
(Aunt Demetria Riffle) is delighted to be back on stage at WCP! Debbie is no stranger to WCP. Now a happily retired attorney, she can devote more time to working for the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, and playing with her own funny family. In the last few years, she has proudly performed with Troupe of Friends, Hedgehog and Feather Theater Company, The Lord Sterling Theater Company, Farmstead Players and Playhouse 22. She then appeared in The Musical Of Musicals.the Musical in January, 2017. (Granny) Sharon made her WCP debut in WCP's production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike back in October 2015. Many thanks to Linda and a great cast and crew at WCP. He has also played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol every December for the last eight years at Playhouse 22. His recent Homecoming was selected by the Red Bull Theater to be performed at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York along with commissioned works by Tony and Pulitzer nominees and winners Tina Howe and Douglas Wright. Fred has written or co-written ten plays that have been produced in New York and New Jersey. He acts regularly in Community Theater in New Jersey, and has appeared in more than a dozen roles in Shakespeare plays on New York and New Jersey stages. He is very happy to be returning to WCP and grateful to be part of this production. (Gramps) Fred made his WCP debut as Judge Wargrave in WCP's production of And Then There Were None, October 2016. Sharon McGuire as Granny (Nellie Northrup)ĭavid Ripple, Linda Viel Set Design/Construction Tickets: $22.00 Active Military Personnel & Students: $10.00 In order not to be separated from Pud, Gramps allows Brink to come down from the tree and willingly goes with him to the gates of Eternity where he is greeted by his beloved Granny, scolding him as usual. At this moment, Brink tricks Pud into climbing the tree, and the boy falls, fatally injuring himself. But the victim refuses to die, and the others plead with Gramps to release Brink so that the world can resume its normal cycle. Matters come to a climax when one of the townspeople tries to take Gramps to an institution and is shot. Brink in the tree, tries to prove that Gramps is insane in order to get legal possession of Pud. Still, he manages to take Granny instead and later returns for Gramps, who outwits Brink by trapping him up an apple tree, thus suspending Death throughout the universe.

Brink, comes to claim Gramps but is forcibly sent about his business. But Gramps' salty expressions and rough behavior are frowned upon by both the strait-laced Aunt Demetria and Granny, so Aunt Demetria comes to live with them, hoping she can steer the boy in the right direction.

Gramps is idolized by his young grandson, Pud, who models his every action after the old man.
