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Last updated November 15, 2011
Albany, Oregon
Beyond Therapy
by Christopher Durang
directed by Johanna Spencer
Auditions: January 16, 17, 18, 2012
Content Warning: Adult Language
Bruce and Prudence are both seeing therapists, seeking help with their romantic lives. Her therapist wants her to be more assertive; his wants him to meet women through the personal ads (to the dismay of his male lover). After a disastrous first meeting, Bruce and Prudence discover that they actually like each other - despite therapists who are more screwed up than their patients.
Beyond Therapy premiered off Broadway in 1981 with a cast including Sigourney Weaver; a year later it moved successfully to Broadway with John Lithgow and Diane Wiest in the leading roles. The play is among the most-produced of Durang's works.
What the reviewers said:
"Christopher Durang has the wit, the high, rebellious spirits, and the rage of the born satirist. He is also one of the funniest and most original playwrights at work. His "Beyond Therapy" could be considered his 'Alice in Wonderland' ..." - New Yorker
"Screwball and scatty, with as much owed to the Marx Brothers as to the Viennese brethern, "Beyond Therapy" offers the best therapy of all: guaranteed laughter." - Time magazine
"[Durang] is a serious young writer who can’t help thinking comically. "Beyond Therapy"…[is] zany in a particularly intelligent way…wickedly funny, terribly slanted, and essentially true." - Los Angeles Times
Cast of characters
- Bruce - Tim Kelley
- Prudence -Shirley Lincicum
- Stuart - Pat Purdue
- Charlotte - Leslie Hogan
- Bob - Eric Jones
- Andrew - Rick Hammel
For more information, contact the director.
Director
Johanna Spencer is a veteran of the ACT stage who made her directing debut in 2008 with Nickel and Dimed and directed the thriller, Wait Until Dark, last season. . She has appeared on stage in many productions, including The Rainmaker, Talley's Folly, The Homecoming and Going to See The Elephant, and served several terms as the theater's volunteer coordinator.