The Autumn Garden

Written by: Lillian Hellman
Directed by: Larry Biederman

ADVISORY
Recommended for Ages 16+

The end of summer on the Gulf of Mexico, 1949. Friends, fractured families, and tired lovers gather, as they do every year, at Constance Tuckerman’s family home. This year, an old flame’s visit casts a harsh light on their illusions. Silly and heartbreaking, Hellman’s last and greatest play evokes Chekhov’s neurotic and tragic characters, and explores the great art of living together—including all the many ways “people change and forget to tell each other.”


PRODUCTION TEAM

Scenic Design: Tom Buderwitz
Lights:John Eckert
Stage Manager: Rita Gray
Props Design: Jen Prince
Costumes: Tina Haatanian Jones
Sound: John Zalewski
Producer: Young Ji
Dramaturg: Christopher Breyer
Assistant Stage Manager: Laura Perez
Producers: Young Ji & Adam Meyer

Cast

Anne Gee Byrd*

MRS. MARY ELLIS

Dawn Didawick*

MRS. MARY ELLIS

Eve Gordon*

CARRIE ELLIS

Shannon Holt*

CONSTANCE TUCKERMAN

Lily Knight

CONSTANCE TUCKERMAN

Jeffrey Nordling*

NICHOLAS DENERY

Kurtwood Smith

GENERAL BENJAMIN GRIGGS

James Sutorius*

GENERAL BENJAMIN GRIGGS

Kitty Swink*

NINA DENERY

Josh Zuckerman

FREDERICK ELLIS

Stephen Caffrey

NICHOLAS DENERY

Josh Clark*

EDWARD CROSSMAN

Jeanne Syquia*

SOPHIE TUCKERMAN

Stoney Westmoreland

EDWARD CROSSMAN

Joe Delafield

FREDERICK ELLIS

Zoe Perry

SOPHIE TUCKERMAN

Jeanie Hackett

CARRIE ELLIS

Faye Grant

ROSE GRIGGS

Production Team

Lillian Hellman

Writer

Larry Biederman

Director
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule

“The cast is uniformly excellent…”

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“It’s a treat to see so many accomplished Los Angeles actors in this intimate setting…”

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“expertly directed by Larry Biederman and brilliantly acted by two of the finest casts in town.” 

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