Tucked in a northern harbor town is the Bayview Playhouse a Community Theatre where talent is tall, and finances small, Trish Mead, Executive Director and Maurice Binkman, Artistic Director and their many volunteers scurry to produce a hit, on the heels of their biggest financial and artistic flop Hamlet in the Raw. Don’t even ask. We join our tale amid planning in Trish’s office.

Acquisition Decision was written by Annie Goodman and Phil Murphy, with contributions by Michael Spry and was performed by:

• Jan Dalton as Maurice “Binkie” Binkman
• Jill Beauchamp as Trish Mead
• Joelle Lynn as Carol “Studie” Studevant
• Dan Mello as Dirk Drayton
• Caroline Haugen as Ashley Feldman
• Jeremy Hogue as Steve Welton
• Jill Bert as Sally Blakemore
• Gianna Imbronone as Daphne Gorman
• Rachel Levine as Yvonne Gorman
• Patrick Cotner as Roberto Montava
• Harold Kranick as George Spelvin
• Jay Simon as Jimmy ‘Termite’ Harnett

With the additional voices:

• Colin Bohash as Wendell
• George Townsend as Roger, Tony, and Larry
• Margaret Ann Slawson as Virginia
• Anna Norris as Patty
• Karen McCoskey as Esme
• Nancy O’Hara as Wanda 
• Chris Carol as Billie Bob

Stage of Fools was recorded at Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan by Recording Engineer Gary Bolton and was directed and produced by Annie Goodman and Phil Murphy.

Theme Music: Music Bakery www.musicbakery.com
Effects: Fesliyan Studios www.fesliyanstudios.com