Prisoner of Second Avenue
Austin, Texas
December 13-23, 2001
Columbus, Texas
December 1, 2001
by Neil Simon
directed by Michael Stuart
THE CAST
Mel - Michael Stuart
Edna - Bernadette Nason
Harry - Richard Craig
Jessie - Lana Dieterich
Pearl - Katie Brock
Pauline - Jennifer Underwood
The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a hilarious, madcap comedy production that takes place in an apartment high above New York's Second Avenue. No play has ever been peppered with more outrageous one-liners than this one.
Mel is a well paid executive of a fancy New York company which has suddenly hit the skids and started to pare the payroll. When Mel gets the axe, his wife Edna takes a job to tide them over until she too is sacked.
As Mel struggles to adjust to being home day after day in their high rise apartment, his eccentric relatives come to the rescue. Physical comedy and vaudevillian charm shine through this classic Neil Simon play.
