A Valentines Day Eve Live Reading of A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED & THE OPEN DOOR Cast

Lisa Bostnar, Some of Lisa's New York credits include a myriad of critically and artistically acclaimed shows, such as Arthurs Schnitzler’s ‘FAR AND WIDE’ , where the New York Times wrote, “Lisa Bostnar delivers a Star Turn”. ‘THE LONELY WAY’, New York Times - “(Lisa) She gives a remarkable performance, combining the weightlessness of a lifelong coquette with a heroine's gravity and ferocity”. THE BROTHERS BERG, New York Times - "Perhaps the play's chief pleasure is the performance of Lisa Bostnar”. ‘THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE', New York Times - “. . . a standout performance by Lisa Bostnar”. Other favorites include, HAMLET, TWELFTH NIGHT, A LIE OF THE MIND’, A DOLL HOUSE, ANNAPURNA, THE LOVER, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION, THE BLOND, THE BRUNETTE AND THE VENGEFUL REDHEAD. TV credits include Guest Star spots on FBI MOST WANTED, BLACKLIST, BLINDSPOT, LAW & ORDER, PAN AM and CONVICTION.  www.lisabostnar.com

Gus made his Broadway acting debut in the original cast of EQUUS. Other NY credits include Tommy Tune’s American premiere of CLOUD 9, and THE COUNTRY GIRL with Hal Holbrook. He has acted in A DAY BY THE SEA, MARY BROOME and HOUSE OF MIRTH at the Mint Theater. On television he co-starred in the PBS production of Willa Cather’s PAUL’S CASE with Eric Roberts, has appeared on Law & Order SVU and Criminal Intent, and has had continuing roles on ABC’s ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE. He has performed at the Long Wharf, Folger, Goodman, Asolo, GeVa, Arden, American Heartland, Aspen, and BoarsHead Theatres, and the Coconut Grove Playhouse, where he was nominated for a Carbonell Award by the Southeastern Theatre Critics Association. He received Vermont’s 2000 Bessie Award Best Actor for RICHARD III at the Lost Nation Theatre. He is a member of SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, & the Dramatists Guild. From 1996 to 2021, Mr. Kaikkonen was the Artistic Director of the Peterborough Players.

Alfred Sutro (1863–1933), was an acclaimed English playwright. The son of a German physician and grandson of a rabbi, Sutro was educated at the City of London School and in Brussels, and became a successful wholesale merchant. After his marriage – his wife was a sister of the first Marquess of Reading – he devoted himself exclusively to writing. He made his reputation in 1904 with a social comedy, The Walls of Jericho, which was followed during the next quarter century by many other West End stage successes, generally on stock themes but always written with wit and polish. His acclaimed plays include The Fascinating Mr. Vanderveldt (1906), The Perplexed Husband (1913), The Desperate Lovers (1927), and Living Together (1929). Sutro was a friend of many noted writers of his day, including George Bernard Shaw and D.H. Lawrence. Many of his plays were regularly produced on Broadway.