Clayton Community Theatre presents Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mark A. Neels, on stage October 17 – 27, 2024
Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is a minister recently fallen from grace and expelled from his congregation for a "nervous breakdown," who travels to 1940s Mexico to work as a travel guide. Among his group of tourists, however, is a 16-year-old girl, Charlotte Goodall, with whom Shannon has recently been accused of an inappropriate relationship. Meanwhile, his friend and motel owner Maxine Faulk sees in Shannon an escape for her loneliness following the death of her husband, Fred. The situation is only complicated further by the arrival of Hannah Jelks, a spinster from Nantucket, and her father, Nonno, a renowned poet in failing health who is attempting to compose what will be his final work. As Shannon and Jelks develop a deep bond, Maxine's jealousies get the best of her.
Cast:
Maxine Faulk …… Jessica Johns Kelly
Pedro …… Tyler Crandall
The Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon …. Alex Alderson
Wolfgang …….. Harrison Wiswall
Hilda ……… Holly Ramos
Herr Fahrenkopf …… Jim Wamser
Frau Fahrenkopf …… Mary Klein
Hank …….Luis Perez
Miss Judith Fellowes …… Ann Egenriether
Hannah Jelks ….. Deborah Roby
Charlotte Goodall …… Kelsey Belt
Nonno (Jonathan Coffin) …….. Jim Danek
Jake Latta ……. Joel Garrett Brown