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ESTHER: "A toast. To Gillian." PAUL & DAVID: "To Gillian" RACHEL: "To Mommy." ESTHER: Who would be, who is, thirty-seven years young."

The cast in ReAct's To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

The Cast

(in order of appearance)

David
T.J. Langley
Rachel
Colleen Parker
Cindy
Casey Floresca
Paul
Matt Lovell
Kevin
Kathy Hsieh
Esther
Leilani Berinobis
Gillian
Roberta Furst

THE CAST PHOTO OF REACT'S "TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY"

The cast photo of ReAct's To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

Directed by
David Hsieh

DAVID: "What's life?" GILLIAN: "I asks myself but I get no answers."

T.J. Langley as David and Roberta Furst as Gillian in a moment from ReAct's To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

The Crew

Stage Manager
Rachel Rene
Production Designer
David Hsieh
Lighting Designer
Matt Shannon
Sound Designer
Maurice Smith
Sound Operator
Yeojin Chung
Set Construction
Seattle Scenic Studios
Light Board Programming Support
Lynne Ellis
Set & Lighting Crew
Gregory Berry
Yeojin Chung
Gregory Martin Heinzle
Melvin Inouye
Colleen Jones
Craig B. Wollam
Box Office Manager
David Hsieh
Box Office
Lorna Chin
Ellen Dessler
Marilyn Gonzalez
Cyndie Mastel
Edward Tonai

CINDY: "Hi, are they here?" PAUL: "Who they?" CINDY: "The people that live in this house."

Leilani Berinobis as Esther, Matt Lovell as Paul and Casey Floresca as Cindy in ReAct's To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

Reviews

>>BroadwayWorld.com (Preview)
>>SeattlePerforms.com
>>Seattle Times
>>International Examiner
>>Seattle Weekly
>>Patron Comments

RACHEL: "How about you and I do something special, just the two of us?"

Kathy Hsieh as Kevin with Colleen Parker as Rachel in the opening scene from Act 2 of ReAct's To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.
 
"TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY" GRAPHIC

To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday


By Michael Brady

March 23 - April 9, 2006
The Richard Hugo House

Credits | Program | Notes | Reviews | Thanks | Photos

DAVID: "I must give Esther credit. This is a big league surprise."
Casey Floresca as Cindy, T.J.
Langley as David and Kathy
Hsieh as Kevin in ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

  

RACHEL: "Happy Birthday Mommy."
Colleen Parker as Rachel with
Roberta Furst as Gillian in
a scene from ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

The Program

The Setting

A stretch of beach during the end of August.

ACT 1
Scene 1: After midnight.
Scene 2: The following morning.
Scene 3: Later that same afternoon.
Scene 4: That evening.

ACT 2
Scene 1: The following morning.
Scene 2: The base of an old lighthouse.
Scene 3: The house, later that same afternoon.
Scene 4: That evening.
Scene 5: The following morning.

RACHEL: "You see? He's been like this all week."
The cast in a moment from
Act 1 of ReAct's presentation
of To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

  

RACHEL: "If he likes her or she likes him, is up to them, isn't it? Well?"
Casey Floresca as Cindy
and Colleen Parker as Rachel
in ReAct's To Gillian
On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday

opened at the Ensemble Studio Theatre on 2 November 1983. The production moved to an off-Broadway run at the Circle in the Square, opening 22 March 1984.

Production Notes

>>ReAct's 2005 Staged Reading
>>Press Release and Publicity Photos

ReAct's production of To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday was produced by special arrangement with BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING, INC.

ESTHER: "You may think I enjoy unloading the car by myself. You would be wrong."
Leilani Berinobis as Esther,
Matt Lovell as Paul and Kathy
Hsieh as Kevin in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

  

CINDY: "Why are you called Kevin, anyway?"
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin and
Casey Floresca as Cindy
in ReAct's To Gillian
On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

Special Thanks To...

The Cast & Crew for production support and loaned costumes and props
Lorna Chin for production support
The Elliott Bay Book Company for promotional support
Consolidated Works for loaned lighting equipment
Brian Flora & Anneleen Severynen for production support
George Paul Glanzman for production support
The Gonzalez Family for loaned properties
Katinka Kraft & the Richard Hugo House for production support
The Moseley Family for loaned set pieces
Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for production support
Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center for donated rehearsal space
Laurie Shannon for loaned properties
Herb Tsuchiya for production support
Stewart A. Williams for donated graphic design services

KEVIN: "We were happy for a time. Then like the continents we drifted imperceptibly apart."
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin with T.J.
Langley as David in ReAct's
production of To Gillian
On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

  

ESTHER: "You made her very happy."
Leilani Berinobis as Esther
with T.J. Langley as David in
a scene from ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

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Photo Gallery

GILLIAN: "The waves are singing tonight."
Roberta Furst as Gillian
with T.J. Langley as David in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

KEVIN: "Beautiful. Exactly as you promised."
Matt Lovell as Paul and
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

DAVID: "You're my best girl, always and forever. I just want you to have what's best for you."
Colleen Parker as Rachel and
T.J. Langley as David in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

KEVIN: "David, it's probably not my business, but I can't imagine you not teaching."
T.J. Langley as David with
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

ESTHER: "Hi there, sailors, looking for a good time?"
Leilani Berinobis as Esther
with Matt Lovell as Paul and
T.J. Langley as David in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

GILLIAN: "Now I will have this child, since you're so set on it."
T.J. Langley as David and
Roberta Furst as Gillian in
a flashback scene from ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

ESTHER: "Rachel is worried that you are withdrawing from her, and that scares her."
Leilani Berinobis as Esther
and T.J. Langley as David
in ReAct's To Gillian On
Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

DAVID: "And I want you to come back in the morning and we'll run in the sand, and look for shooting stars."
Casey Floresca as Cindy with
T.J. Langley as David in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

ESTHER: "How did we ever let it get like this?"
Leilani Berinobis as Esther
with T.J. Langley as David in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

DAVID: "I think because I missed your mother so much, I forgot just how important you are to me, and how much I love you, and how much I need you."
Colleen Parker as Rachel and
T.J. Langley as David in ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

KEVIN: "It's not right if the woman asks the man?"
T.J. Langley as David with
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin in
a scene from ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

PAUL: "I saved this for you." DAVID: "From the freak file?"
Matt Lovell as Paul and
Casey Floresca as Cindy in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

KEVIN: "What's out there?" RACHEL: "Portugal eventually."
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin and
Colleen Parker as Rachel in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

ESTHER: "You know, I asked how you are, not how's Daddy...."
Matt Lovell as Paul with
Leilani Berinobis as Esther
and Colleen Parker as Rachel
in a scene from ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

DAVID: "What if I told you I've had a chance to think things through overnight, and decided to take the job on my own?"
Matt Lovell as Paul with
T.J. Langley as David in
a scene from ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

PAUL: "You be nice, or I won't tell you anymore jokes."
Matt Lovell as Paul in a
scene with Casey Floresca
as Cindy in ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

RACHEL: "."
Colleen Parker as Rachel with
Kathy Hsieh as Kevin in the
lighthouse scene of ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

CINDY: "How come you know all this junk?" PAUL: "I make it my business to know junk."
Matt Lovell as Paul and
Casey Floresca as Cindy in
ReAct's To Gillian On Her
37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

GILLIAN: "...I have found a watermelon. I'm going to be happy for the rest of my life."
The cast in a scene from ReAct's
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

RACHEL: "How's your dog?" DAVID: "Good." RACHEL: "Good."
T.J. Langley as David and
Colleen Parker as Rachel in
the final moment of ReAct's To
Gillian On Her 37th Birthday.
Photo: David Hsieh.

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