The Eclectic Company Theatre presents
the World Premiere of

The Gambler’s Daughter

Written by Paul North

Directed by Brian E. Smith

Starring C. Ashleigh Caldwell , Tyler Derench, John Dickey , JR Mangels, Laura Michl, Edmund Wyson

The Gambler’s Daughter’ of the title is Mary. She’s coming home to see her dad for the first time in seven years. She’s an actuary. That’s someone who computes based on statistical data. She’s good with numbers and is well paid for it. Lloyd’s her dad. He’s also someone who’s good at numbers and is well paid for it. He plays card games at casinos. His house is in Beatty, Nevada, just a couple hours from Vegas. Mary will have a surprise for Lloyd. She’ll be presenting Jack, her prospective fiance. Lloyd will have a couple surprises of his own. In addition to living with Mary’s grandfather, Samuel, Lloyd also resides with a domestic companion, good-time girl Elaine, and a teen on the cusp of manhood who just may or may not be Lloyd’s son, Willy. Willy, as it turns out, is remarkably good with numbers, too, if that’s any indication. Mary’s been writing to Lloyd regularly, but he’s read none of her letters. In Jack, she’s found a man who is in a number of respects rather like her dear old dad. That means he’s probably not good husband material, love him though Mary may. Mary’s a grown woman, but she needs her father as never before. Can Lloyd possibly rise to the occasion? Lloyd has some emotional needs of his own that need to be tended. Will he still be able to forge a human connection to the gambler’s daughter?

January 4th - February 10th, 2013
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday @ 7pm