Life Sentences was first produced at the Second Stage Theatre, New York City (Carole Rothman, artistic director and Suzanne Schwartz-Davidson, producing director) on 9th November 1993.
Synopsis
Burke, a literature professor at a small upstate New York college, has invited a Polish emigré novelist to give a lecture, as well as spend the night at the house he shares with his girlfriend Mia, who is some twenty years younger than Burke. The presence of this attractive foreigner exposes Burke’s and Mia’s hopes, dreams, delusions and regrets. Ironic and very funny, Life Sentences is a tale about loneliness and the hopeless struggle to know where we belong.
| Director | John Caird |
| Scenic Design | Thomas Lynch |
| Lighting Design | Richard Nelson |
| Costume Design | Ann Roth |
| Sound Design | Mark Bennett |
| Hair Design | Antonio Soddu |
| Production Stage Manager | Marjorie Horne |
| Press Representative | Richard Kornberg |
| Casting by | Meg Simon (CSA) |
| Stage Manager | Mark Cole |
| Associate Producer | Carol Fishman |
| Artistic Director | Carole Rothman |
| Producing Director | Suzanne Schwartz Davidson |
| Assistant to the Director | Randall Sommer |
| Assistant Set Designer | Matthew Bliss |
| Assistant Lighting Designer | Archie Wilson |
| Assistant Costume Designer | Sue Gandy |
| Properties | Dave Kutos |
| Master Electrician | Timothy Walsh |
| Wardrobe Supervisor | Nanci Moy |
| Light Board Operator | Mara Fishman |
| Sound Board Operator | Pia P. Clemente |
| Flyman | Matthew Winter |
| Deck Crew | Katherine Tarbox |
| Merchandising | Ruth Sussman Associates |
Production Acknowledgements
| Scenery by | Acadia Scenic Studios |
| Lighting Equipment by | Production Arts Lighting |
| Kitchen Appliances by | Krup, N.A. |
| Glassware courtesy of | Libbey Glass Company |
| Garden Supplies by | Stan Saul |
| Kitchen Utensils courtesy of | Life Time Hoan Corporation |
| Special thanks | Marketing consultants: Phyllis K. Robinson / Stanley Kovics / Jed Bernstein / Judy Teller / Meredith Muncy |