Act One
| Staff | |
| Producer | Becky Garcia |
| Director | Buddy Butler |
| Set Designer/Master Carpenter | Javier Garcia |
| Director’s Assistants | Carol Harris |
| Elizabeth Mandel | |
| Costume Designer | Michelle Griffin |
| Props Manager | Lori Foster |
| Stage Manager | Brigit Harnett |
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| Cast | |
| Moss | Zack Goller |
| Hart / Jed Harris | Peter Mandel |
| Mossy / Bernie | Austin Vandercoevering |
| Kaufman / Father / Vail | Rob Christopher |
| Aunt Kate / Frieda Fishbein | Adrianne Wilkinson |
| Lillie | Ingrid Rottman |
| Beatrice Kaufman / Hester Worsley / Helen | Megan Griffin |
| Mr. Borofsky / Augustus Pitou / Sam Harris | Joe Hartwell |
| Gilpin / Langston Hughes / Max Siegel / Porter / Piano Player / David Allen | Robert Butler |
| Mrs. Borofsky / Belle / Mrs. Harris / Dorothy Parker | Becky Owens |
| Wally / Gilpin’s Manager / Harpo | Bud Biafore |
| Irene / Usher / Saloon Girl | Hannah Satterlee |
| Eddie / Regan / Beloved Bandit / Jerry | Matthew Kropschot |
| Dore Schary / George | Peter Owens |
| Lady Caroline / Edna Ferber / Mrs. Rosenbloom | Donna Cowan |
| Sir John / Priestly Morrison / Alexander Woollcott | Don Cowan |
| Phyllis / Muriel / Mary / Late-comer #2 / Shirley | Michele Maher |
| Roz / Ingénue / Late-comer #1 / May | Isabella Beninger |
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Growing up in an impoverished family in the Bronx, Moss Hart dreamed of being part of the glamorous world of the theatre. Forced to drop out of school at age thirteen, Hart’s famous memoir Act One is a classic Hortatio Alger story that plots Hart’s unlikely collaboration with the legendary playwright George S. Kaufman. Tony Award-winning writer and director James Lapine has adapted Act One for the stage, creating a funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful play that celebrates the making of a playwright and his play Once in a Lifetime.
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Above production photos by Elizabeth Mandel
Set designer Javier Garcia contacted the designer of the set for the Broadway production, scaling do the Broadway set to fit into the Morgan Hill Playhouse. Photos above show the result: It was 2 stories high, revolving, with each room of the set in a different section of the top or bottom story.