Alpena Civic Theatre Presents

Love, Sex and the I.R.$.

By Billy VanZandt and
Jane Milmore

Love, Sex and the I.R.S.
is presented through special arrangement with
Samuel French
45 West 25th Street
New York, NY

Presented By
Director: Carol Witherbee
Asstistant Director: Julie Meyers

Love, Sex and the I.R.S., is a wild farce with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities and hilarious comic lines. Jon Trachtman (Matt Kolar) and Leslie Arthur (Nathan Sumerix) are out of work musicians who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has taken advantage of Leslie's gender ambiguous name and has been filing tax returns listing the pair as a married couple. The day of reckoning comes when the Internal Revenue Service informs the "couple" they're going to be investigated by their auditor, Mr. Spinner (Ron Ross). In order to deceive Spinner, Leslie masquerades as a housewife, aided by Jon's fiancé, Kate ( Tonya Byzewski). Complicating matters further, Leslie and Kate are having an affair behind Jon's back. Just when you think it can't get any worse for Jon and Leslie, Jon's mother (Thelma Stevens) drops in unexpectedly to meet her son's fiancé, and Leslie's ex girlfriend, Connie (Julie Hanna) shows up demanding to know why Leslie has changed and won't see her anymore. Throw in a meddling building Super, Mrs. Jansen (Donna Roussin) and a new age priest (Chip Lavely) and the plot boils with hilarious situation after hilarious situation.

Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. was Billy Van Zandt's and Jane Milmore's first collaboration in 1979. Since then they have written over 20 plays together, all listed with Samuel French. Both are writers, actors and producers with a long list of credits to their name. When not writing stage plays they deal mostly with television projects. They have an offbeat sense of humor that audiences connect with.

Despite their long successful collaboration they are not married to one another. Van Zandt is married to actress-director Adrienne Barbeau and Milmore is married to writer-producer Richard Vaczy; the first and only spouse for both.

Written by: Harry Johnson

On The Stage of Love, Sex and the I.R.S.…

The Cast

NATHAN SUMERIX * - Leslie Arthur
MATT KOLAR - Jon Trachtman
TONYA BYZEWSKI - Kate Dennis
RON ROSS - Floyd Spinner
DONNA ROUSSIN - Mrs. Jansen
THELMA STEVENS - Vivian Trachtman
JULIE HANNAH * - Connie
CHIP LAVELY - Arnold Grunion

* marks a first appearance on Civic's stage

Production People…

Sets Design: Chip Lavely
Costume Design: Marilyn Kettler
Lighting and Sound Design: Jay Kettler
Photography: Bronwyn Woolman
Box Office: Fran Hamp
Program Insert: Harry Johnson
Property Master: Maureen Carney
Publicity: Cary Keller, Evelyn Hunter
House Manager: Terry Carlson
Stage Manager: Maureen Carney
Outside Sign: Grace Morrison

The Crews…

Set Crew
Jackie Herbert
Jake Meyers

Construction Chief
Adam Pieczynski

Set Construction
Damien Taratuta
Richard Cardinal

Set Artist
Nancy Mead

Lighting Technician
Jay Kettler

Sound Technician
Tom Carney

Costume Assistants
Carolyn Reneaud

Props
Maureen Carney

Prompters
Maureen Carney
Jake Meyers
Julie Meyers

Box Office
Lois Darga
Bea Diamond
Alexandra Hamp
Fran Hamp
Paula Van Wagnen
Bronwyn Woolman

Picture Board
Fran Hamp
Bronwyn Woolman

Intermission Refreshments
Lorraine Shultz

Ushers
Jessica Krueger
Jake Meyers
Julie Meyers
Ed & Julie Scott

Stage Crew
Jackie Herbert
Jake Meyers

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