The Connection

Chicago Premiere

In Jack Gelber’s culturally shocking 1959 play-within-a-play, Jim Dunn (the “producer”) and Jaybird (the “writer”) attempt to stage a production about the underbelly of society using “real” addicts. Some of the addicts are jazz musicians but they all have one thing in common: they are waiting around for their drug dealer, their “connection.”
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WRITTEN BY
Jack Gelber

DIRECTED BY
Richard Cotovsky

PERFORMANCE RUN
February 18 – March 27, 1993

SEASON
Season 1

Chicago Premiere!

In Jack Gelber’s culturally shocking 1959 play-within-a-play, Jim Dunn (the “producer”) and Jaybird (the “writer”) attempt to stage a production about the underbelly of society using “real” addicts. Some of the addicts are jazz musicians, but they all have one thing in common: they are waiting around for their drug dealer, their “connection.”  

CAST
Jim Dunn | David E. Donelson
Jaybird | Joe Price
Leach | Guy Van Swearingen
Ernie | Joe Larocca
Solly | Allen Schaefer
Sam | Julius Noflin
1st Photographer | Ray Holloway
2nd Photographer | Christopher Jacobs
Harry | Bret Heinrich
The Voice | Jim Clifton
Cowboy | Lawrence Woshner
Sister Salvation | Karen Hammer

U/s Sister Salvation | Cathy Bethurem

CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Designer/ Theatre Designer | Robert G. Smith
Sound Designer | Ted May
Stage Manager | Patrick M. Collins
Drums | Douglas Murphy
2nd Drummer | Kyle Bronsdon
Guitar | Jim Cicenia
Bass | Steve Driscoll
Saxophone | Donella V. Sanders
Trumpet | Darron S. Jones