The Doll Plays

PLAYWRIGHT
Alva Rogers

DIRECTOR
Peter Dubois

January 8 – February 13, 2002

Gut-busting, in-your-face comedy!

SYNOPSIS

Alva Rogers wrote the doll plays to pay tribute to a real woman
named Lenon Hoyte, aka “Aunt Len” (Mitchell-Leon), who
devoted her life to collecting thousands of rare dolls and
maintaining a Harlem doll museum. The real Aunt Len died in
1999, and the doll plays imagines the elderly woman on her death
bed, her life flashing before her eyes — only acted out by her
dolls.
The play offers a sequence of vignettes, with some dolls telling
Aunt Len’s life story, others relating their history as toys and
collectibles. A French dress-up doll (Anne Towns) recalls her past
as a cast-off plaything, while a Grace Kelly doll (Lane Carlock)
describes how the movie star had to abandon Hollywood for life
as a princess.

“ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR BEING SO FEARLESSLY UNPREDICTABLE.”

– Los Angeles TIMES

“SEARING AND SENSATIONALLY FUNNY!”

– New York Times

“EXPLOSIVE. INSANELY ENTERTAINING AND COMPLETELY ENGAGING.”

– New York Magazine

Cast & Creative Team

Carol MItchell

Aunt Len

Caleb Clark

Actor five

COREY J. FINLEY

PETER UNDERSTUDY

ABBEY KINCHELOE

LYDIA UNDERSTUDY

JESSE SMITH

COACH UNDERSTUDY

PLAYWRIGHT

Alva Rogers

DIRECTOR

Peter Dubois

SCENIC DESIGNER

Robert Pyzocha

SOUND DESIGNER

LAURIE OLIVER

COSTUME DESIGNER

JOANNA SCHMINK & JUDY ZANOTTI

Co-Sound Designers

Jeremiah Davison &
WINSTON JOHNSON

PROPERTIES DESIGNER/ SET DECORATOR

NICK BATTAGLIA

Stage Manager

Joan Foster McMarty

INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER

ASH ANDERSON

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

WHITNEY NELSON

Stage Manager

Joan Foster McMarty

PRODUCTION MANAGER

SEAMUS M. BOURNE

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

D. CONNOR MCVEY

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ENGLISH BRACKETT

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

TOM PRIESTER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

ELIZA CRAFT

CASTING DIRECTOR

SHEILA OLIVER

CASTING ASSOCIATE

JUSTIN KALIN

CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST

AMANDA NERBY

WIG DESIGNER

LAMONT SAMUELS

RUNNING TIME

Two hours with one intermission

CONTENT ADVISORY

Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE

SEATING

There is open seating for this production.

PERFORMANCES

Previews

May 12 & 13 at 8 pm

Opening Night

May 14 at 8 pm

Regular Performances

May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

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