by Topher Payne
Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga
Sun Matinee 2pm | Sun 11/17
Sat Matinee 2pm | Sat 11/23
A comic tale of closeted lives.
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: both Bob and Norma are involved in a carefully constructed cover-up.
Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the gay rights movement, Perfect Arrangement merges madcap sitcom-style laughs with provocative drama as two U.S. State Department employees struggle to maintain their cover – and their sanity – in mid-century America.
Perfect Arrangement is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com
[A] clever canapé of a comedy... Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer.The New York Times
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CAST (in alphabetical order)
RICK MEYER (Bob Martindale) is ecstatic to be back on the County Players stage and thrilled to be working with such a talented cast and crew. “It has been a ‘perfect arrangement,’ indeed.” You may remember him in previous County Players productions: Guys and Dolls (NATHAN DETROIT) and Amadeus (SALIERI). Also, this past September he played in the Rosendale Theater’s production of What the Constitution Means to Me (LEGIONNAIRE/MIKE). He would like to give the biggest thanks to Amy and Ellie for giving him the time, support, and space to continue doing what he loves.
DYLAN PARKIN [he/him/his] (Jim Baxter) started volunteering at County Players in 2017 and has since been involved in several productions including Silent Sky (PETER SHAW), Constellations (ROLAND), Calendar Girls (LAWRENCE SUGDEN), The Drowsy Chaperone (MAN IN CHAIR), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (FREDDY BENSON). Local credits also include Braille Garden (GUS) and The Covid Confessions (DANIEL) at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, The Weekend People (COLIN) at Round the Bend Theater, Into the Woods (BAKER) and Tough Love (DANNY MARINO) at New Deal Creative Arts Center, and Ex-Gay Bar (JACK/SEBASTIAN) with both Howl Playwrights and ArtsWestchester. He also directed for and performed in the inaugural Hudson Valley Theatre Festival. Dylan holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Science from the Culinary Institute of America and works as a Food Scientist for a baked goods manufacturer in Yonkers, NY. He also serves on the County Players Board of Governors.
ALEX PETROVA [she/her/hers] (Norma Baxter) is thrilled to be part of this talented and funny cast. She was last seen on the County Players stage in the CP2 reading, In a Word, directed by Christine Crawfis. Locally, she has worked at The CENTER for the Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Woodstock Shakespeare Festival, New Deal Creative Arts Center, and Sharon Playhouse. Credits include: Trojan Women (ANDROMACHE), Boy (TRUDY), The Crucible (ELIZABETH PROCTOR), How I Learned to Drive (LIL’BIT), Taming of the Shrew (KATERINA), Pericles (DIONYZA), August: Osage County (IVY), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (HELENA), and Dead Guilty (JULIA). Alex holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut. By day, she is a tea-rrific nerd at Harney & Sons Fine Teas. She would like to thank Dylan for proposing this play, Sydnie for her brilliant direction and support, County Players for producing it, and Lauren for loving her. “This play is both hilarious and poignant!”
LAUREN SILVERMAN [she/her/hers] (Millie Martindale) has been a student of human behavior both on- and off-stage for many years. Professionally, she works as a therapist for a nonprofit mental health organization. Recent acting credits include Barefoot in the Park (CORIE) at the Boiceville Inn Dinner Theater, Little Women (JO) with Rhinebeck Theatre Society, Trojan Women (CHORUS) with CENTERstage Productions, As You Like It (ROSALIND) at the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, and The Crucible (MARY WARREN) with New Deal Creative Arts Center. Lauren is very excited to be making her County Players debut in such a provocative, truthful, and relevant depiction of the early stirrings of the Gay Rights Movement. “Thank you to the cast for their fearlessness and talent and to Syd and the entire production team for the opportunity to speak truth to power.”
AIMEE TRUMBORE (Kitty Sunderson) has been performing in Minneapolis, NYC and the Hudson Valley for 20 years. Recent credits include God of Carnage (ANNETTE) with Performing Arts of Woodstock, A Marriage is a Story We Tell & Keep Telling (FI), Intimacy (ACTRESS), and A Doll’s House Part 2 (NORA) with the Rosendale Theater, and numerous readings with Round The Bend Theatre. Favorite previous roles: Into the Woods (THE WITCH), The Full Monty (PAM), Hamlet (GERTRUDE), The Bacchae (AGAVE), Educating Rita (RITA), and Lend Me a Tenor (DIANA). Training: BFA Theater, UMD; Ensemble Studio Theater; Acting Studio with Deborah Hedwall. Aimee is beyond thrilled to work with this incredibly talented director, cast and crew!
MARCO CAVIGLIA (Theodore Sunderson) is a local practicing attorney with an avocation for theater and independent film. His most recent local plays are Equus (Woodstock, 2024), Sunday/New Jersey (New Deal Creative Arts Center, 2023), and Lend Me a Tenor (The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 2022). His most recent film credits are Intervention (Lead, in production), The Puppeteer (Lead, 2024), and Buzzkill (Supporting, 2024). Marco expresses thanks to the director, Sydnie Grosberg Ronga, and his fellow actors and dedicated crew members who make this production possible.
KATRINA LANTZ (Barbara Grant) most recently appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest (LADY BRACKNELL) with Voice Theater, directed by Shauna Kanter, and What Would Esther Williams Do in a Situation Like This at the Phoenicia Playhouse, written and directed by Ovi Vargas. She has done readings with the Maud Adams Theater Hub and Howl Playwrights, and is on the board of Round the Bend Theatre, with whom she has done many readings of new plays. In NYC, she appeared in plays with The New Group, Playwrights Horizons, Naked Angels, and Manhattan Class Company. TV credits include: The Sopranos, Third Watch, Law and Order, All My Children and The Guiding Light. She also did hundreds of voice overs, including being the announcer for Jif Peanut Butter for over 20 years. Katrina holds a BFA in Acting from NYU. “It has been great fun to work with Sydnie and this great cast and crew!”
(Bob Martindale)
(Jim Baxter)
(Norma Baxter)
(Millie Martindale)
(Kitty Sunderson)
(Theodore Sunderson)
(Barbara Grant)
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by Topher Payne
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Fri & Sat 8pm | Fri 11/8, Sat 11/9, Fri 11/15, Sat 11/16, Fri 11/22, Sat 11/23
Sun Matinee 2pm | Sun 11/17
Sat Matinee 2pm | Sat 11/23
CAST (in alphabetical order)
RICK MEYER (Bob Martindale) is ecstatic to be back on the County Players stage and thrilled to be working with such a talented cast and crew. “It has been a ‘perfect arrangement,’ indeed.” You may remember him in previous County Players productions: Guys and Dolls (NATHAN DETROIT) and Amadeus (SALIERI). Also, this past September he played in the Rosendale Theater’s production of What the Constitution Means to Me (LEGIONNAIRE/MIKE). He would like to give the biggest thanks to Amy and Ellie for giving him the time, support, and space to continue doing what he loves.
DYLAN PARKIN [he/him/his] (Jim Baxter) started volunteering at County Players in 2017 and has since been involved in several productions including Silent Sky (PETER SHAW), Constellations (ROLAND), Calendar Girls (LAWRENCE SUGDEN), The Drowsy Chaperone (MAN IN CHAIR), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (FREDDY BENSON). Local credits also include Braille Garden (GUS) and The Covid Confessions (DANIEL) at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, The Weekend People (COLIN) at Round the Bend Theater, Into the Woods (BAKER) and Tough Love (DANNY MARINO) at New Deal Creative Arts Center, and Ex-Gay Bar (JACK/SEBASTIAN) with both Howl Playwrights and ArtsWestchester. He also directed for and performed in the inaugural Hudson Valley Theatre Festival. Dylan holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Science from the Culinary Institute of America and works as a Food Scientist for a baked goods manufacturer in Yonkers, NY. He also serves on the County Players Board of Governors.
ALEX PETROVA [she/her/hers] (Norma Baxter) is thrilled to be part of this talented and funny cast. She was last seen on the County Players stage in the CP2 reading, In a Word, directed by Christine Crawfis. Locally, she has worked at The CENTER for the Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Woodstock Shakespeare Festival, New Deal Creative Arts Center, and Sharon Playhouse. Credits include: Trojan Women (ANDROMACHE), Boy (TRUDY), The Crucible (ELIZABETH PROCTOR), How I Learned to Drive (LIL’BIT), Taming of the Shrew (KATERINA), Pericles (DIONYZA), August: Osage County (IVY), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (HELENA), and Dead Guilty (JULIA). Alex holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut. By day, she is a tea-rrific nerd at Harney & Sons Fine Teas. She would like to thank Dylan for proposing this play, Sydnie for her brilliant direction and support, County Players for producing it, and Lauren for loving her. “This play is both hilarious and poignant!”
LAUREN SILVERMAN [she/her/hers] (Millie Martindale) has been a student of human behavior both on- and off-stage for many years. Professionally, she works as a therapist for a nonprofit mental health organization. Recent acting credits include Barefoot in the Park (CORIE) at the Boiceville Inn Dinner Theater, Little Women (JO) with Rhinebeck Theatre Society, Trojan Women (CHORUS) with CENTERstage Productions, As You Like It (ROSALIND) at the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, and The Crucible (MARY WARREN) with New Deal Creative Arts Center. Lauren is very excited to be making her County Players debut in such a provocative, truthful, and relevant depiction of the early stirrings of the Gay Rights Movement. “Thank you to the cast for their fearlessness and talent and to Syd and the entire production team for the opportunity to speak truth to power.”
AIMEE TRUMBORE (Kitty Sunderson) has been performing in Minneapolis, NYC and the Hudson Valley for 20 years. Recent credits include God of Carnage (ANNETTE) with Performing Arts of Woodstock, A Marriage is a Story We Tell & Keep Telling (FI), Intimacy (ACTRESS), and A Doll’s House Part 2 (NORA) with the Rosendale Theater, and numerous readings with Round The Bend Theatre. Favorite previous roles: Into the Woods (THE WITCH), The Full Monty (PAM), Hamlet (GERTRUDE), The Bacchae (AGAVE), Educating Rita (RITA), and Lend Me a Tenor (DIANA). Training: BFA Theater, UMD; Ensemble Studio Theater; Acting Studio with Deborah Hedwall. Aimee is beyond thrilled to work with this incredibly talented director, cast and crew!
MARCO CAVIGLIA (Theodore Sunderson) is a local practicing attorney with an avocation for theater and independent film. His most recent local plays are Equus (Woodstock, 2024), Sunday/New Jersey (New Deal Creative Arts Center, 2023), and Lend Me a Tenor (The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 2022). His most recent film credits are Intervention (Lead, in production), The Puppeteer (Lead, 2024), and Buzzkill (Supporting, 2024). Marco expresses thanks to the director, Sydnie Grosberg Ronga, and his fellow actors and dedicated crew members who make this production possible.
KATRINA LANTZ (Barbara Grant) most recently appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest (LADY BRACKNELL) with Voice Theater, directed by Shauna Kanter, and What Would Esther Williams Do in a Situation Like This at the Phoenicia Playhouse, written and directed by Ovi Vargas. She has done readings with the Maud Adams Theater Hub and Howl Playwrights, and is on the board of Round the Bend Theatre, with whom she has done many readings of new plays. In NYC, she appeared in plays with The New Group, Playwrights Horizons, Naked Angels, and Manhattan Class Company. TV credits include: The Sopranos, Third Watch, Law and Order, All My Children and The Guiding Light. She also did hundreds of voice overs, including being the announcer for Jif Peanut Butter for over 20 years. Katrina holds a BFA in Acting from NYU. “It has been great fun to work with Sydnie and this great cast and crew!”