The Cocoanuts
Lighting & Projection Design
The Guthrie Theatre, November 2015
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bowmer theatre, February 2014
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin, Book by George S. Kaufman
Adapted by Mark Bedard
Directed by David Ivers
Set Design by Richard Hay
Costume Design by Meg Neville
Musical Direction by Greg Coffin
Mark Bedard adapted this classic Marx Brothers movie into a hilarious stage musical which follows a day and night in the life of a bum hotel on the Florida coast. It follows the trials and tribulations of the hotel clerk, Jamison, and his love Polly Potter. Nothing goes as planned, of course, with Groucho as the owner, Harpo and Chico as troublesome guests, and on and on.