2005 Archive of Performances

Moon Over The Brewery

By Bruce Graham
Directed By Lisa Martin
August 19, 20 and 25, 26 and 27, 28 - 2005

Allstate Insurance agent, Ted Henderson, and Silver Fox Antiques present this comical and touching production about three people who learn to be a family.

Storyline ~

Miriam Lipsky, living with her 13 year old daughter, Amanda, works as a waitress to pay the bills, but it is her painting that really matters to her. Good subjects are scarce in this drab Pennsylvania coal town, so Miriam dons a miner's lamp and paints at night when moonlight softens and transforms the stark landscape.

Miriam wants male companionship, a need which the precocious Amanda (she has an IQ of 160) has discouraged by driving away suitor after suitor with her barbed comments.

Amanda, compensating for the lack of a father, has created an imaginary friend, Randolph, who appears only to her. When Miriam brings home Warren Zimmerman, a rather unprepossessing mailman, Amanda (and Randolph) think he will be a perfect target. Until, that is, he quietly but firmly beats Amanda at her own game.

Cast
Ashley Pickering	Ashley plays Miriam Lipsky, artist, mother and waitress whose desire for companionship clashes with her daughter's desire to keep the status quo.
Carolyn Ball	Carolyn Ball plays Amanda Lipsky, a precocious 13 year old genius whose mission is to keep her life, and her mother, "normal".
Jim Smith	Jim brings to life Warren Zimmerman, the town's mail man, who pursues Miriam's affection. Just one catch, he has to beat Amanda at her own game first!
Josh Maxwell	Josh Maxwell shines as he portrays Randolph, Amanda's imaginary cohort in crime. With cunning wit, and a plan for every situation, Randolph is Amanda's only hope.