The Marriage of Bette and Boo
May 30 - June 1st, Lab Theatre

Production Staff
Directors: Zoe Clayton and Rose Taylor 
Technical Director: Mr. Evan Kelly
Stage Manager: Nikki Caminetsky
Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah King 
Scenic Design: Mr. Evan Kelly 
Costume Supervisor: Ms. Martha Heller 
Costume Designers: Sophie Veksler, Eugenia Zeng 
Costume Assistants: Veronica Podolny, Nat Silverman 
Lighting Designer: Mr. Evan Kelly 
Light Board Operator: Sophie Cash 
Props: Madison Crosby, Brianna McIsaac 
Sound Designer: Mr. Evan Kelly 
Sound Board Operator: Miranda Bellio 
Stage Crew: Peter Bellesly, Elena West 
Scenic Charges: Sophie Cash, Yun-Hee Seol 
Poster Design: Sophie Veksler 
Producer: Mr. Jeff Knoedler

Photos by Lisa Honeyman

Photos by Yu-Ching Chang

THE STORY: As the play begins Bette and Boo are being united in matrimony, surrounded by their beaming families. But as the further progress of their marriage is chronicled it becomes increasingly clear that things are not working out quite as hoped for. The birth of their son is followed by a succession of stillborns; Boo takes to drink; and their respective families are odd lots to say the least: His father is a sadistic tyrant, who refers to his wife as the dumbest woman in the world; while Bette's side includes a psychotic sister who endures lifelong agonies over her imagined transgressions and a senile father who mutters in unintelligible gibberish. For solace and counsel they all turn to Father Donnally, a Roman Catholic priest who dodges their questions by impersonating (hilariously) a strip of frying bacon. Conveyed in a series of dazzlingly inventive interconnected scenes, the play moves wickedly on through three decades of divorce, alcoholism, madness and fatal illness—all treated with a farcical brilliance which, through the author's unique talent, mines the unlikely lodes of irony and humor residing in these ostensibly unhappy events. 

Cast

MATT: Nicky Leiter
BETTE: Emma Spector
BOO: Nathan Matzka
KARL: Conrad Buys
SOOT: Shiri Pagliuso
PAUL: Jonah Cochin
MARGARET: Anya Graubard
JOAN: Emily Snider
EMILY: Yasmin Yacoby
FATHER DONNALLY/DOCTOR: Alex Lau