The Concord Players present
Sketch of Clifford Brown - Artist Dick Freniere

 

written by
Warren Leight

directed by
Michael Jacobs

produced by
Gail Gauthier

non tobacco cigarettes
and mature language
are used in this production.

However, no guns are fired
and you'll see no nudity.

Also you'll hear
some good jazz.

Peter Marks, The New York Times, March 12, 1998

"Side Man is both heartbreaking and touching, a play of true feeling, full of affection for its characters and insight about the events it conjures. The Leight touch, it seems, is a light touch. Free of soggy lyricism that can bog down a play of this nature, Side Man recounts the story of a broken family in plain, wry terms. One of the grandest things about it is that when it's over, you look for heroes and villains, and discover only people."

Clive Barnes, New York Post, March 12, 1998

"...Leight handles the unhappy family scenario (an enabling only child holding together an alcoholic mother and a jazz-obsessed father) with considerable skill, and his insights into the jazz scene - especially the place in history of a certain group of players, from Claude Thornhill onward, right through to legendary bop-trumpeter Clifford Brown and his tragic death - are fascinating."

Robert Daniels, Variety, March 16-22, 1998

"Playwright Warren Leight, whose father was a sideman, incisively captures the pulse and climate of the New York jazz scene, with crisp dialogue and clearly drawn characters. What appears on the surface to be a familiar domestic drama subtly reflects the passing of an era with persuasive insight."

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82nd season, 2002

February
8, 9
15, 16, 17 (mat)
22, 23

evenings at 8:00
matinees at 2:30


early rehearsal
later rehearsal
Act I rehearsal
Act II rehearsal
Production
backstage

News


 

Listen to Clifford Brown's Night in Tunesia solo

The Cast
Clifford
Robert
De Vivo
Gene
Larry Jay
Tish
Ziggy
Gordon
Ellis
Al
Mark
Baumhardt
Jonesy
Mark
Soucy
Terry
Lida
McGirr
Patsy
Meghan
Snowden

 

The Production Crew
Director
Mike Jacobs
Producer
Gail Gauthier
Asst to Prod
Marilyn Cugini
Stage Mgr
Amanda Lagovich
Props
Props
Katie Blair
Light Design
Rick Shamel
Sound Design
Mark Elliott
Set Design
Matthew Rabkin
Head Set Construction
David Atwood
Costumes
Pat Kane
Make up
Jack Wickwire
publicity
Stefanie Cloutier
Photography
Rik Pierce
Program
Iain Bason

 

Other productions:

The Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
San Jose Rep, San Jose, Calif
Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix

 

A CurtainUp Interview with Warren Leight

Jerry Jazzman interview

Curtain Up second thoughts