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A Delicate Balance

By Edward Albee
Directed by Mikel Clifford

July 16 thru August 14, 2004

The uneasy existence of upper-middle-class suburbanites Agnes and Tobias and their permanent houseguest, Agnes' witty alcoholic sister Claire, is disrupted by the sudden appearance of lifelong family friends Harry and Edna, fellow empty nesters with free-floating anxiety, who ask to stay with them to escape an unnamed terror. They soon are followed by Agnes and Tobias's bitter 36-year-old daughter Julia, who returns home following the collapse of her fourth marriage.

Cast, in Alphabetical Order

Tobias............................................Richard Aiello
Edna...........................................Maureen Coyne
Agnes.........................................Michele Delattre
Julia...................................Leticia Duarte-Trattner
Harry.............................................David Fenerty
Claire..........................................Lane McKenna

Production

Director.....................................................Mikel Clifford
Stage manager..................................Christian Carter
Lighting design.....................................Dale Altvater
Set design..............................................Christian Carter, Richard Track
Set staging............................................Mikel Clifford, Lane McKenna
Music design.....................................Mikel Clifford, Michele Delattre
House manager....................................David Stein
Box office..............................................Bill Martinelli
Program..............................................Margaret Gudmundsson
Photographer..........................................Douglas Paul
Publicity.......................Ralph Miller, David Stein, Wendy Welch

Set construction

Daniel Beesley, Christian Carter,
Fel Cruz, Leticia Duarte-Trattner, David Fenerty,
Bob Gudmundsson, Jasmin Keyes, Nadia and
Sonya M., Dave Poss, Eszter Tompos, Lucrecia
Troucoso, David Stein, Wendy Welch


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Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is delighted to acknowledge the Berkeley Civic Arts Program and Civic Arts Commission's support in the form of a grant of $8,000.00 awarded in 2017. Also, a thank you to Theatre Bay Area for a grant of $2,500.00.

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