Media Resources: Biloxi Blues

Clayton Community Theatre presents Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, directed by Sam Hack.
Performances: Thursday - Saturday May 2, 3, 4, 9, and 11 at 8:00 p.m, Sundays May 5 and 12 at 2:00 p.m. (No performance Friday May 10)
Location: Washington University South Campus Theater, 6501 Clayton Road, Clayton MO
Director: Sam Hack
Full press release (PDF): coming soon
This well-known play, the second in Simon’s semi-autobiographical “Eugene trilogy,” centers on Eugene's observations of the contest of wills between his drill sergeant and an intellectual recruit at a Biloxi, Mississippi, Army base in 1943. Along the way, he loses his innocence in many ways. It is both a reflection on prejudice and people’s reaction to prejudice, and also hilariously funny from beginning to end; and it is the winner of multiple Tony awards. CCT plans to present the entire trilogy over three seasons.
More information about the play, on Wikipedia: at this link
Press photos: on Flicker at this link
Reviewer comp tickets available from the box office, by Email at tickets@placeseveryone.org, or by phone at 314-721-9228.
Media contact: Nathan Schroeder, media@placeseveryone.org
Design team:
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Director – Sam Hack
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Assistant Director – Erin Struckhoff
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Producer – Nathan Schroeder
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Set Designer – Andrew and Zac Cary
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Lighting Designer – Nathan Schroeder
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Costume Designer – Jean Heckmann
Cast:
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Eugene Morris Jerome – Patrick Blanner (AFL award winner for playing the same role in Brighton Beach Memoirs last season)
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Roy Selridge – Sam Guillemette (making his CCT debut)
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Donald Carney – Jeremy Schnelt (part of CCT’s production of Inherit the Wind, also well known at First Run Theater and the Theater Guild of Webster Groves)
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Arnold Epstein – Michael Bouchard (familiar to CCT audiences as Bo Decker in Bus Stop)
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Joseph Wykowski – Jack Lehmann (making his CCT debut)
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Sgt. Merwyn J. Toomey – Jeff Struckhoff (known to CCT audiences from Bus Stop, A View from the Bridge, and others)
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James Hennesey – Gregory Savel (part of CCT’s award-winning production of Macbeth)
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Rowena – Annie Valuska (often seen at First Run Theatre, Theater Guild of Webster Groves, and other venues, making her CCT debut)
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Daisy Hannigan – Amanda Crawford (making her CCT debut)