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    Mamet, David.
    Sexual perversity in Chicago and The duck variations.
    I. Mamet, David. The duck variations 1978. II. Title: Sexual perversity in Chicago.
    PS3563.A4345S4 1978 812’.5’4 77-91885
    eISBN: 978-0-8021-5011-0
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Sexual
Perversity
in
Chicago

     

    This play is dedicated to Jonathan Katz, with thanks for his comradeship, understanding, and most of the good lines.

     

    Sexual Perversity in Chicago was first produced by The Organic Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois, in the summer of 1974, with the following cast:
    BERNARD
Warren Casey
DAN
Eric Loeb
DEBORAH
Carolyn Gordon
JOAN
Roberta Custer
    This production was directed by Stuart Gordon; set by John Paoletti and Mary Griswold; lighting by Jeffrey Buschor.
    It was produced off-off Broadway at St. Clements Theatre, New York City, in December of 1975, with the following cast:
    BERNARD
Robert Townsend
DAN
Robert Picardo
DEBORAH
Jane Anderson
JOAN
Gina Rogers
    This production was directed by Albert Takazauckas; set by Michael Massee; lighting by Gary Porto.
    It opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, in June of 1976, produced by Larry Goossen and Jeffrey Wachtel, with the following cast;
    BERNARD
F. Murray Abraham
DAN
Peter Riegert
DEBORAH
Jane Anderson
JOAN
Gina Rogers
    This production was directed by Albert Takazauckas; set by Michael Massee; lighting by Gary Porto.

     

    The Characters:
    D AN S HAPIRO
An urban male in his late twenties.
B ERNARD L ITKO
A friend and associate of Dan Shapiro.
D EBORAH S OLOMAN
A woman in her late twenties.
J OAN W EBBER
Friend and roommate of Deborah Soloman.
    The Scene:
    Various spots around the North Side of Chicago, a Big City on a Lake.
    The