Actors Theatre of Louisville
9th Humana Festival of New American Plays

February 19 through March 30, 1985
DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHIN
by Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by Jon Jory

Cast of Characters

Elsa Weber	Beth Dixon
The Interrogator	Ken Jenkins
Man	Frederic Major
Stewardess	Kathy Bates

The play takes place between February 1950 and March of 1952 in a prison in East Berlin.

Stage Manager	Richard A. Cunningham
Assistant Stage Manager	Larry Varvel
Set Design	Paul Owen
Costume Design	Marcia Dixcy
Light Design	Jeff Hill
Sound Design	James M. Bay
Properties Mistress	Diann Fay
Fight Director	Steve Rankin

Presented by special arrangement with Joyce Ketay.

The author is indebted to Erica Wallach, whose book, Light at Midnight, inspired and informed this play. Elsa Weber’s history, however, is fictional and differs significantly from that of Erica Wallach, who has her own story to tell.