The House of Blue Leaves

John Guare's OBIE Award-winning comedy unfolds in New York City on the day the Pope is expected to visit. Hearts are palpitating in the sleepy borough of Queens, but not entirely on account of His Holiness. Bunny Flingus, a femme-fatale from Flushing (or thereabouts) is stirring things up in the quiet, unfulfilled life of aspiring songwriter Artie Shaughnessy. Artie longs to leave his unhappy marriage, elope with Bunny, and write a hit song that will top the charts. A co-production with The Smithsonian Associates and Voice of America.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Mary Teresa Fortuna as Little Nun

Sharon Gless as Bananas Shaughnessy

Deb Gottesman as Second Nun

Christopher Lane as Ronnie

Ron Leibman as Artie Shaughnessy

Cam Magee as Head Nun

Jennifer Mendenhall as Corrinna Stroller

Jessica Walter as Bunny Flingus

Michael Willis as Billy Einhorn

Directed by Howard Shalwitz. Recorded before a live audience at the Voice of America, Washington D.C. in November of 1996.