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.

Production Reduction was written by Annie Goodman and Phil Murphy, with contributions by Michael Spry and was performed by:

• Caroline Haugen as Ashley Feldman
• Allison Heeren as Gretchen ‘Li’l  One’ Littleton
• Jill Beauchamp as Trish Mead
• Dan Mello as Dirk Drayton
• Jan Dalton as Maurice ‘Binkie’ Binkman
• Paul Jarboe as Tom Nedley
• Jay Simon as Jimmy ‘Termite’ Harnett
• Harold Kranick as George Spelvin
• Jill Bert as Sally Blakemore
• Jeremy Hogue as Steve Welton
• Patrick Cotner as Roberto Montava
• Rachel Levine as Yvonne Gorman

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