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Sunshine in Every Window

The Unofficial Story of First Houses
one-act play
New York, 1934. Crusading city planner Mary Simkhovitch makes a difficult ally for Fiorello La Guardia and Eleanor Roosevelt. The mayor and First Lady just want to build the first public housing in America; Mary demands it live up to America's ideals.

CAST
3 female, 2-3 male

CHARACTERS
FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA, Mayor of New York City, 52, short
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, First Lady of the United States, 51, tall
MARY KINGSBURY SIMKHOVITCH, President of the National Public Housing Conference and vice-chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, 68
VINCENT ASTOR, millionaire, 44
BIANCA, factory worker, 20 
ANDREW MULLER, landlord (may be played by the actress playing Eleanor in a fat suit and beard)                                           

SETTING
Mainly East 3rd Street, New York, NY
(Bare stage. No set required.)

TIME
From March 1934 to December 1935

East Side Stories
Metropolitan Playhouse
New York, NY
April 6, 8, 12, 15, 21, 23, 2017

Cast: Lianne Kressin (Mary), Regina Gibson (Bianca), Kelly Cooper (Vincent), Ben Gougeon (Fiorello), Deborah Green (Eleanor), Peter Tedeschi (Andrew)

​Directed by Michael Hardart
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Lianne Kressin (Mary) and Regina Gibson (Bianca)
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Ben Gougeon (Fiorello) and Deborah Green (Eleanor)
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Regina Gibson (Bianca), Kelly Cooper (Vincent)
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Peter Tedeschi (Andrew), Ben Gougeon (Fiorello)
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Kelly Cooper (Vincent), Regina Gibson (Bianca), Lianne Kressin (Mary)