Cast:
 

Willie Clark......................................Bob Doherty

Al Lewis........................................Peter Gilchrist

Ben Silverman................................Scott Thomas

Registered Nurse...............................Bet O’Toole

The Announcer.................................David Alston

The Patient.....................................Gilbert Boyce

Eddie............................................Brian Bordage

Phil Schaefer................................Phil Blackmore

Nurse in Skit......................................Amy Albert

Production:
 

Director...........................................Jay Rawding

Costumes.........................................Tina Fowler

Stage Manager..............................Tammy Boyer

Set.....Brian Goodwin, Les Terry, Chad Humphries

Head of Properties.............................Kiki Tanfara

Assistant Stage Manager...................Kiki Tanfara

Lighting..........................................Darik Hatfield

Make-up Design...................Marzena Mackowiak

Sound Design...................................Blaine Leroy

Hair Stylist..................................Woody Comeau

Review

Saint John Theatre Company’s The Sunshine Boys is Community Theatre at its Best

"No more than five minutes into the opening scene and you know it's going to be a totally entertaining evening of theatre. Comedy, highlighted by well timed slapstick, edged with a certain poignancy and all wrapped up with a flourish of dialogue and one-liners, you'd expect from one of the masters of the genre.  Saint John Theatre Company's production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys brings light, sparkle and warmth to a piece of popular theatre, while giving two local actors a wonderful chance to shine…This is a play that stands or falls on the ability of two mature actors. Clark and Lewis are on stage almost the entire evening and have to carry the full impact of the action. Bob Doherty, Willie, and Peter Gilchrist, Al, have everything it takes and are the major reasons for the success of this production....Doherty invests his one word, 'Enter' with more manic glee than you would think possible and Gilchrist's gestures as he describes the desirable female needed to play the nurse in their sketch, are as deliciously graphic as they are amusingly politically incorrect. (Whatever that may mean today)....With a focused performance from Scott Thomas as the straight man nephew, solid back-up from six actors in small parts, crisp staging and a character-led direction from Jay Rawding, this rates among the best community theatre I've seen”. 

Joanna Manning, Telegraph Journal, May 20, 2005

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