"I used to think that state aid to the theatre was the
solution. There should be state aid, of course, but I've grown
frightened of people who hold the money.
Bureaucrats are dangerous in any art, in any land. It
would be fine if government would put in the money and then go mind its
business. But it won't."
-Lillian Hellman
1962
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Production Photographs of
DROP HAMMER
Scroll down to see the Cast in Action.
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THE SHOWDOWN
Union Organizer Dave Sigmund (Tim Eimiller, center) is caught quite
literally in the middle as union President Stanley Gorski (David A.
Hoffmann, left) and the union's Financial Secretary Carl Morgan (Victor
Morales, right) battle over the question of missing funds. |
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THE HOTSEAT
In the raucous union meeting, President Stanley Gorski (David A.
Hoffmann, standing center) puts his case to union Organizer Dave Sigmund
(Tim Eimiller, seated left) as the rest of the assemblage -- clockwise
starting upper left: Ted Walkowiak (Brian
Zybala*), Cedric Thompson (Robert "Hodie"
Hodas*), Wally Gawrys (Erik Eimiller), Edie
Bennett (Anthony Tyrpak*), Gene Smoyer (Guy DeFedericis*), Howie Evans
(Marshall
Maxwell*), and "Kewpie" Fleischauer (Kevin Dennis)
-- holler and shout.
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BOILING OVER
The union meeting goes wild as Financial Secretary Carl Morgan (Victor
Morales, center) throws down the gauntlet to President Stanley Gorski
(David A. Hoffmann, left). Other meeting members from left to
right: Organizer Dave Sigmund (Tim Eimiller, seated left), Cedric
Thompson (Robert "Hodie"
Hodas*), Eddie Bennett (Anthony
Tyrpak*), Howie Evans (Marshall
Maxwell*), "Kewpie"
Fleischauer (Kevin Dennis, down center), Willie Clifford (Anthony
Giambrone), Bill Payne (Tom Izard*, far right). |
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DOWN WITH DAISIES
A less than sober "Kewpie" Fleischauer (Kevin Dennis, center)
spits ire at union President Stanley Gorski (David A. Hoffmann, left) as
bartender Louie (Leon S. Copeland,
Jr.*, right) tries to keep order.
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DANCING HIS TROUBLES
AWAY
Playfully dancing to stripper music, Carl Morgan (Victor Morales, right)
bumps and grinds his way over to his unamused wife Mildred (Betsy Bittar,
center) under the impatient watch of bartender Louie (Leon S. Copeland,
Jr*, left). |
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THE FOUR SHOUTERS
The Four Shouters -- the union's diligent wreckers and splitters --
belly up to the bar. From left to right: Bill Payne (Tom
Izard*), Gene Smoyer (Guy DeFedericis*), Howie Evans (understudy Brian
Zybala*), and Willie Clifford (Anthony Giambrone).
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THE BUCK STOPS HERE
Financial Secretary Carl Morgan (Victor Morales) has to find some quick
answers as meets with the union's national auditor Frank Ryan (Jack
Agugliaro, right). |
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THE WHOLE TEAM!
The entire cast of DROP HAMMER with Director Kurt
Schneiderman* (down center left), stage manager Virginia
Brannon* (far right top), and the playwright himself, Manny
Fried* (down far right).
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* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
Photography by Kurt Schneiderman.
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