Fools

Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for 200 years and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes Stupid. But, he has fallen in love with a girl so Stupid that she has only recently learned how to sit down.

Cast

• Leon Tolchinsky: Brian Simpson
• Snetsky: Ted Neuhoff
• Magistrate: Jack Fisher
• Magistrate: Ed Thom
• Slovitch: Gene Gugig
• Mishkin: Daniel Scott
• Yencha: Iris Weinhouse
• Dr. Zubritsky: Howie Simons
• Lenya Zubritsky: Mary Minichiello
• Sophia Zubritsky: Tricia Pandolfi
• Count Gregor Yousekovitch: Paul Russo
• Villager: Donna Buckalter
• Villager: Evelyn Josephs Russo

Production Staff / Crew

• Director: Bernie Garzia
• Scenic Designer: Robert Sven Olson
• Costume Designer: Elisabeth Lynch
• Lighting Designer: Michael Greene
• Technical Director: David Vogel
• Technical Director: Daniel Scott
• Stage Manager: Debbi Fleckenstein
• Producer: Maggie Klappas Scott