The Co-Op is presenting all three Nibroc Trilogy plays--Arlene Hutton's
delightful 3-part look at a couple (Gary Clemmer as Raleigh and Staci
Michelle Armao as May) who meet cute and fall in love during WWII
(Last Train to Nibroc), settle down to a married life in Kentucky with
respective mothers (Bonnie Bailey-Reed and Linda Kerns) in law (See
Rock City), and move down to Florida in the early 50s (Gulf View
Drive).  It's Gulf View Drive (also featuring Deborah Lynn Meier as
sister-in-law Treva) that's the World Premiere (the only 2-acter among
them) and the one I liked the best (though all are excellent and
worth seeing). Gary Clemmer is particularly stellar (goofy and sincere
and loveable) as Raleigh, and Bonnie Bailey-Reed gives the
performance of a lifetime as Raleigh's delightfully complaining (for her,
every cloud has a dark lining) mother. 50s Florida is beautifully evoked
in the set and costume design and the TV/song sound clips of the era.
 Kudos to director Marianne Savell and the entire cast and
production team.

--Steven Stanley