Debra Capps
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Brock Koonce
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Tom Scott
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Connie Lanzl
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A howlingly funny way to ring in the new year
A.R. Gurney's romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. "... one of the most involving, beautiful, funny, touching and profound plays I have ever seen," said the NY Daily News. "Gurney's mad comedy is the most endearing good time to trot down the pike in many a moon."
"Howlingly funny," agreed Backstage.
A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife.
Who's who
Tom Scott (Greg) lives in Charlotte with his wife Paula. His recent stage work includes Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, Rembrandt in Tina Howe’s Rembrandt’s Gift, and Harold in Lyle Kessler’s Orphans. From 1977 until 1985 he lived in Greenville, where he worked with the Warehouse Theatre (The Front Page, American Buffalo), the Greenville Little Theatre (The Philadelphia Story), and Café And Then Some (The Glass Ménage à Trois). Two of his most memorable experiences, however, were being directed by Douglas McCoy in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, and playing BJ Koonce’s psychic husband in Granville Wyche Burgess’ The Freak.
Connie Lanzl (Kate) last appeared at Centre Stage as Martha McNab in Guided Tour. Prior to that, she appeared as M’Lynn in the Greenville Little Theatre’s 2004 production of Steel Magnolias, a role she had played ten years earlier for the Tokyo International Players during a five-year stay in Japan. There she also performed as Maude in A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, Marilyn in 84 Charing Cross, and a variety of characters in A My Name is Alice, which was performed both in Tokyo and at the 1993 Hong Kong Fringe Festival. Other roles in theaters in Japan, Delaware, and Pennsylvania include Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, the title role in Lysistrata, and Ella in Bells are Ringing. Productions such as Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Annie, and The Sound of Music with the Delaware and Tokyo Children’s Theatres allowed her to combine her love of theatre with her belief in the dynamic impact of the arts on young children.
Tom Scott as Greg shares a quiet moment with his faithful companion, Sylvia, played by Debra Capps. (Photo by Guy Perticone) |
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Debra Capps (Sylvia) is well-known to Centre Stage audiences, having appeared in Beehive, Professional Skepticism (Margaret), 1957 Diva Heaven, Hollywood Arms (Older Helen), Noises Off (Brooke/Vicki), Communicating Doors (Poopay), and The Guys. Other theatrical credits include: Turn of the Screw (Governess), Tom Foolery!, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Maggie), Summer and Smoke (Alma), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Blood Brothers (Mrs. Lyons), The Miss Firecracker Contest (Carnelle), Blue Room, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena).
Brock Koonce (Phyllis, Tom, Leslie) Not content to play merely one character per show, Brock is pleased to mark his seventh role in only two productions thus far this season. Greenville audiences will remember him in The Warehouse Theatre’s recent production of The Turn of the Screw, which also paired him with Debra Capps, and in Upstate Shakespeare Festival’s production of Macbeth, in which he played the title role. His last Centre Stage appearance was a Charles Gilliard in Mama Mamie’s Departure. Brock also has performed with The Greenville Little Theatre, South Carolina Children’s Theatre and Greer Children’s Theatre.
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