Jake’s Women at Springfield Players Studio

Jake’s Women, a comedy by Neil Simon, directed by Stephanie Rowe, is the latest production in the 2016 Springfield Community Players’ season. July 22 and 23.

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Jake’s Women opens at Springfield Players Studio July 14, 2016 The cast of Neil Simon’s comedy, “Jake’s Women.” Tom Field (seated) plays Jake, surrounded, left to right by the women in Jake’s life. Ainsley Bertone as older Molly, Aprille Hillock as Karen, Pam Shaughnessy as Maggie, Anna Kendall as Julie, Alina Abraham as Sheila, Rebecca Skrypeck as Edith, and Anna Church as young Molly. “Jake’s Women” plays at the Springfield Players’ Studio on South Street July 15-16 and 22-23. Call 802-885-4098 for reservations. Photo Provided The cast of Neil Simon’s comedy, “Jake’s Women.” Tom Field (seated) plays Jake, surrounded, left to right by the women in Jake’s life. Ainsley Bertone as older Molly, Aprille Hillock as Karen, Pam Shaughnessy as Maggie, Anna Kendall as Julie, Alina Abraham as Sheila, Rebecca Skrypeck as Edith, and Anna Church as young Molly. “Jake’s Women” plays at the Springfield Players’ Studio on South Street July 15-16 and 22-23. Call 802-885-4098 for reservations. Photo Provided SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Jake’s Women, a comedy by Neil Simon, directed by Stephanie Rowe, is the next production in the 2016 Springfield Community Players’ season. Tom Field of Springfield, plays Jake, a novelist, struggling to save his marriage. Jake talks to many of the women he knows, both in real life, past and present, and in his imagination, hoping to gain insight. In his reveries he sees his daughter Molly at age 12 (Anna Church of Cavendish) and later at 21 (Ainsley Bertone of Springfield). He sees his revered late wife, Julie, (Anna Kendall of Andover) and his actual wife, Maggie, (Pam Shaughnessy of Cavendish) who is trying out a six-month separation. Neil Simon has filled the play with his usual one liners and contrasts them with moving flashbacks. Rebecca Skrypeck and Aprille Hillock, both of Springfield, play outlandish characters. Skrypeck, as Edith, Jake’s wisecracking therapist, has dating woes of her own. Hillock is Jake’s boisterous, meddling and unattached sister, Karen. Alina Abraham of Springfield plays Sheila, Jake’s latest girlfriend, who sees Jake at his most erratic. “Jakes’ Women,” opens on July 15 and runs July 16, 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Springfield Players’ Studio on South Street. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for seniors and students. For reservations, call 802-885-4098. Doors open at 7 p.m.