Don't Drink the Water

by Woody Allen

Presented March 2005 at the Norway Grange

Sponsored by The Lake Store and Rupert & Suzanne Grover.

Directed by Kenn Sawyer.

A cascade of comedy and a solid hit of Broadway, this affair takes place inside an American embassy behind the Iron Curtain (circa 1963).

An American tourist, a caterer by trade, and his wife and daughter rush into the embassy two steps ahead of the communist police who suspect them of spying and picture taking. It's not much of a refuge, for the ambassador is absent and his son, now in charge, has been expelled from a dozen countries and the continent of Africa. Nevertheless, they carefully and frantically plot their escape, and the ambassador’s son and the caterer's daughter even have time to fall in love.

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Cast
Father Drobney	James Magee
Ambassador Magee	Chris Easton
Kilroy	Kathy Davis
Axel Magee	Peter Morrison
Marion Hollander	Paula Easton
Walter Hollander	Elton Cole
Susan Hollander	Genevieve Bourgeois
Krojak	Tom Littlefield
Krojak's assistant	Kyle Martin
Burns	Tristan Abbott
Chef	Andrew Mills
Sultan of Bashir	Dennis Twitchell
Sultan's Wife	Jessica Owen
Kashar	Stephen Sessions
Countess Bordoni	Sally Jones

Crew
Producers	Elton Cole and Claire Sessions
Director	Kenn Sawyer
Stage manager	Stephen Sessions
Lights	John Farr
Hair stylist	Susan Cairns
Props and costumes	Jane Mills, Linda Sturdivant
Set construction	Claire Sessions, Stephen Sessions, Dennis Twitchell, Michael Davis, Tom Littlefield, Kenn Sawyer, Elton Cole
Set painter	Diana Tozier
Publicity	Sally Jones
Poster, program, tickets	Richard McIntosh
House manager	Michael Davis
Sound	Kyle Martin
Stage hands	Tristan Abbott, Jessica Owen, Kyle Martin