written by Steven Tesich
directed by Val Hendrickson
Friday August 16th 1974 — Saturday September 7th 1974

Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens, she presides over a household comprised of a childish orphan who happens to be a cop, an elderly gentleman who explodes every time somebody calls him “Grandpa,” a dying husband, and an errant daughter who cries all night. The husband, Baba’s fifth, is already submitting an ad for her sixth. The cop catches a Japanese man stealing cameras and chains him to a radiator, the daughter guiltily confesses she voted for Nixon and runs off, and the husband, who may not die after all, insists they must wait out Watergate for a Democratic president.
Cast
- Goya: Joan Turetzky
- Mario: Mike Pacifico
- Old Man: Carl Spatz
- Bruno: Ed Gaffney
- Sylvia: Eleanor Quaglia Thiel
- Adolf: Sandy Wolf
- Criminal: Neil Moss
- Studly: Paul Giacobbe
- Client: Arnold Sorkin
Production Staff / Crew
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Director: Val Hendrickson
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Producer: Susan Pennypacker
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Set Designer: Robert Sven Olson
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Lighting Designer: Albert Messer
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Stage Manager: Mark Derewetsky
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Sound Designer: Eugene Polinsky
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Make-up Designer: Ruth Button
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Make-up Designer: Carl Spatz