Finishing School

SCOTT HOFER (Al) is happy to be back at the Hampton Theatre Company with this talented cast and to work once again with Mary Powers. He has appeared here as Norman in The Boys Next Door (Best Actor, Long Island Theatre Awards) and Josef in Strictly Murder. An actor/director on Long Island since 1980, favorite roles include Max in The Producers, Teyve in Fiddler, Edna in Hairspray, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tito in Lend Me A Tenor, Arnold in Torch Song Trilogy, Christmas Present/Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (202 performances!), Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Stage Manager in Our Town, Lombardi in Lombardi, Mel in Prisoner of 2nd Avenue, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, 42 characters in Fully Committed, Greater Tuna, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Stanley in Run For Your Wife, Mother Superior in Nunsense A-Men, Garfinkel in Other People’s Money, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Maish in Requiem for a Heavyweight, Gary in I Hate Hamlet, Complete Works of William Shakespeare abridged, Vernon in They’re Playing Our Song, Hamlet’s Ghost in Hamlet, Charlie in The Foreigner, Felix in The Odd Couple, Marc and Ivan in Art, The Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Mickey in Greetings, and Austin in True West. As a director: Psycho Beach Party, Breaking Legs, Torch Song, The Lady in Question, Ruthless, Steel Magnolias, Red Scare on Sunset and The Dixie Swim Club. He has appeared in the films The Nomad, Night for Day and The Night Never Sleeps. GEORGE A. LOIZIDES (Wizzer) is a veteran of HTC, having directed 12 productions, and this being his 13th production as an actor. Other acting credits for HTC include On Golden Pond, Over the River and Through the Woods, Sylvia, Heroes, Alarms and Excursions, Bedroom Farce, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Glenngarry Glen Ross. Some other acting credits include The Sunshine Boys, The Rainmaker, The Fantasticks, 84 Charring Cross Road, Cheaters and Our Town as the Stage Manager. As an actor/director for almost 60 years, he has also worked with Playcrafters in Bellport. For 27 years he was Director of Theatre Arts for Ward Melville High School, where he taught Acting and Directing and directed 81 productions. He is Vice President of the Board of Directors, a member of the Artistic Committee and Administrator of the Diana and Peter Marbury Scholarship. He is “tickled pink” to be working with Catherine, Scott and Tamara. “Thanks, thanks and ever thanks” to Mary for her guidance and to Terry and the HTC production crew for making the play happen. Love to Kathy CATHERINE MALONEY (Shirley McManus) is happy to be back on HTC’s stage performing in this charming play. She was last seen here in the role of Miriam in Strictly Murder. Previous HTC performances include Emma in Over the River and Through the Woods, several roles in A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Kate in Sylvia, Maria in A Comedy of Tenors, Mrs. Fremus/Mrs. Warren/Clara in The Boys Next Door, Gert in Lost in Yonkers, Betty Chumley in Harvey and Emilie in My Three Angels. Other favorite theatrical credits: Almira Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, Hannah in Crossing Delancey, Big Momma in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Rosemary in Outside Mullingar, Becky in Becky’s New Car, Truvy in Steel Magnolias, Masha in Three Sisters, Kate in All My Sons, Melissa in Love Letters, Mildred Murphy/Katie in Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Musical Play, Bertha in Boeing Boeing, Veronica in God of Carnage, Love, Loss and What I Wore, and Kathleen in All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten. Catherine would like to thank her Director, Mary, for her keen guidance. She’s having a blast with this fun & talented tight-knit cast, & is fueled by the crew that keeps the show humming along. She sends kudos to all of the dedicated volunteers, and most importantly, HTC’s enthusiastic audiences! Much love to her darling Allegra, JP, & her supportive friends and family. TAMARA SALKIN (Minnie) is thrilled to be making her HTC debut. Previous local credits with Center Stage, under the direction of Joan Lyons, include Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Julia in A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee, and Missy in The Money Shot by Neil LaBute. Tamara is the co-founder and theatre director of South Fork Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth educational theatre company founded in 2017. She has directed more than 30 plays and musicals, with favorite credits including The Crucible, Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood, Peter and the Starcatcher, Still Life with Iris, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Prom, Godspell, Into the Woods, and Alice by Heart. Next month, she will open The Drowsy Chaperone at Guild Hall with 21 incredibly talented young actors. Most importantly, Tamara is mom to the two best sons in the entire world, and the role of Mom is the most rewarding one she could ever be cast in. She hopes you enjoy the show! ELAINE LINER (Playwright) is an award-winning jou