Mr. Preble is a man with a plan. His wife has other plans.
Cast:
- Mr. Preble, a beleaguered executive
- Miss Dailey, his pretty secretary
- Mrs. Preble, the no-nonsense wife
James Thurber (1894-1961, playwright), was a humorist, cartoonist, and author known for his quirky and memorable characters and themes. Many of his drawings and stories appeared in The New Yorker, two of the most famous being “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Night the Bed Fell.” Both were part of his full-length 1960 Broadway play, A Thurber Carnival, of which Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife was also a selection. Born and raised in Ohio, Thurber lived in Connecticut most of his adult life, including Newtown and West Cornwall.
Joel Samberg (director), an Avon resident for 14 years, is a journalist and author whose recent novels include Blowin’ in the Wind and Almost Like Praying. His next novel, Jackie Jester, will be published this winter. Joel’s series of 10-minute plays, Six Tens from a Fifty, was performed by the Etcetera Theatre Company at the Beckmann Theater in Manhattan in 2007. He is also the humor columnist for Connecticut Magazine.
Jim Buffone (Mr. Preble) has been involved in Connecticut’s amateur/community theatre scene for many years. He is an IT professional living in Avon with his wife Kate, and their two daughters, Ella and Mia.
Marsha Howard Karp (Miss Daley) moved to Connecticut from California several years ago. Her IMDb page (Internet Movie Database) includes experience from national, regional, and local productions. Her local WHC-TV cable show, Cameras Rolling, which is focused on local creative artists, has been in production since 2006. She is grateful to her husband Billy, children Jake and Ava, and “all my feline and canine family members who nourish my mama-drama!”
Dawn Maselli (Mrs. Preble). “The actor knows that hidden inside himself there’s a wizard and a king. He knows that in his daily life, he’s playing a part, he’s performing, just as he’s performing when he plays a part on stage. On stage he’s disclosing the parts of himself that in daily life he struggles to hide. The role of himself is a rather small part. When he plays that part, he must conceal the universe of possibilities that exists inside him.” — Wallace Shawn