Get To Know The Cast Of THREE MEN ON A HORSE- Day Five

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre presents Three Men on a Horse, by John Cecil Holm & George Abbott, the final production of the company's 2010/11 season. Directed by TACT Co-Artistic Director Scott Alan Evans, performances began at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) on Monday, March 14th, 2011.

The cast of Three Men on A Horse includes TACT Company Members Jeffrey C. Hawkins (The Memorandum, Incident at Vichy), Ron McClary (Incident at Vichy, Home), James Murtaugh (The Late Christopher Bean; Ah, Wilderness-Lincoln Center), Gregory Salata (Bent, Incident at Vichy), and Scott Schafer (Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Bedroom Farce).

In Three Men on a Horse, hen-pecked greeting-card writer, Erwin Trowbridge, has an uncanny ability for predicting the winners of horse races. For Erwin it's just a hobby, but when his extraordinary talent is discovered by a down-and-out pack of gamblers, Erwin suddenly finds himself very far from his safe suburban home in Ozone Heights. This dizzy and delightful Depression-era comedy by one of theatre's most accomplished showmen will bring a much needed lift to your Recession -wearied spirits.

The cast of THREE MEN ON A HORSE took some time to speak with Broadwayworld. The questions will run one each day everyday for the remainder of the week. 

Day five question five: The play originally opened on Broadway in 1935. Do you think 2011 Off-Broadway audiences are still able to identify with it?

JEFFREY C. HAWKINS (Charlie)

Oh, sure. I think the country today knows a thing or two about struggling with payments and hoping for a better life tomorrow. One thing the average audience member may not know is just how big racing was back then and really how big the stakes are, monetarily, in the play. These guys are risking HUGE amounts of dough.

Geoffrey Molloy (Erwin)

The trials and difficulties of the average working man during the Great Depression are very similar to those of the hard working people of America today. If you haven't recently worried about money or losing your job, you probably know someone who has. This play celebrates those of us who work hard for a living and everyone can relate to and appreciate that.

 

Julianna Zinkel (Mabel)

I think the issues of joblessness, desperation & hard luck are very topical. So topical in fact, I feel that contemporary audiences could use good laugh right about now!

 

Gregory Salata (Patsy)

Even though the play originally opened in 1935 audiences today can certainly still relate to gambling, alcohol, blondes and laughter...I mean c'mon!

 

 

 

 

Don Burroughs (Frankie)

I think so. I hope so. We all want to find a pot of gold (especially at $1400 per ounce!

 

 

Three Men on a Horse will have the following performance schedule: Monday, Wednesday - Friday at 7:30pm; Saturday at 2pm & 8pm; Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $36.25 - $56.25 and are available 24/7 through Telecharge.com/212-239-6200 or at the Theatre Row box office (410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues) between 12pm and 8pm daily.