The Cast of Characters

Bernard (Bruce Kimmel), who didn't want to be the first one there, who walked around the volley ball courts twelve times to avoid being the first one there, and who, naturally is the first one there.

Cynthia (Randi Kallan), a bright, witty and extremely talented girl whom Bernard immediately goes crazy for.

Janet (Linden Wadell), a slightly overweight character type who longs to be the leading lady type.

Rod and Janet (Michael Byers & Suzanne St. Marie) who have been going steady since high school, and who are going to live together, who love each other and who spend every waking  minute arguing.

Susan (Colleen McLean), the shy introverted girl, petrified girl, who is going to have a heart attack if they have to act the first day.

Stuart (Sammy Williams), who is extremely anxious to make sure that they do musicals at this school. Sammy is heard on the cast recording but does not appear in the pictures below. The tall blonde guy replaced Sammy Williams seen in the photos below is Ron Kurowski, who went on to play The Creature in The Creature Wasn't Nice aka Spaceship, aka Naked Space.

Stuart (Ron Kurowski) replaced Sammy Williams in the role during the run and is seen in the photos below.

Karen (M'Lisa MacLaren), a knockout, minus talent

Johnny (Alan Abelew), who is trying to pick up every girl in sight by saying things like, "Nice tits..."

Lorne Roy Wayne (Phillip Clark), here to learn to act, but who really wants to do cowboy pictures.

Achmed, (Jeffrey Kramer) a foreign student, who is convinced he is a good actor, which in fact he may be, except that no one can understand a word he says

Mr. Wade (Edwin T. Morgan) the theater teacher.

Here We Are

Lorne does his fantasy number telling us what the ideal life for him would be (Cowboy Buckaroo)

I want to be in a musical comedy

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Opening Night

The Girl That Men Go Mad For

No Letting Go

Achmed's Song

Other Photos

Sammy Williams as Stuart

Bruce Kimmel has this to say about the show

Stages was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Theater Arts Department at LACC.  It was very successful there, and we moved it to The Matrix theater on Melrose, where it was sold out for three months.  A cast album was released on Varèse Sarabande.  The original company included Tony-winner Sammy Williams and a fellow named Phil Clark with whom I'd worked on the first TV show I ever guest-starred in.  Also featured was Jeffrey Kramer, who plays the deputy in Jaws, and who is now a busy executive in show business (he was one of the Ally McBeal producers).
 

The Songs

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