Fall Show: October 17 - November 1, 2025

DADDY’S Girl

playwright
Gary ray stapp

Director
don mackechnie

Producer
Cindy MacKechnie

synopsis:

Bernard Muloovy, proprietor of Maudie’s Diner, gets served a full plate of comic chaos when his deceased wife decides to take up residence as a talking portrait on the diner wall. Enlisting the services of an angel, Michael, Maudie hopes to reunite Bernard with their long-lost daughter, Elizabeth. True to his mischievous nature, Michael/Michaela delivers two Elizabeths, and Bernard’s task is to decide which young woman is his real daughter. This play comes fully seasoned with characters like E.L. - a snobbish restaurant critic after Bernard's secret recipe, Lizzy - a girl with a split personality, a forgetful waitress, a PhD student with communication problems, a yin-yang geriatric duo, a motorcycle mama, and of course Darlynn. 

In this contest of laughter and tears, a heart of gold along with a twist... or two, make this a great night out for the whole family!

cast

Bernard - Adam Cunningham

Bob - josh palace

Walter - andrew rash

Maudie - Becky Laird

Betsy - Katie Pierson

Michael - David DiLego

Darlynn - Linda Iannuzzi

E.L. - Nathalie Stapleton

Alex - Rory Matthews*

Daisy - Lori Valburn

Violet - Ann Greenan Naumann

Lizzy - Jordan Barbour*

Big Earl Ella - Jane Healy

*New to Essex Community Players