A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR

Set in a cramped St. Louis apartment in the mid-1930s, Dorothea, a high school civics teacher, rooms with Bodey, a plain but caring and kind-hearted German-American spinster. Dorothea is a hopeless romantic that dreams of marriage with the principal of the school, while her protective roommate hopes to match Dorothea up with her fat, cigar-smoking twin brother, Buddy.

Bodey tries to persuade Dorothea to join them for a picnic at Creve Coeur, a nearby amusement park. Their departure is delayed by the arrival of Helena, a snobbish, tart-tongued art teacher, who wants Dorothea to share an apartment with her in a better part of town. Inevitably, a struggle evolves between Bodey and Helena, with Dorothea, lost in her dream world, caught between these two strong women.

CAST

Helena Hallie Bee Bard
Dorothea Lydia Hiller
Bodey Sarah Winkler*
Gluck Sara Catheryn Wolf*

*Members of the Actors' Equity Association

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director Kate Peckham
Stage Manager Tracy L. Spada*
Set & Lighting Design Rob Murphy
Costume Design Colleen Ryan-Peters
Sound Design Quintessa Gallinat
Properties Design Ryan Fisher
Dialect Coach Andrew Papa