HOPE FOR CORKY

a World Premiere by Randall Godwin

April 3, 2003 – May 31, 2003

Brian Blessing is a Milford radio celebrity with a fame disproportionate to his salary. He specializes in heartwarming human interest stories in his hometown. When the play opens, he has the entire town in thrall over the fate of Corky, a dog who, it is rumored, tried to save a girl from drowning. As the story progresses, Blessing discovers that he has a terminal brain tumor and is forced to devise a plan in order to pay for a potentially life saving medical procedure.

Director: Guy Sanville

CAST:

Ryan Carlson*
Teri L. Clark*
Tobin Hissong
Bess Miller*
Kate Peckham*
Jim Porterfield*
Elizabeth Ann Townsend*

Scenic Designer: Andrew Gorney
Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
Costume Designer: Noelle C.K. Hathaway
Lighting Designer: Dana White
Sound Designer: Anthony Caselli
Stage Manager: Amy Hickman*

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association

PRESS QUOTES

“The play succeeds because of its fast-paced comedy routines and excellent character portrayals. It also succeeds in contrasting Blessing’s health insurance dilemma with the sentimentality of the radio audience’s obsession with Corky.”

– Kent Ashton Walton, The Chelsea Standard/The Dexter Leader

“Carlson and Peckham seem to feed off each other’s energy, creating a compelling camaraderie fraught with underlying tension while the scenes between Carlson and Porterfield (who also plays a maddeningly unsympathetic brain surgeon) showcase two masters of comic timing at their best.”

– John Sousanis, The Oakland Press

Production Photos by Danna Segrest