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Our 2012 Season will run from July 12th thru Oct. 20th.

Dinner Shows: Every Wednesday thru Saturday night; seating at 6:30PM; curtain at 8PM.

Lunch Shows: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and select Saturdays (7/21, 8/18, 9/15, 9/22, 10/6, 10/20); seating at 11:15AM; curtain at 1PM

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The Love List Cast

Jarel Davidow (Bill)  has performed in theatres all over the country.  As a member of Oberon Theatre Ensemble (NYC) - George in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men; Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew; Lucio in Measure for Measure; Aden Paltz in Michael Weller’s Ghosts on Fire and Pastor Manders in Ibsen’s Ghosts. Other NYC credits include Dr. Glass in Room Service and Machal in Vaclav Havel’s The Increased Difficulty of Concentration both at The Actors Studio directed by Arthur Storch.   He also appeared as Bill in the NYC premiere of The Love List; Yasha the Bonehead in the NYFringe hit Three Sisters in Search of a Cherry Orchard and as Gene in Richard Greenberg’s The Author’s Voice.    Other favorite roles include Victor Fleming in Moonlight & Magnolias at Bickford Theatre in NJ; Antipholous and Dromio of Syracuse in Comedy of Errors; Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Touchstone in As You Like It at The New England Shakespeare Festival (first folio unrehearsed productions); Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Christopher Wren in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at Lake Worth Playhouse in Florida; Cockles in Rip Van Winkle at The Great American Melodrama in California; a national tour with The Shoestring Players, a children’s theatre company as well as Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun and Ron Davis in The Baby Dance both for The AmeriCulture Arts Festival in Massachusetts. Film Credits: Independent features Fillmore Lights, New Detroit, Fighting Irish and The Sunshine Deli and Grocery.  TV Credits: Ed, Law & Order, One Life to Live.  Jarel can also be seen and heard in numerous commercials and voiceovers.  He received his MFA from The Actors Studio at the New School (first graduating class), is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and a member of Actors Equity.

Rachel Cornish (Justine), raised in Guilderland, NY is thrilled to be performing with the LGDT.  Theatre highlights include Romeo & Juliet (Warren Enters Theatre Gala) with guest performance by Patti LuPone; World Premiere of The Awesome Dance (Cherry Pit Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Austin Pendleton (NSD Theatre); Dolores (La Tea Theatre); Harold Pinter's Old Times (59E59); Fat Pig (River Valley Rep); The Daughters of Eve (Cherry Lane Theatre) & most recently in One Thousand Blinks (59E59).  Film & TV Credits: The Crimson Mask (winner of over 35 Film Festival Awards); Bone White (Premier Screening at IFC Theatre in NYC); Trooper; Twice Two Makes Four; Guiding Light & FOX Morning Show.  She holds an MFA from The New School For Drama and is the Co-Artistic Director of NYC based Speranza Theatre Company.  She is proudly represented by Esquire Entertainment.  Please visit her website www.RachelCornishnyc.com

Bill Saunders (Leon) moved to NYC in 2007, after receiving his MFA in Theatre from Eastern Michigan University.  After almost 20 years in theatre, Bill calculates that he has performed for nearly a million people, and has traveled over two hundred thousand miles throughout the United States (most of it on touring buses and vans...)   In addition to acting, Bill is a headshot photographer, and serves as the Artistic Director of Actor4Hire LLC, a theatrical production and photography company.   NYC/Tour Credits: 10th Anniversary National Tour of Footloose,  Christopher Belling in Curtains, Cornelius in Hello Dolly, Mr. Belding in Saved by the Bell, the Musical; and Tim Edwards in the NY premier of the new musical The Time Traveler’s Convention.   Regional Credits: Zach in A Chorus Line, Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Austin in True West,  Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Uncle Ernie in The Who’s TOMMY, and Richard in A Man for All Seasons.    Film & TV Credits:  Gossip Girl, Pan Am, Boardwalk Empire.
www.billsaunders-theatre.com  

 

About the Playwright

Norm Foster has been the most produced playwright in Canada every year for the past twenty years. His plays receive an average of one hundred and fifty productions annually making him, by far, the most produced playwright in the history of his country.

Born in Newmarket, Ontario on St. Valentine's Day and raised in Toronto, Norm attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and then went on to study Radio & Television Arts at Centennial College in Toronto and then Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Upon completion of his studies, he began a radio career that would span 25 years and which would take him from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg to Kingston and finally to Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was in Fredericton in 1980 that Norm was introduced to the world of theatre.

"A friend of mine was going to audition for a community theatre production of 'Harvey' and he asked me to go along. I went, just for a lark, and I wound up getting the part of Elwood P. Dowd. The funny thing is, I had never even seen a play in my life before this."

Foster fell in love with the theatre right then and there, and two years later he penned his first professionally produced play, Sinners. It was produced by Theatre New Brunswick and directed by Malcolm Black, who would also direct Foster's next effort, the highly successful, The Melville Boys. The Melville Boys would go on to be produced across Canada and in the United States, including a well-received run off-Broadway in New York. It would become Foster's signature play, and the one which would bring his name to the forefront of Canadian theatre. Since then, Norm Foster has produced an astonishing output of work. Nearly forty plays in all, including The Affections of May, the most produced play in Canada in 1991.

He has also written a musical with composer Leslie Arden (The Last Resort) and four musicals (Jasper Station, Race Day, Sitting Pretty & One Moment.) with composer Steve Thomas.

Says Foster, "I write for about three or four hours each day. I mean, if you can turn out even one page per day, it doesn't take long before you've got a ninety page script. Another important thing is, you have to know when to stop writing. Know when your play is finished. One of the curses of being a playwright is that you're never ever completely satisfied with your finished product. There is always that one line which you think you could improve. And when you improve that line, you find another. You must know when to stop."

Foster's plays are known mainly for their comedic qualities, but they are not without their serious moments as well. "I find it far more satisfying if I can make an audience laugh and feel a little heartache within the same story. The farces (Sinners, Self-Help) are a lot of fun to write but it's the stories that touch an audience's heart as well as it's funnybone that are the most rewarding."

Foster has had several plays published by Playwright's Union Press. They are; Sinners, The Melville Boys, The Affections of May, The Motor Trade, Wrong For Each Other, Office Hours, Opening Night, The Foursome and Ethan Claymore. He has also had his work published in various compilation volumes such as 'Vintage Foster', 'One Act-manship', 'Triple Play', and 'The Foster Season'. Looking and The Love List are published by Samuel French.

Norm Foster does not limit his efforts to writing though. Lately, he has returned to what brought him to the theatre in the first place; acting.

"Acting is great fun, but writing is my first love. A lot of people out there like the 'idea' of being a writer. The romance of it. The notion that we all sit around in cafes and talk about our writing with other writers. Personally, I would rather do it than talk about it. The actual process of writing is what excites me. Creating a world from the ground up and populating it with characters I've pulled out of my head. This is why I rarely set my plays in real cities with place names we recognize. I want the audience to imagine these locations right along with me."

When asked to try and pin down a common theme that runs through his plays, Foster says he's not sure. "I think for the most part, they're about ordinary people just trying to get by in life. I never set out with a monumental purpose in mind. I'm not trying to teach an audience a lesson or pass along some profound message, because I don't think I'm qualified. What I am trying to do is make them feel a little better about this world, and that's not easy these days."

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2223 Canada Street, Rte.9 Lake George, NY 12845
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