Plaza Suite Creative

Costumer
Amanda Magpoc
Amanda has enjoyed being both on and off stage at The Brecksville Theatre most recently as Sister Mary Patrick (Sister Act) and as the assistant stage manager of Newsies. Other favorite credits include costuming The 39 Steps and performing as Twink Futrelle in Southern Hospitality. She is pleased to continue making new friends in the ever growing theatre community and flexing her creative muscles.
Props Manager
Evelyn Stevens
Evelyn has been helping behind the scenes for over ten years and loves the backstage 'Ninja' life. One of her jobs consists of making sure the props are where they belong and the actors have them when they go on stage. She also helps the stage manager in any way she can. Her other theater job is to gather and/or create props to enhance each play. Evelyn is a member of The Brecksville Theatre’s Board of Directors. She is thrilled to be continuing her theater experience here in Brecksville.
Director
Lou Petrucci
Lou Petrucci is excited to be directing, for the first time, at The Brecksville Theatre. Having been involved in the arts more than half his life, Lou last appeared to Brecksville's audience over 15 years ago in the (nearly) all-teen production of Little Shop of Horrors as Mr. Mushnik. He received a BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and was the recipient of Broadway World Cleveland's 2020 Award of 'Best Director of the Decade' for his debut production of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps at The Cassidy Theatre, which he will be reviving this spring at Independence Community Theater. "Shout outs to B, Sarah, Amanda, Michele, and the entire cast for helping make this production what it is. To our audiences: we're glad you've come to play with us, and we hope you enjoy!"
Stage Manager
Sarah Armbruster
Lighting Designer
Michael Lenzo
Michael is pleased to be returning for yet another amazing show at The Brecksville Theatre! To name a few, his favorites include, “The Little Mermaid, “Grease”, “Jungle Book, and “Little Shop of Horrors”. Michael has been involved with OTH for over 20 years and is currently Technical Director, Director, Lighting and Sound Designer at East Cleveland Theater where they are currently undergoing a major renovation. His most recent set and lighting design at The Brecksville Theatre was The Sound of Music. Cast and crew, BREAK-A-LEG!
Sound Designer
The Brecksville Theatre
Set Design Build
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Original Creative Team

American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (1927-2018) is widely regarded as one of the most successful, prolific and performed playwrights in theatre history. In addition to Lost In Yonkers, which won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, his plays and musicals include Come Blow Your Horn, Little Me, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, The Star-Spangled Girl, Plaza Suite, Promises, Promises, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Gingerbread Lady, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys, The Good Doctor, God's Favorite, California Suite, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, I Ought to be in Pictures, Fools, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, The Odd Couple (female version), Broadway Bound, Rumors, Jake's Women, The Goodbye Girl, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, London Suite, Proposals, Hotel Suite, The Dinner Party, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Oscar and Felix, and Rose's Dilemma.

In addition to the film adaptations he wrote of many of his plays, his screenplay credits include After the Fox, The Out-Of-Towners, The Heartbreak Kid (original 1973 version), Murder by Death, The Cheap Detective, Seems Like Old Times, Only When I Laugh, Max Dugan Returns, The Slugger's Wife, The Marrying Man and The Odd Couple II. Other motion pictures based on stage plays include Come Blow Your Horn, Sweet Charity and The Star-Spangled Girl. For television, Mr. Simon wrote series, teleplays and motion pictures, including The Tallulah Bankhead Show, The Sid Caesar Show, The Phil Silvers Arrow Show, The Phil Silvers Show, The Garry Moore Show, The Trouble with People, ABC's Broadway Bound and Jake’s Women.

Books by Neil Simon include Rewrites, A Memoir, The Play Goes On, four omnibus collections of Neil Simon's plays (The Comedy Of Neil Simon, The Collected Plays Of Neil Simon, Vol. II, The Collected Plays Of Neil Simon, Vol. 3, The Collected Plays Of Neil Simon, Vol. 4) and Lost In Yonkers (screenplay).

Mr. Simon received more Academy and Tony nominations than any other writer. Awards he received include the Pulitzer Prize for Lost In Yonkers, Emmy Awards for The Sid Caesar Show and The Phil Silvers Show, Tony Awards for The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues, Lost In Yonkers and a special Tony Award For Overall Contribution To The Theatre. His nominations include Tony Award Nominations for Little Me, Barefoot in the Park, Plaza Suite, Promises, Promises, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Lost in Yonkers and The Goodbye Girl (musical). Other nominations include a Writers Guild Screen Award for The Odd Couple and The Out-Of-Towners, a Writers Guild Laurel Award, an American Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement and a Writers Guild Screen Award Nomination for Barefoot in the Park, as well as an Oscar Nomination for The Odd Couple, an Evening Standard Award, a Sam S. Shubert Foundation Award, Kennedy Center Honors, a UCLA Medal, a Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award and a William Inge Theater Festival Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater.