Last updated February 16, 2010   

Morning’s at Seven

by Paul Osborn

Directed by Leigh Matthews Bock

Performances March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14(m), 18 19, 20, 2010

Morning’s at Seven is a comedy about the intertwined relationships and long-standing sibling rivalries of the four aging Gibbs sisters. Three of them have lived next door to one another for fifty years, and the eldest sister lives only a few blocks away. Living so close has taken its toll. The quiet lives these women share with their husbands start to come unhinged when some of them begin to question what to do with their remaining years. Tensions rise when Ida’s 40-year-old son brings his fiancée of 12 years to the house for the first time. A story about growing old, growing up, and letting go.

This charming portrait of small town America in 1938 was revived on Broadway in 1980 and in 2002 to critical acclaim.

Cast of characters

• Esther Crampton - Jane Donovan
• Cora Swanson - Jodi Altendorf
• Ida Bolton - Leslie Hogan
• Aaronetta Gibbs - Alice Tucker
• David Crampton - Phillip Brown
• Theodore (Thor) Swanson: Bill McCarthy
• Carl Bolton - John Sams
• Homer Bolton - Joshua Winter
• Myrtle Brown - Danita Hamel

Director

Leigh Matthews Bock makes her ACT directing debut with Morning's At Seven. Leigh has appeared on our stage in Of Mice in Men, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Arsenic and Old Lace, among others. She has also worked behind the scenes on several ACT shows and served as assistant director for The Wonder of the World and Chicago.

Web links

• Morning's At Seven on wikipedia