Betty's Summer Vacation Performance

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Heights Players Inc, 26 Willow Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang Directed by: Bernard Bosio Tickets: https://our.show/bettyshp Synopsis: A beach house. Some very strange housemates. And a summer that goes completely off the rails. Betty's Summer Vacation is a dark comedy by Christopher Durang that satirizes the media's sensationalization of true crime and tragedy, following a woman named Betty who rents a beach house for a relaxing vacation that descends into chaos with her bizarre roommates, including a serial killer, a flasher, and a sex-obsessed neighbor, all while a Greek chorus comments on the events like a TV show. The play, which premiered in 1999, uses extreme and absurd situations—like rape, incest, and a severed head—to critique the public's fascination with horror and gossip, contrasting the "tabloid-ization" of culture with Betty's desire for normalcy. Meet The Cast Jenny Kraft as Betty Katie Jacoby as Trudy Tiffany M. Card as Mrs. S Dean Blizzard as Keith Gavin Boutot as Buck James Duncan as Vanislaw Cyras Ridgway as Voice #1 Sade Spence as Voice #2 John-Luke Lindstrom as Voice #3 Creative Team Bernard Bosio (Director) Marialana Ardolino (Stage Manager) Chris Carlson (Asst. Director) Michele Bianculli (Stage Crew) Gary Vanderputten (Set Design) Aurora Dreger (Costume Design) Jan VanderPutten (Properties Design)

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