The Prisoner of Second Ave
By Neil Simon
Directed by Patrick O’Neill
Presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC
September 13, 14, 20, 21, 22*, 27, 28, 2019
Evenings at 8 PM – *Matinee at 2 PM
The story revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple, Mel and Edna Edison, living on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. With all their problems, Mel does the only thing left for him to do; he has a nervous breakdown. It is on recovery that we come to esteem him all the more. For Mel and his wife and people like them have the resilience, the grit to survive