Family Matters
By Dave Christner
Season September-October 1999
Venue Belconnen Theatre
TheStory
Dan Casey and Abby Adams are a successful professions couple looking forward to what should be the best years of their lives: the nest is empty; their future is secure; their marriage is characterised by stability and love. All this bliss is shattered by the death of Dan's father, leaving his mother Sarah a widow, as is Abby's mother, Claudia. Through a combination of guilt and misplaced compassion, Abby and Dan each invites the other's mother to come to live with them. The best of times suddenly becomes the worst of times in this gentle comedy of displaced affection and family secrets.
ProductionTeam
| Director | Margaret Forster |
| Production Manager | Kathy Thomas |
| Stage Manager | Myles Leon |
| Set Design | John Klingberg |
| Lighting and Sound Design | David Cannell, Rafe Morris |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Bob Morris |
| Set Construction | John Klingberg, Bob Morris, Peter Wyche, Chris Byrne |
| Lighting Co-ordinator | Myles Leon |
| Props | Vivienne Jeffery, Heather Brimson |
| Publicity | Pam Mcmanus, Kathy Thomas, Dion Klein |
| Sound | Rafe Morris |
| Crew | Eve Everard, Andrew Topperwein, Sam Whitsed |
Cast
| Dan Casey | Paul Mullins |
| Sarah Casey | Fay Butcher |
| Abby Adams | Janine O'Dwyer |
| Claudia Adams | Margery Ehnhuus |
| Peter Mason/Officer | John McKinlay |
| Russ Neary | Graham Bauerle |
| Stan Walker | John Alsford |