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KIMBERLY: "What's akimbo?"
JEFF: "It's ... bent. You know, when your hands are on your hips, then your arms are akimbo.

Diane Felty as Kimberly and Michael Scott as Jeff in a scene from ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Cast

(in order of appearance)

Kimberly
Diane Felty*
Buddy
Adam Sewall
Jeff
Michael Scott
Pattie
Roberta Plonski
Debra
Ellen Dessler

* Member Actors Equity Association


PATTIE: "Isn't this nice? Playing games, chatting about the Holocaust."

The cast in a scene from ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Directed by
David Hsieh


KIMBERLY: "What's it do?"
DEBRA: "You blow in it. See the hole in the end? It's like a horn."

Ellen Dessler as Debra, Diane Felty as Kimberly and Michael Scott as Jeff in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Crew

Stage Manager & Sound Operator
Jenn Fjosne-Rodvold
Set Designer
Craig B. Wollam
Lighting Designer
Elizabeth Coco
Properties & Costumer
David Hsieh
Venue Technician/Light Board Operator
Mark Smith
Electics Assistant
Vrlina Nozlic
Box Office
Lorna Chin
Marilyn Gonzalez
Kathy Hsieh
Leslie Jean Warner


BUDDY: "If I can drink it, you can drink it."

Adam Sewall as Buddy with Diane Felty as Kimberly in a scene from ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Reviews

>>Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Preview)
>>Seattle Post Intelligencer
>>Seattle Times
>>The Stranger
>>Seattle Weekly
>>Seattle Gay News
>>Aisle Say
>>Patron Comments


KIMBERLY: "It's okay?"
DEBRA: "You look like Rose Kennedy."

Michael Scott as Jeff with Ellen Dessler as Debra and Diane Felty as Kimberly in a scene from ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 
"KIMBERLY AKIMBO" GRAPHIC
by Stewart A. Williams

Kimberly Akimbo


By David Lindsay-Abaire

May 5 - 29, 2005
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center



BUDDY: "Hey Kimmy! How crazy is this?!"
Diane Felty as Kimberly and
Adam Sewall as Buddy in the
opening scene of ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

JEFF: "Your dad was right about this piece of junk car."
Diane Felty and Michael Scott
as Kimberly and Jeff in the
ending scene of ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Program

The Setting

Bogota, NJ.

ACT 1

Scene 1: A Bench
Scene 2: Buddy's Car
Scene 3: The Levaco Kitchen
Scene 4: Bogota Public Library
Scene 5: The Levaco Kitchen
Scene 6: Buddy's Car
Scene 7: Bogota Public Library
Scene 8: Kimberly's Bedroom

ACT 2
Scene 1: Outside
Scene 2: Kimberly's Bedroom
Scene 3: The Levaco Kitchen
Scene 4: Bogota Public Library
Scene 5: The Levaco Kitchen
Sceme 6: Buddy's Car


DEBRA: "Hey kid, you have no idea how hard it is to be homeless!"
Diane Felty as Kimberly,
Ellen Dessler as Debra and
Michael Scott as Jeff in
ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

KIMBERLY: "I left the tape recorder on."
JEFF: "Really?"
Diane Felty as Kimberly with
Michael Scott as Jeff in
a scene from ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Kimberly Akimbo

was commissioned, developed and first produced by South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, premiering on May 13, 2001. A revised version was produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City, opening on February 4, 2003.

Production Notes

>>ReAct's 2004 Staged Reading
>>Press Release and Publicity Photos

PATTIE: "I love Don Ho. Your father used to say he was gonna take me to Hawaii to meet him. Of course that never happened."
Roberta Furst-Plonski as Pattie
with Diane Felty as Kimberly
in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


ReAct's production of Kimberly Akimbo was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.


PATTIE: "Now listen to me, sweetheart, because people are going to tell you awful things about me. You mustn't believe them. People lie."
Roberta Furst-Plonski as Pattie
in a scene from ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

BUDDY: "And the thing is, I don't think I'm very good with kids. I mean I like kids, I just never pictured myself as a father. I'm more of a bachelor uncle type, you know?"
Adam Sewall as Buddy in
the opening scene of
Act 2 during ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Special Thanks To...


Acu-Line for donated lighting gobos
The Cast & Crew for production support and loaned costumes
The Elliott Bay Book Company for props
The Elliott Bay Cafe for loaned props
Brian Flora & Anneleen Severynen for production support
George Paul Glanzman for loaned props and production support
Marilyn & Daniel Gonzalez for transportation support
Queen Anne?Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center for donated rehearsal space
Six Flag Wild Safari for donated props
Mark Smith for production support
Ed Tonai for loaned props and production support
Stewart A. Williams for donated graphic design services

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Photo Gallery

JEFF: "Can I ask you something?"
DEBRA: "Do you have to?"
JEFF: "How much longer is she gonna live?"
Ellen Dessler as Debra with
Michael Scott as Jeff in
ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

PATTIE: "You're a lot more bearable when you're on the sauce, ya know it?"
Adam Sewall as Buddy and
Roberta Furst-Plonski as Pattie
in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

KIMBERLY: "Where'd you get it?"
DEBRA: "Salvation Army. They've got a nice selection."
KIMBERLY: "God, it's ugly."
Ellen Dessler as Debra with
Diane Felty as Kimberly
in a scene from ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

JEFF: "Well, I wanted to know if I could talk to you. About yours. Your disease. You know, how you look old and everything but really you're not."
Diane Felty as Kimberly,
Adam Sewall as Buddy and
Michael Scott as Jeff in the
Zippy Burger scene of ReAct's
Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

KIMBERLY: "I propose that everytime one of us swears, we have to put a nickel in the jar as punishment."
Adam Sewall as Buddy, Roberta
Furst-Plonski as Pattie
and Diane Felty as Kimberly
in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

JEFF: "...I usually take the bus to school. This is much more comfortable. No one's spitting at me."
BUDDY: "It's early yet."
Diane Felty as Kimberly,
Michael Scott as Jeff and
Adam Sewall as Buddy in
ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo
Photo: David Hsieh.

PATTIE: "What is that?"
DEBRA: "It's a mailbox, Pattie."
Ellen Dessler as Debra,
Roberta Furst-Plonski as Pattie
and Diane Felty as Kimberly
in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo
Photo: David Hsieh.

JEFF: "And I'm a member of the Junior Wordsmiths of America, an organization dedicated to the puzzleistic arts."
Diane Felty as Kimberly
and Michael Scott as Jeff
in ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

PATTIE: "What are those?"
DEBRA: "They're just chemicals I need."
Robert Furst-Plonski as Pattie,
Ellen Dessler as Debra and
Diane Felty as Kimberly in
ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

PATTIE: "This game sucks."
DEBRA: "Can Polenta resurect us with magic?"
JEFF: "Kim, you're surrounded by Manticores. What are you gonna do?"
Michael Scott, Ellen Dessler, Diane
Felty and Roberta Furst-Plonski
in the Dungeons & Dragons scene
of ReAct's Kimberly Akimbo.
Photo: David Hsieh.

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