Written by…………………………………………………….Daniel Thau-Eleff
Directed by………………………………………………………………Arne MacPherson
Set Design…………………………………………………………………Heather Arabsky
Lighting Design………………………………………………………..Libid Zyla Harder
Original Score by…………………………………..Patrick Keenan and Ian La Rue
Stage Manager (2008)…………………………………………Heather Lee Brereton
Stage Manager (2010)………………………………………………..Michelle Lagassé
Production Manager…………………………………………………………..Rob Rowan
Publicity Design……………………………………………………………….Ian Mozdzen
Photography (2008)………………………………………Leif Norman, Talia Potash
Photography (2010)…………………………………Leif Norman, John Paskievich
Produced by……………………………………………………………..Daniel Thau-Eleff
Featuring:
Fred Mandelbaum………………………………………………………….Andrew Cecon
Rosemary Mandelbaum………………………………………………..Patricia Hunter
Cyndi…………………………………………………………………………….Claire Therese
Cop…………………………………………………………………………………..Jeff Strome
Mrs Himmelstei…………………………………………………….Doreen Brownstone
Alistair……………………………………………………………………………Ray Strachan
TJ…………………………………………………………………………………..Toby Hughes
Keyboard……………………………………………………………………..Patrick Keenan
Guitar………………………………………………………………………………..Ian La Rue
The only women in Fred’s life are his mother and a prostitute. Then one day a cop comes knocking on his door: there’s been a murder.
Fred Mandelbaum is depressed and lonely and worried about the future. Rosemary (Fred’s non-Jewish mother in the Jewish old folks home) has Alzheimer’s, and Fred’s worried about that too. The only person he can talk to is a prostitute named Cyndi, whom he hires for companionship, conversation, maybe even love. And blow jobs. The play begins when a polite and violent cop knocks on Fred’s door: Cyndi has been murdered and Fred is a suspect. A dark comedy set in the ultimate metaphor for 21st century isolation: Winnipeg.
Premiered in the Winnipeg Fringe in 2008*, independent professional premiere in Winnipeg in 2010.
*Harry S Rintoul Award for best new Manitoba play in the Winnipeg Fringe
Photos by Leif Norman