What the Butler Saw September 11, 2010

The Prentices are not an ordinary couple. Dr. Prentice is a psychiatrist with his own hospital who believes that the best way to interview a girl for a job is to seduce her. Geraldine Barclay does her best to comply, but nothing is going to work smoothly in this nut house that includes Mrs. Prentice, a nymphomaniac who is seduced by a bellhop in a hotel, or maybe it’s vice versa. Mrs. Prentice brings home her reluctant bellhop just as the state inspector decides to pay a visit to the hospital. What ensues is a wild melee of disappearances, disguises and discoveries as husband and wife try to hide their prizes from the inspector and from one another. What the Butler Saw premiered in London's West End in 1969, two years after rising star playwright Orton was bludgeoned to death with a hammer by his male lover at the age of 34. The play has never had a Broadway production. What The Butler Saw’s Off-Broadway run was hailed as, "Hilarious, outrageous...wonderfully verbal" by The New York Times.

The Gallery Players’ What the Butler Saw stars: Emily Taplin Boyd, Nat Cassidy*(2009 IT Award Outstanding Full-Length play, The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots), Tom Cleary* (Urinetown, The House of Blue Leaves, The Gallery Players), Nicole Fitzpatrick*, Kane Prestenback*, and David Sedgwick* (The Pearl Theatre Company; New National Theatre, Tokyo) *appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Zac Hoogendyk directs What the Butler Saw at The Gallery Players, the producer is Neal J. Freeman for The Gallery Players. The set designer is Starlet Jacobs (14th Annual BB New Play Festival, The Gallery Players), the costume designer is Erica Evans. Austin R. Smith is the lighting designer, properties master is Dustin Cross (City of Angels, The Gallery Players), and the sound designer is Ann Warren. The Associate producer is Alanna Degner and the production stage manager is Katherine Schroeder.

What the Butler Saw opens Saturday, September 11, 2010 and continues Thursdays and Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm and 8 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm through Sunday, September 26, 2010.

Official Website: http://galleryplayers.com/plays/butler/