The Ritz

The farce is set in a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, where unsuspecting heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci. There Gaetano stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters, including a rabid chubby chaser, go-go boys, a squeaky-voiced detective, and Googie Gomez, a third-rate Puerto Rican entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom he mistakes for a man in drag. Further complications arise when Gaetano’s wife Vivian tracks him down and jumps to all the wrong conclusions about his sexual orientation.

Cast

• Abe: Herb Rovitz
• Claude Perkins: Bill Greeley
• Gaetano Proclo: Daniel Scott
• Chris: Wayne Markover
• Michael Brick: Jeff Garrigan
• Googie Gomez: Candy Pittari
• Maureen: Marilyn Spitzer
• Tiger: Fred Frick
• Duff: John Collins
• Carmine Vespucci: Stephen Kiss
• Vivian Proclo: Teena Grant
• A Patron: Gene Possidento
• A Patron: Ken Sharp
• A Patron: Peter Steckler
• A Patron: Jonathan Steckler
• A Patron: Ed Whalen
• A Patron: Peter Jacobellis Gregus
• A Patron: Tony Orwin
• A Patron: John P. Schutz

Production Staff / Crew

• Director: James Loranger
• Producer: Bill Lauer
• Producer: Jocelyn Beckman Murphy
• Assistant Director: Don McMahon
• Set Designer: Robert Sven Olson
• Costume Designer: Kathleen Stanton
• Costume Designer: Fred Frick
• Lighting Designer: Robert Sven Olson
• Lighting Designer: Don McMahon
• Stage Manager: Tina Solomon
• Property Designer: Barbara Coleman
• Technical Director: David Vogel
• Sound Designer: James Loranger