by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin, directed by Robert Currier

Steve Martin has made a wild and crazy adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 classic German comedy Die Hose. This is the hilarious, bawdy tale of the chaos that occurs when a neglected housewife’s underpants fall down while she’s observing a full dress military parade, just as the Kaiser goes by! Not only does this unnerve her small-time bureaucrat husband, who fears for his job, but it suddenly attracts some determined new admirers who show up to rent a room in the couple’s house. An outrageous but utterly-believable look at feminism, politics and sexism, brought up to date with comic genius and sophisticated style. This show proves that “German comedy” is not an oxymoron after all.

(in order of appearance)
Kurt Gundersen (Theo Maske)
Michelle Pava Mills (Louise Maske)
Maureen O'Donoghue (Gertrude Deuter)
Matthew Boucher (Frank Versati)
Philip Goleman (Benjamin Cohen)
Mark Shepard (Klinglehoff)
Matthew Boucher (The King)

Director: Robert Currier
Production Manager: Maureen O'Donoghue
Set Design: Bruce Lackovic
Light Design: Les Lizama
Sound Design and Original Music: Billie Cox
Costume Design: Jan Koprowski
Property Design: Sue Anderson
Stage Manager: Shelley Sanborn
Booth Operator: Tom Kushner
Box Office Manager: Shelley Sanborn
Graphic Design: Ron Severdia
Publicity Coordinators: Suzie Hughes, Tinka Ross
Volunteer Coordinator: Susan Suomi
Publicist: Kim Taylor