To finish out what would have been the 2020-2021 season, The Royal Players will perform Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, “Lost in Yonkers,” August 12-22, 2021, sponsored by Saline Heart Group.
THE SHOW:
By America’s great comic playwright, Neil Simon, this play is set in Yonkers in 1942. Bella is 35 years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, the stern Grandma Kurnitz. As the play opens, ne’er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady’s doorstep. He is taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum. This play was the basis for the 1993 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, and Irene Worth.
TICKETS:
The Royal debuted a new ticketing feature in the previous show (Disney’s Frozen Jr.) – you may now choose assigned seating when you purchase. There are some things you’ll want to note about it…Check your seating assignment before completing your purchase. There is a seating chart below. Note that you can only choose your own seat on a desktop computer or on mobile devices, you can choose the desktop version in your mobile browser settings. Choosing your own seats is not available on mobile versions of browsers.
*If you let the system choose the best seats available on the mobile version, when deciding which tickets you want, it’s good to view the seating chart first. Click View Seating Chart. Once you have checked out the seating chart and have decided where you would like to sit, select the section you would like to sit in. Then choose the number of tickets you would like for that section. Once you have selected the section and it’s accompanying tickets, click Checkout. Keep in mind that if the show is almost sold out, your seats may not be together, so again, check your seating assignment.
For any questions, or to purchase special seating or handicapped accessible seating call 501-315-LIVE (5483).
CAST:
The cast is as follows:
- Hayden Griffis as Jay Kurnitz,
- Braden Lisowe as Arty Kurnitz,
- Tony Clay as Eddie Kurnitz,
- Summer Robinson as Bella Kurnitz,
- Jamie Partain as Grandma Kurnitz,
- Drew Ellis as Louie Kurnitz,
- Hillary Bell as Gert Kurnitz.
With:
- Jeremy Clay as Director,
- Carson Clay as Assistant Director,
- Michelle Griffis as Stage Manager,
- Daphne Shoppach & Carrie Clay as Producers.
Lost in Yonkers is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
Support for the Royal Players is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, and the National Endowment of the Arts.