Just a few years ago, director Bob Tuttle brought the second of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy, Biloxi Blues, to the Village Players stage. Now, the third and final installment of the trilogy, Broadway Bound, will be coming to the Village Players in the spring of 2021.

Part three of this trilogy finds Eugene and his older brother, Stanley, trying to break into the world of show business as professional comedy writers while coping with their parents’ breakup and eventual divorce.When their material is broadcast on the radio for the first time, the family is upset to hear a thinly veiled portrait of themselves played for laughs.

Broadway Bound was a Tony Award nominee for Best Play, a Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Play and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, all in 1987.

Tentative Cast
Eugene Jerome– Christopher Dudley
Stanley Jerome– Ben Dudley
Ben Epstein– Max Gehring
Kate Jerome– Barbara Wilson
Jack Jerome– Paul Stewart
Blanche Morton– Michaela Andruzzi

Radio voices:  Jim Adams as Chubby, Jordan Canney as the Announcer, Anna Jortikka as Mrs. Pitkin

Tuttle is returning to direct the followup to Biloxi Blues and he will be joined by assistant director Emily Judkins. Joshua Spaulding is serving as the producer.