Brundage Park Playhouse
Presents:
Christopher Durang's black comedy


September 20, 21, 22 at 8:00PM
Directed by Kym
Frank
Cast Includes
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Roderick Lapid
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Robin Van
Heertum
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Lauren Delaney
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Darlene White
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Audra Lord
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Kristin
Hammond
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Chris Rubin
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THE STORY: As the play begins
Helen and John gaze proudly at their new offspring, a bit
disappointed that it doesn't speak English and too polite to
check its sex. So they decide that the child is a girl and
name it Daisy -- which leads to all manner of future
emotional and personality problems when it turns out that
Daisy is actually a boy. Thereafter, in a series of
brilliantly theatrical and wildly hilarious scenes, the saga
of Daisy's struggle to establish his identity continues,
despite his parents' growing obliviousness. At the outset
there is a zany nanny who gives him a lethal toy to play
with; then the small problem of Daisy's penchant, as a
toddler, for throwing himself in front of buses; then his
bizarre problems in school; and, finally, the sessions with
his analyst which enable him, at last, to accept his
maleness and stop wearing dresses. In the end the play comes
full circles as the former Daisy and his young bride fondly
regard their own baby -- forgiving of the past but
determined not to repeat its calamitous
mistakes.
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