Neil Simon’s most successful play ever follows the lives of the two most famous mismatched roommates ever: Felix Ungar, a neurotic fusspot news writer, and Oscar Madison, a slovenly sports journalist. The laughs are non-stop in this classic hit from one of America’s greatest comedy writers. Director - Peter Moore
Stage Manager - Marie Strampe
Lighting Designer - Barry Nelson
Sound Designer - Jonathan Mansk
Costume Designer - A. Emily Heaney
Property Designer - Teresa Rankin
Scenic Designer - Adam Terry

Oscar Madison - Zach Curtis*
Felix Ungar - Ari Hoptman
Murray - Mitch Bernston
Vinnie - Dale Pfeilsticker
Roy - Al Broeffle
Speed - Andrew Browers
Gwendolyn Pigeon - Karen Wiese Thompson
Cecily Pigeon - Leslie Ball

*Member, Actor’s Equity Association

---

	Zach Curtis (Oscar)   At PBP (onstage): The Music Man (Harold Hill), The Foreigner (Ellard Simms), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II voice), Born Yesterday (Harry Brock)   Zach Curtis has appeared with dozens of Twin Cities theaters, including The Guthrie (His Girl Friday, Night of the Iguana), Park Square (Of Mice and Men), Theater Pro Rata (Metamorphoses, Killer Joe), and most recently traveled to Norfolk, VA to play the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol at Virginia Stage Company.
	Ari Hoptman (Felix)   At PBP: Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Ira Stone), The Foreigner (Charlie Baker), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Barney Cashman), Born Yesterday (Paul Verrall)   Ari Hoptman is an actor, comedian, and playwright who has worked with Park Square Theater, The Great American History Theater, Theater in the Round, The Illusion, Fifty-Foot Penguin Theater, Pigs Eye, Pioneer Place, and others. He has written and performed several one-person comedy shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and Fifty Foot Penguin premiered his comedy "I Married Odin" and his drama "The President Once Removed." http://arihoptman.com/
	Mitch Bernston (Murray)
	Dale Pfeilsticker (Vinnie) At PBP: The Drawer Boy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Born Yesterday
	Alexander Broeffle: (Roy)   PBP stage debut   Alexander Broeffle is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Theatre at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, where he most recently played Orlando in As You Like It. He would like to thank his family and friends for providing him the support he has needed to pursue his dreams.
	Andrew Browers (Speed)   At PBP: The Music Man
	Karen Wiese Thompson (Gwendolyn Pigeon)   At PBP: The Music Man (Eulalie Shinn), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Carol), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Nurse Ratched), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Elaine Navazio), Harvey (Veta Louise)    Karen has performed with dozens of theaters in the Twin Cities, including Park Square (The Heiress, Noises Off, Arsenic and Old Lace), Fifty Foot Penguin (I Married Odin, The Quick and the Red, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), 10000 Things (Good Person of Setzchwan, Waiting for Godot, Little Shop of Horrors, Raskol), Torch Theatre (Miracle Worker, MacBeth) as well as Joking Apart, Pigs Eye, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, Gremlin, Theatre in the Round, Starting Gate, Troupe America and Theatre L’Homme Dieu.
	Leslie Ball (Cecily Pigeon) At PBP: The Music Man (Mrs. Paroo), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Jeanette)
	Peter Moore (Director)   At PBP: The Foreigner   Peter Moore has directed in the Twin Cities at the Guthrie, Torch Theater, Park Square, Hennepin Stages, History Theatre, the University of Minnesota, Illusion Theater, The Playwright’s Lab, Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Theatre in the Round and Actors Theatre of Minnesota. Other directing credits include Off- Broadway’s York Theater, the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Playwright’s Premiere Theatre in Williamsburg VA and the San Diego Rep. He is currently the artistic director of Ten Buck Theater in Minneapolis.
	Marie Strampe (Stage Manager)   At PBP: The Foreigner   Marie holds a B.A.. in Theatre from St. Olaf College. She has stage managed for Stages Theatre Company (Baseball Saved Us, The House at Pooh Corner), Park Square Theatre (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill), and the New Theater Group (Killer Smile) and interned for the Guthrie Theater (A Christmas Carol) and The Children’s Theatre Company (Iqbal). Most recently, she child supervised Caroline, or Change at the Guthrie Theater as part of their Tony Kushner Celebration.
	Barry Nelson (Lighting Designer)   At PBP: The Music Man, Three Days of Rain, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Foreigner, Little Shop of Horrors, The Pavilion, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Born Yesterday, Harvey, Don’t Hug Me
	A. Emily Heaney (Costume Designer)   At PBP: The Music Man, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Foreigner, Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Born Yesterday, Guys and Dolls
	Teresa Rankin (Properties Designer)   At PBP: Resident Properties Designer, 2006-2009   Teresa Rankin is a freelance theatre artist from Thief River Falls, MN and a graduate from the Bemidji State University Theatre Department.
	Jon Mansk (Sound Designer)   At PBP: The Foreigner, Laughter on the 23rd Floor
	Adam Terry (Scenic Designer)   PBP design debut; Technical Director for 2008 and 2009 seasons