For nearly 50 years, Norman and Ethel Thayer have spent summers in a cabin on Golden Pond. Sharp-tongued Norman is approaching his 80th birthday and flirting with senility and frail health while his devoted wife Ethel, ten years younger, is still agile and energetic. When their daughter, Chelsea, comes to visit, she brings along her dentist boyfriend and his adolescent son, as well as long-harbored ill-feelings toward her father. Chelsea and her boyfriend go to Europe, leaving the boy with Ethel and Norman, who soon develop a close relationship with him that helps restore some of Norman's lost vigor and confidence. Both a light-hearted comedy and touching drama, ON GOLDEN POND celebrates the triumphs of life, love and family.

Author: Ernest Thompson
Director: Robert J. Sorbera

Rehearsals: Starting September 17 at 7pm
Performance Dates: Nov. 2 - Nov. 18 (Thu. - Sun.)

PRINCIPAL ROLES (stage age)

Norman Thayer
- elderly curmudgeon, facing a failing memory and heart problems; sarcastic, outspoken and humorous, married to and still in love with Ethel (79)

Ethel Thayer
- spry and active older woman, nurturing wife and caregiver of Norman (69)

Chelsea Thayer Wayne
- attractive middle-aged divorcee; still nursing wounds from a troubled relationship with her father (30s-40s)

Bill Ray
- Chelsea's fiancé; eager, honest, straightforward (30s-40s)

Billy Ray
- teenage son of Bill; impudent teen, yet open-minded and expressive (14)

Charlie Martin
- chatty mailman and long-time family friend with a life-long crush on Chelsea (30s-40s)