Neil Simon's Relationship Comedy Jake's Women at Costa Mesa Playhouse
Costa Mesa Playhouse (661 Hamilton Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627)
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The last date listed for Neil Simon's Jake's Women was Sunday February 28, 2010 / 2:00pm.
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17 Goldstar Member Reviews
Richard T.
Very clever and well acted. Gr8 date nite show. Much better than going to a movie.Written on Feb 15 2010
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pdagnew
A thought provoking exploration of one man's relationship with the women in his life and their influences on his happiness and sanity. The performances were smooth, yet real and extremely well executed. I felt close to the characters and became emotionally invested in each within a short period of time. This is a MUST see!Written on Feb 15 2010
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Morgan
First time at this theater. Comfortable and inviting place to watch a good show. Jake's Women doesn't quite make the good grade, though. Seemed to plod along with the performances not nearly good enough to bring out the best of this inward looking view of a writer's struggle to separate reality and fiction in his relationships with the women in his life.Written on Feb 15 2010
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This play was great. The intimate theater was wonderful and the actors fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of itWritten on Feb 08 2010
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Description
Costa Mesa Playhouse’s 44th season continues with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winner Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical examination of dysfunctional relationships between the sexes, Jake’s Women.
America's most successful playwright used his own troubled marital history as the basis for this wildly comic and moving study of successful but narcissistic writer Jake, who, still obsessed with the idyllic first wife who died years earlier, now faces a marital crisis with his second wife by conjuring up a series of imaginary encounters with the important women in his life, past and present, including both wives, his daughter both as a child and the young woman she is now, his boisterous sister, and his less-than-supportive analyst. Jake is a man lost in the most terrifying place a writer can imagine – his own mind. The play is directed by Michael Dale Brown, who last helmed the playhouse’s critically acclaimed 2009 production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? John Sturgeon plays Jake in his second Costa Mesa role, having appeared there previously in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. He has been a mainstay at Long Beach’s Found Theatre for the last decade. Another Found Theatre regular, Kay Richey, who plays Jake’s acerbic sister, has performed several times at the playhouse, most recently in Sordid Lives.
The remaining cast, although new to the Costa Mesa Playhouse, have appeared widely throughout Orange and L.A. Counties and beyond. Cast as Jake’s current wife Maggie, Leslie Ivarson is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Camille Lacey, who plays Jake’s late first wife, is a fitness instructor and soccer coach who played a lead role in the film Creepshow 3.
Also in the cast: Cleta Cohen is a 30-year veteran of local theater; Rene Bordelon has appeared at the Maverick Theater, Wesminster CLO, and Yorba Linda CLO; Lorelai Hibbard is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of New York City; and Taylor Rich is a former Annie.
About the Ticket Supplier: Costa Mesa Playhouse
The Costa Mesa Playhouse is a 73-seat, not-for-profit, Community Theater that has been serving greater Orange County for over 40 years. The Playhouse is dedicated to presenting affordable, quality, live theater in a comfortable and intimate setting, and to offering the talented actors, singers, dancers, and stage craftspeople of Orange County a welcoming environment in which to practice their craft. With a season running from September through June and five productions per season, the Playhouse offers a diverse array of plays and musicals to our theatergoing public.