Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys
in partnership with Argenta Contemporary Theatre
Wed., Sept. 11-21 | Various Times | ACT II
Sharon Heflin Performing Arts Center
315 Main Street Suite B
North Little Rock, AR 72114
The play stars Little Rock’s P. Jay Clark as Willie Clark and New York native Freddy Geils as Al Lewis who were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries,
and laughs.
The Sunshine Boys is directed by ACT Producing Artistic Director Vincent Insalaco. The show also features Greg Fallon, Satia Spencer and Kristen Phantazia Smith.
Performances run September 11-21. Evening performances begin at 7:30pm and the Sunday matinee begins at 2pm. Ticket prices are $38 and are available at argentacontemporarytheatre.org. Opening Night tickets are available at ACANSA.org.
The Sunshine Boys is The City of North Little Rock. ACT is a 501c3 non-profit organization that is committed to serving the community through education and advancement of the performing arts. Through arts programming, ACANSA strengthens the cultural vitality of the entire community. argentacontemporarytheatre.org
The Sunshine Boys is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
P. JAY CLARK
as Willie Clark
Recently seen as Charles the Great in ACT’s Pippin. Favorite roles: Monsignor O’Hara in Sister Act, Panch in …Spelling Bee, & Mr. Pinky in Hairspray (Arkansas Rep); Father in Ragtime and Ben Stone in Follies (Argenta); Officer Lockstock in Urinetown (Studio); Jesse Dunlap in Inherit the Wind (Wheelock Family Theater- Boston); Pseudolus in …Forum (Benton’s Royal Players); Carl in Lonely Planet (The Weekend Theater). Jay is a pastor at Pulaski Heights UMC in Little Rock.
GREG FALLON
An actor with over 40 professional credits, Greg Fallon is excited to be appearing in his 4th Argenta production. His favorite roles include Father Flynn in “Doubt”, Scar in “The Lion King”, Jacob Marley in “A Christmas Carol”, and Barry Cone in the feature film “Close Calls,” He is a proud member of the Screen Actors’ Guild and wishes to thank his wife Lori and daughters Sydney and Mallory for their constant love and near-constant hazing.
SATIA SPENCER
Satia Spencer is a mezzo-soprano and veteran who honorably served in the U.S Marine Corps. She also serves as a music educator for the LRSD, clinician, and sponsor for various youth music and theater programs in the central Arkansas region. She directed Spirit Trickey Tawfig’s One Ninth for ACT and as also appeared in Memphis, The Musical, Godspell, as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music and Sarah in Ragtime. Other notable stage credits include Stepmother in Into the Woods (The Rep), Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (TWT), Miss Andrew and Miss Correy in Mary Poppins (MDP), Celeste in Troubled Island (OITR), Miss Hannigan in Annie (Praeclara), and Alice’s Daughter in Big River (AST). Choose love, for love will stand when all else falls.
KRISTEN PHANTAZIA SMITH
FREDDY GEILS
as Al Lewis