MARILU HENNER (Lee) is an actress, author, health guru, talk show host, producer, entrepreneur, director, dancer, singer, comedienne, model, and, most important, wife and mom! A five-time Golden Globe nominee, Marilu has starred in over thirty films and television movies and a total of nine seasons on two highly successful Emmy award-winning classic TV sitcoms Taxi and Evening Shade.
CAROLINE AARON (Marjorie) is an accomplished actor who’s compiled a long list of film, television and theatre credits. She’s worked with such top directors as Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Nora Ephron, Tim Burton and Paul Mazursky among others. Caroline made her feature film debut in John Sayles critically acclaimed feature The Brother From Another Planet and worked with Mr. Sayles again in Baby It’s You.
The cast also features: Rachid Sabitri, Eileen T’Kaye and Geoffrey Wade. Jana Robbins will step into the role of Lee for both performances on October 9.
CHARLES BUSCH (Playwright) is the author and star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran five years and is one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway and won Mr. Busch the Outer Circle Critics John Gassner Award and received a Tony nomination for Best Play.
JEFF MAYNARD (Director) is pleased to be back at La Mirada, having directed last season’s LA Times Critic’s Choice – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and also at La Mirada Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning Lost In Yonkers.
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife has assembled an award-winning design team. The set design is by Bruce Goodrich. The lighting design is by Craig Pierce. The costume design is by Julie Keen . The sound design is by Josh Bessom. Prop design is by Terry Hanrahan.
