Michael Gilbert (Andrew Makepeace Ladd III) taught high school theatre in NYC for 33 years. Since retirement his credits have included Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Big Daddy) with Villagers, Art (Marc) with Pennington Players, A Christmas Carol (Marley’s ghost) and Grand Horizons (Bill French) at Playhouse 22, The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (Scrooge) and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Msgr. Ryan) with MTM Players, Our Town (Constable Warren), Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theseus) and The Importance of Being Earnest (Canon Chasuble) with Shakespeare ‘70, and The Crucible (Danforth) at Shawnee Playhouse.

Stephanie Long (Director) is grateful to have been given the opportunity to be directing this beautiful piece for Center Players.  Her career has been mostly on the stage.  She numbers among her favorite roles Mrs. Peacock in Clue, Auntie Mame in Mame, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Carmen Bernstein in Curtains, Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, Aunt Abby in Arsenic and Old Lace, Lady Alice in A Man for All Seasons, Sheila in The Boys Next Door, Truvy in Steel Magnolias, The Old Lady in Sunday in the Park with George and Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit for which she received Perry Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and recipient of the 2011 Perry Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play as Ethel Rogers in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. She hopes the audience enjoys this piece as much as she enjoyed directing it.