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Open Admissions   
a new American drama

 
Music Box Theatre , (1/29/1984 - 2/12/1984)
First Preview:Jan 24, 1984 Total Previews:7
Opening Date:Jan 29, 1984   
Closing Date:Feb 12, 1984 Total Performances:17

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: In and near Calvin's and Ginny's Manhattan apartments and in a public college in New York City. One day in January, the present.


Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Irving Berlin and The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Stevie Phillips; Produced in association with Universal Pictures; Associate Producer: Bonnie Champion
Presented in the fall of 1982 at The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director); Based on the author's one act entitled "Open Admissions" which was originally produced at The Ensemble Studio Theatre (Curt Dempster: Artistic Director)
Written by Shirley Lauro
Directed by Elinor Renfield
Scenic Design by David Gropman; Costume Design by Ann Roth and Gary Jones; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Sound Design by Chuck London Media and Stewart Werner
General Manager: The Kingwill Office; Assistant to the General Manager: Susan Sampliner
Production Stage Manager: Paul Phillips; Stage Manager: Michael J. Frank
General Press Representative: Shirley Herz Associates; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne and Jon Wilner; Fight direction by Nels Hennum; Photographer: Martha Swope; Casting: Meg Simon and Fran Kumin; Press Associate: Peter Cromarty and Sam Rudy
Cast
Calvin Levels Calvin Jefferson
Marilyn Rockafellow Ginny Carlsen
Nan-Lynn Nelson Salina Jones
Calvin's sister
Pam Potillo Georgia Jones
Calvin's niece
Sloane Shelton Professor Clare Block
Maura Erin Sullivan Cathy Carlsen
Ginny's daughter
Vincent D'Onofrio Nick Rizzoli
Una Kim
Broadway debut		 Kitty Shim
Evan Miranda Juan Rivera
C.C.H. Pounder
Broadway debut		 Mrs. Brewster
Kevin Tighe Peter Carlsen
Ginny's husband
Standby: Joy Franz (Ginny Carlsen)
Understudies: June Angela (Kitty Shim), Tahra Takeesha Brown (Georgia Jones), Al Ferrer (Juan Rivera, Nick Rizzoli), Richard Fitzpatrick (Peter Carlsen), Faith Geer (Mrs. Brewster, Professor Clare Block), C.C.H. Pounder (Salina Jones) and Jessica Rubinstein (Cathy Carlsen)
1984 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Calvin Levels [nominee]
1984 Theatre World Award
winnerCalvin Levels [winner]
1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
 Marilyn Rockafellow [nominee]
1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 Calvin Levels [nominee]