Chapter Two

Written by:
Neil Simon

Opening: March 20, 1992

Closing: March 29, 1992

Number of performances: 7

Time:February - mid Spring

Setting:
Jennifer Malone's upper East Side apartment and George Schneider's Central Park West apartment

Synopsis:
Based on part of Neil Simon's own life Chapter Two mixes laughter with heartache. George Schneider, a writer whose wife has recently died, returns to a lonely apartment. His younger brother Leo, a theatrical press agent and born matchmaker, tries to snap George out of his emotional tailspin by supplying him with unwanted and unsuccessful dates. Then Leo comes up with Jennie Malone and she's a winner. Still it's a rocky road ahead for the not so young lovers. George struggles with contradictory impulses to embrace a new life but remain faithful to the old. George and Jennie stumble on, tripping over George's pent up emotions and Jennie's wariness born of her recent marital fiasco. In a hilarious, farcical subplot, Leo has a fling with Faye, Jennie's dizzy and neurotic married friend. The author has up dated numerous references in the script to enhance current productions of this timeless comedy.