Folks

"Silly, with lots of soul...You've got to see it to believe it. At the very moment Edgerton confronts despair and loneliness, those very issues turn out to be ripe material for satire." Asheville Citizen-Times

"The themes about family and aging are universal. Hilarious and moving..." Raleigh News & Observer


The residents, employees and guests of The Rosehaven Convalesence Center: 

 

THE REV. L. RAY FLOWERS

Ex-preacher and reluctant Rosehaven visitor

“If you’re still sittin’, you need to stand up and boogie!”

LIL OLIVE

The newcomer

“Seems like we should be able to start our own club, don’t you think?”

  ELI GREYSON

The mystery man

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 DR. TED SEARS

President of Ballard College

"Business is business."




"Lunch at the Piccadilly" has a cast of 7 (4 m / 3w), and a band of 3. 
Actors who have appeared in the show previously include:

BO THORP*                               MIKE CRAVER*
PHOEBE HALL*                         VIVIAN WADE-BANKS*
PATRICIA CUCCO*                     LIBBY MCNEILL SEYMOUR*
MAYON WEEKS*                       ROB SUMMERS*
GREG KING*                              COCO SANSONI*
GEORGE GRAY                         TRIP PLYMALE
FLEUR PHILLIPS                        CASSANDRA VALLERY
ROBERTA WHITESIDE               DUKE ERNSBERGER
MIKE RICE

* original cast members

Creative/Staff:

STEVE UMBERGER, Director
AMY JONES, Musical Direction and Staging
LINWOOD TAYLOR and BOB CROGHAN, Scenic Designers
BOB CROGHAN, Costume Designer
DAVID CASTANEDA and ERIC WINKENWERDER, Lighting Designers
AMY JONES, MIKE CRAVER, RICK STARLING, COLIN TRIBBY,
Musicians
KAREN MASOTTI, CANDACE ROECKEL, AUDREY M. BROWN,
Production Stage Managers

Photo credits: Bobby Moody and Norris Greenlee


CLARA COCHRAN

Longtime Rosehaven resident

“We’d all be better off if everything were more simple. Have you looked at a TV remote control lately?

ANNA GUTHRIE

Devoted Rosehaven staff member

“If you make it to 80 and you're still dancing, you should get whatever you want.”


CARL TURNAGE

Lil’s unmarried but hopeful nephew

“I wish I was George Clooney.”

 





THE SONGS

ACT ONE

"Another One Comes to Us"
"How Do You Tell 'Em (They Can't Drive No More)"
"Holdin' Aunt Lil" 
"The RUG Song"
"Clara's Song"
"How Does a Glass Eye Work?"
"First Breakfast Club"
"Safety Patrol"
"How Do You Tell 'Em" (Reprise)
"Lunch at the Piccadilly"
"Medicaid Hell"
"A Nephew and An Aunt"
"The First Sermon"

ACT TWO

"Justify the Means"
"Half Empty Room"
"The Second Sermon (Rap)"
"How Do You Tell 'Em" (Reprise)
"Bring Him Home"
"Goodbye Dr. Sears"
"The Third Sermon (Finale)"