Southgate to do Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

Photo courtesy of Southgate Community Players

Daniel Bartram (left) of Taylor plays Eugene Jerome with Joshua LaPeer of Allen Park as his older brother Stanley. The Southgate Community Players will perform Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach memoirs" at 8 p.m. Feb. 3, 4, 10 and 11 at Davidson Middle School, 15800 Trenton Road in Southgate.


By SUE SUCHYTA

            The Southgate Community Players open Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical comedy “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at Davidson Middle School, 15800 Trenton Road in Southgate for a two weekend run.

TICKETS

            Tickets are $13 for adults and $11 for seniors and students. For more information, call (734) 282-4727 or go to www.scponstage.com.

 FIRST IN A TRILOGY

            The heartfelt comedy, the first in a trilogy, centers on 15-year-old Eugene Jerome, an aspiring writer whose thoughts center on baseball and sex.

 HEARTACHE AND LAUGHTER

            The trials and tribulations of growing up in a crowded Jewish household on the eve of World War 2 provide both heartache and laughter.

DOWNRIVER CAST

            The cast include Daniel Bartram of Taylor as Eugene, Kelly Klug of Lincoln Park as matriarch Kate Jerome, Richard Alder Jr. of Westland as patriarch Jack Jerome and Joshua LaPeer of Allen Park as Stanley.

            Aunt Blanche is played by Liza Boos of Lincoln Park, with Trenton residents Taylor Towers and Taeryn McCardell respectively playing Nora and Laurie.