Lonely Nights and Other Stories

(2001)

Theatre Columbus presents

Lonely Nights and Other Stories

Written Collectively by
The Company

  • Ensemble Oliver Dennis
  • Ensemble Maggie Huculak
  • Ensemble Martha Ross
  • Ensemble Michael Simpson
  • Ensemble Ker Wells
  • Director Leah Cherniak
  • Set and Costume Designer Sue LePage
  • Sound Designer John Millard
  • Lighting Designer Bonnie Beecher
  • Script Consusltant and DramaturgeSimon Heath
  • Stage ManagerShauna Janssen
  • Assistant Stage ManagerIssac Thomas
  • Production Manager Kevin Ryan
  • Carpenters Nathaniel Kennedy, Drew Aaslepp & Craig Smith
  • Scenic Artist David Rayfield
  • Prop ConstructionLisa Nighswander & Greg Chambers
  • Props BuyerTanya Hart
  • WardrobeErin Hanowsky
  • Head TechnicianChrist Prideaux
  • Followspot OperatorLiz Kesten
  • CrewJ. Louis Berengler, Allan Day & Shanna Miller
  • CrewTaylor Price, Jonathan Rooke & Bill Zeilstra
  • Graphic DesignMessenger
  • PhotographyJohn Lauener

A comedy about loneliness. A Kafkaesque world where everything is askew; it has been raining for 40 days, the queues at City Hall get longer and longer, holes appear and no one knows who is digging them. A world inhabited by vulnerable, awkward, lonely people; Karl the ex-con, Frances, the beyond-middle-age virgin, Ronald the nerd, Ramblin’ Rose, the late night deejay.. Human-kind at our most poignant and achingly familiar.

Reviews

“Here is a great deal of fun and as much sweetness as sadness. Theatre Columbus has a winner; Lonely Nights should stick around.”

– Robert Cushman, The National Post