge of your seat
Cast
Gil Brady*
Katharine McLeod*
Jack Berenholtz*
Lily Kren*
Ellen Grace Diehl*
Will Harrell*
Gil Brady | Previously at FST: The Outsider, Pictures From Home, Shear Madness, The Play That Goes Wrong, and Outside Mullingar, to name a few. Off-Broadway: Sideways (Theatre at St. Clements), Shear Madness (Davenport Theatre), and National Pastime (Playwrights Horizons). National Tours: White Christmas, Annie. Selected Regional: Baskerville (Syracuse Stage); Mamma Mia (Capital Rep -Berkshire Theatre Award Nomination); Sound of Music (Alabama Shakespeare); The Addams Family (Gateway Playhouse). TV: My Sordid Affair... (Lifetime Movie Network), Law and Order: SVU. www.Gil-Brady.com
Katharine McLeod is delighted to make her FST debut! Favorite regional credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Triad), Pride and Prejudice (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Miracle on South Division St (Geva), God of Carnage (STC) and Inge Snapshots (Outstanding Performance Award, Toronto Fringe.) TV/film: Law and Order, Cancel Me, Morning Smoke. Katharine is currently Chair of Acting at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Proud UC Berkeley and University of Washinton PATP Alum.
Jack Berenholtz | Off-Broadway: Fuente Ovejuna (Theatre for a New Audience), Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center). Other New York theater: Public Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, The New Group, FringeNYC. Regional theater: O’Neill Theatre Center, Cleveland Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, Chautauqua, Williamstown. TV: Evil (recurring), FBI, The Good Fight, Law & Order SVU, Tommy, The Deuce. Film: The Black Monk, Simchas & Sorrows, Bandito (TriBeca Film Festival). Podcasts: Embrace Everything - Mahler (NPR), What Happened in Skinner. Education: NYU Grad Acting (MFA).
Lily Kren is so happy to be making her FST debut! This year you could have seen Lily at Gulfshore Playhouse in Noises Off and Sweet Charity. Recently she has appeared in the Tony Nominated Broadway Revival of The Who’s Tommy. She performed on the 2024 Tony Awards, Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America. She has also previously been seen in the National Tour of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Regionally: The Who's Tommy (The Goodman); Mamma Mia! (Casa Mañana), Beauty and The Beast (The Argyle). Lily is signed with Avalon Artists Group and attended Texas State University for a BFA in Musical Theatre.
Ellen Grace Diehl | FST debut! Recent credits: Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood (Maid Marian), Hamlet (Osric) at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page) at Idaho and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. The Tempest (Ariel) at Cleveland Play House. Recently won best actress, singer, and short at NYTheatreFestival for self-written, one-woman show: Singin’ in a Rainstorm. MFA: CWRU/CPH. A dancer, choreographer, coach, and vocalist; more at www.ellengracediehl.com and @ellengracediehl on IG. For Bill and Peg.
Will Harrell is an NYC based theatre artist and Alabama native. He's been seen on stage throughout the U.S. and Canada in the National Tours of Spamalot and Oliver! He's worked at The Walnut Street Theater, The Wilma, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival and many more. Favorites include, Benedick, Much Ado; Jaques, As You Like It; Capulet, R&J. Most recently he was seen in Maine at the Theater at Monmouth in A Tuna Christmas.
Creative
DIRECTOR | Nancy Rominger
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER | Brianna McVaugh
SCENIC DESIGNERS | Axis Studios Design
COSTUME DESIGNER | Kathleen Geldard
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Andrew Gray
SOUND DESIGNER | Nicholas Christensen
AEA STAGE MANAGER | Shira Lebovich*
STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN | Colbee Dickson