2011 Season

Unexpected Tenderness

Drama May 5-28, 2011
Unexpected Tenderness
Drama May 5-28, 2011

This poignant drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family in Massachusetts is structured as a memory play. Roddy Stern recalls what it was like growing up in a family dominated by his paranoid and pathologically jealous father, a truck driver who lurked outside his house instead of working to catch his wife with other men. A long suffering and abused saint, Roddy’s mother raised two children in this difficult environment. Roddy’s complex father is portrayed as a loving man with a demon inside that he fights but cannot exorcize. He eventually loses all control and drives away the family he loves.


Cast & Creative

Director Scot Whitney
Scenic Designer Jill Carter
Costume Designer Darren Mills
Lighting Designer David Nail
Sound Designer Gina Salerno
Fight Director Robert MacDougall
Dialect Coach Valerie Mamches
Dialect Coach Andrew Gordon
Stage Manager Kate Arvin
Katie Griffith Sylvie Stern
Jason Haws Archie/Roddy Stern (the elder)
Aaron Hobbs Willie
Jackson Jones Roddy Stern (the younger)
Kate Parker Molly Stern
Walayn Sharples Haddie Stern
David Wright Jacob Stern