Concluding a season of comedy mixed with a little drama, the Saint Sebastian Players (SSP) present The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein, running tonight, April 24-May 17, 2015 at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, Chicago.
The Sisters Rosensweig, which received the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Theatre, takes place in the home of Sara Goode, a successful American woman representing a major Hong Kong bank in London, who leads a quiet life with her daughter Tess. Sara has two sisters: Gorgeous Teitelbaum, who has a call-in radio advice program and hopes to make the leap to TV, and Pfeni Rosensweig, an unmarried, peripatetic third-world travel writer. When her sisters arrive for Sara's birthday celebration, along with several men who are either very involved in or brand-new to their lives, the results are unexpected romance, suspected partings, recriminations, reconciliations and, above all, newfound love and acceptance. Directing The Sisters Rosensweig is SSP company member Steven Walanka, whose past SSP directing credits include Steel Magnolias, Tribute, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The cast features SSP company members Michelle Annette, Joe Ogiony, Eric S. Prahl, Martha Reddick, Ned Ricks, Jill Chukerman Test, Pam Tierney and Brian Vabulas. The production team includes SSP company members Emil Zbella as set designer, Paula Kenar as costume designer, Marshall Jacobson as assistant director and Jim Masini and Nancy Pollock as co-producers, along with Brittany Eude as stage manager.Videos