The following is the text of the program for the play, Human Scratchings.

Cover:

Anthony Geary
in

Human
Scratchings

Written and Directed by
Rick Edelstein

Inside Left:

Human Scratchings

ACT I:
The Play takes place tonight in the Court Theatre.

Intermission: Ten minutes

ACT II:
The Court Theatre, ten minutes later.

Anthony Geary first performed on the Los Angeles stage in 1969, starring with Jack Albertson and Martha Scott in "The Subject Was Roses" at the Huntington Hartford (now Doolittle) Theatre. Theatrical credits include "Barabbas," "The Glass Menagerie," "Cat's Paw," "The Inspector General," and "The Wild Duck" at the Los Angeles Theater Center; "The Chinese Zero" at the Heliotrope; and "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum" at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara. He also toured with "Jesus Christ Superstar" in the title role.

Geary has made guest appearances in more than 50 television shows and starred in seven movies for television. He portrayed Octavius Caesar, opposite Lynn Redgrave and Timothy Dalton, in Shakespeare's "Anthony and Cleopatra," recently re-released on video. He is known around the world as Luke Spencer in the ABC soap "General Hospital," for which he won an Emmy Award in 1981.

His feature film credits include "Pass the Ammo," "It Takes Two," "UHF," "The Disorderlies," "You Can't Hurry Love," and a host of other forgettable favorites.

"Human Scratchings" completes a 26-year circle of friendship and admiration for writer/director Rick Edelstein.

Inside Right:

Rick Edelstein is an experienced writer/director of stage, TV and film. He has also taught film directing at USC-Cinema and is presently teaching a professional acting class in Los Angeles. He has written/directed stage plays "like Later," "Birth of Disgust," "Reaching Out," "A Whore's Apprentice," and "Sexual Serendipity" in New York City and Los Angeles. He has also written and/or directed many TV episodes including "Starsky and Hutch," "Sanford & Son," "Bob Newhart," "Maude," "The Colbys," "Cutter to Houston," "The Doctors," and "Bright Promise." (The latter starred Anthony Geary.) He has worked as "creative consultant" to Barbra Streisand on "Yentl." His most joyous moments involve experiences with his four daughters and grand-grand-daughter, working with teens in Harlem and professionals in his acting class, awakening to Spirit, and in the creative search with Anthony Geary.

Kathi O'Donohoe (Lighting Designer) has received L.A. Weekly Award for 'Career Achievement in Lighting Design.' Her work garnered Drama-Logue Awards for "Madwoman of Chaillot," "It's a Girl," and "Plato's symposium." Her credits also include "Never in My Lifetime," Jude Narita's "Coming Into Passion," and "Song for a Sansei."

Jon Gottlieb (Sound Designer) is the resident sound designer for the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatres. His abundant credits off and on Broadway include Terrence McNally's "Master Class" starring Zoe Caldwell, for which he received a Theatre L.A. Ovation Award. He is the recipient of six LADCC Awards and more than 40 Drama-Logue and L.A. Weekly Awards.

Back Cover:

Produced for Windbourne Productions by
Candice Trier Bond

StageManager: Clem Jeffreys
Lighting Operator: Adrian Tafoya
Sound Operator:Clem Jeffreys
House Manager: Paul Naylor
Publicity: Ellen Friedberg/The Friedberg Co.
Production Photography: Jim Warren
Production Assistants: Tami Kumin, Mona Olivas, Susan and Charline Trier
Box Office: Theatrix

The Court Theatre

Artistic Director/Owner: Thomas Kibbe
Co-Artistic Director: Ramy Zada
Managing Director: Tom Astor
Producer: Zachary Kleiman

Special Thanks To:

Deborah Usas (Sarah's photograph)
Raymond Katz
Michele Mattei
Rikki Hellofs
and Jake, the dog