Missed Connection
(Lunch / Shadowland / Lunch Girls)
by
Steven Berkoff / David Poyer / Ron Hart
September
2022
SYNOPSIS
Lunch by Steven Berkoff
A pair of lonely people meet by chance on their lunch hour, are attracted to each other, and try to compress a whole relationship into that lunch time: from early self-conscious conversations, through first fights and second thoughts to sexual fumblings in which they try to dominate each other. Lunch is a powerful example of pioneering theatre maker Steven Berkoff’s unique style of writing.
Shadowland by David Poyer
A one-act haunting drama. Pursued by disturbing dreams, Eileen visits her psychiatrist. The truth becomes increasingly elusive. She may or may not have been in an accident. An accident may or may not have happened. Perhaps even a murder? And who is the Ferryman who comes for Eileen?
Lunch Girls by Ron Hart
Lunch Girls deals with the lives of four middle-class British women who try to arrange a lunch date but find it difficult to pick a day that is suitable for all of them. It struck a chord with audiences around the world, with productions as far afield as Los Angeles, Tokyo, Jerusalem, and Bombay, as well as at the National Theatre and a UK tour starring Sylvia Syms. Lunch Girls was a joint winner of the 1983 Verity Bargate award for new, unperformed, short plays, suitable for production in a small theatre. With this criteria, it seemed an ideal choice for a Bench Fringe production.
DIRECTOR
Tomi Gustaf (Lunch)
Katherine Ankudinov (Shadowland)
Kajetana Bevc (Lunch Girls)
CAST
Lunch:
Man
Pepper Lebeck-Jobe
Woman
Olga Botsi
Shadowland:
Eileen Schadow
Deborah Somers
Dr. Aachen
John Beadle
Daniel Schadow
Douglas Thirkell-White
Dr. Benjamin Schadow
Matthew Miller
Ferryman
Christopher Lee
Ms. Gold
Amber Daughtry
Lunch Girls:
Jay
Karen Sarmiento
Vee
Amber Daughtry
Diane
Arlyne Andrevil
Beth
Christina Mohr
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
BEHIND THE SCENES
Production Coordinator
Tim Purdue
Stage Manager
Jim Carson
Set Design
Katherine Ankudinov
Lighting
Johannes Frohnhofen
Sound
Grażyna Trzpis
Specialist Props Construction
Skye Hudson Daniels
Props and Stage Crew
Artemi Bendandi
Erika Simon
Fabian Kuratli
Helen Irwin
Costumes
Lavinia Prota
Lesley Vergoes-Houweis
Make-up Advisor
Betti Ament
Prompt Lead
Irene Lautenbach
Prompt
Beatrice Hungerbühler
Lira Low
Box Office Lead
Andrea-Manuela Rüttimann
Box Office
Ales Kral
Flyer and Programme Design and Publicity
Oli Pont
Marketing
Amy Leigh Amstutz
Barbara von Holzen
Box Office/Treasurer Support
Anne-Marie Rüttimann