The Dayton Theater Guild Presents FRANK'S LIFE by Mark Dunn, Opens 8/20-9/5

Frank's Life is a black comedy/drama in two acts and is best described as a story about "an Everyman who has lost title to his very life".

Cast:

Frank - Danny Lipps - was last seen in the 2008 production of Outward Bound . Other Guild productions include Sideman, Book of Days and Communicating Doors .

Corley - Timothy Behnken - is a performance major at Sinclair whose credits include Henry Blore in Ten Little Indians, Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress and Creon in Antigone. He made his Guild debut last season in A Case of Libel.

Pruett - Duante Beddingfield - was last seen on the Guild stage as David in A Case of Libel . Other recent roles include Darbin in Carve (FutureFest 2009), Fred in The Cashier, Truckle in Sly Fox and Scrubby in Outward Bound .

Stace - Ame Clase - Patrons may remember Ame from past productions such as: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Best Man, Memory of Water, Night of the Iguana, Side Man and Book of Days .

Shelly - Wendi Williams - You may remember her from last year's season opener, Les Liaisons Dangereuses , in which she played the Madame de volanges. Wendi most recently appeared in the Dayton Playhouse production of Steel Magnolias as Annelle.

Gladys - Jane McBride - first appeared at the Guild in the early 70's in Don't Drink the Water. Returning to Dayton from Chicago, she gravitated again to the Guild and performed in The Lady's Not for Burning, The Norman Conquests, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Crossing Delancey, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune and Love Letters.

Joy - Brittany Brown - an alumna of Chaminade-Julienne High School, is currently a senior at Wright State University. She made her Dayton debut last season in Independence at The Dayton Theatre Guild. Since then she has stage-managed the Young at Heart Player's production of The Gin Game and FutureFest 2010 at the Dayton Playhouse.

Production dates: August 20-September 5, 2010