TRUSTEES
Patrick Henry Flynn
Gwen Asplundh
Elizabeth Bowden
Michael Cabot
Florence E. Flynn
Beatriz Ford
Helen Guest
Ralph Guild
R. Douglas Hulse
Terry Allen Kramer
Veronica Mersentes
Paul Noble
Christopher Plummer
Amanda Schumacher
Ethel Steindl
Dyanne Tosi
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Ruth Baxter
Mary Hulitar
Gertrude Maxwell
Jane Volk
ADVISORY BOARD
Patricia Alper-Cohn
June Bakalar
Frank O. Butler II
Etonella Christlieb
Patricia Cook
Stephania Conrad
Mary Coviello
Maureen Cronin
Barbara Gilbert
Dave Kamm
Jan McArt
Ellis Parker
Douglas Rae
Peter Rains
Ann Riker
Suebelle Robbins
Barbara Selecman
Muriel A. Shapiro
Harvey Sobel
Lory Volk
JoAnne Wagner
COMMITTEE OF STARS
Edward Albee
Elizabeth Ashley
Carol Channing
Arlene Dahl
Elizabeth Franz
Tammy Grimes
Julie Harris
Sally Ann Howes
Dina Merrill
Robert Osborne
Christopher Plummer
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It was a different Palm Beach crowd at Veronica Atkins-Mersentes and her husband Alexis’ spectacular penthouse, overlooking Palm Beach and the Royal Poinciana Playhouse. Unlike the usual rubber chicken sit-down benefits or cocktail parties in the winter playground, the Mersentes party was more of a salon for partisans who want to preserve their historic theater in Palm Beach. Christopher Plummer and his wife, Elaine, were guests of honor with the small committee that included Palm Beach Theater Guild President, Patrick Henry Flynn, Winston and Helen Guest, Car Magnate, Chuck Schumacher and his wife Amanda, Philadelphian Dr. Elizabeth Bowden, Bostonian Dyanne Tosi, Broadway producer Ralph Guild, and Newporters Richard and Suebelle Robbins.
Plummer signed books in the library. David Crohan, the piano virtuosos, from Café Europe in Palm Beach and Martha’s Vineyard, tickled the ivories in the main salon. He was spelled by concert pianist, Marina Arsenijevic, who played and was joined by the host Veronica Atkins Mersentes. She sang, “Dark Eyes”, a Russian Folk song that has a lilting gypsy melody. |
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During the salon, Patrick Henry Flynn lived up to his names and gave a brief oration about saving the beleaguered Royal Poinciana Playhouse and changing its use from a touring or booking house to a regional subscription theater. We expected “Give me the Royal Poinciana Playhouse or Give me Death,” But later, Bostonian and Palm Beacher, Flynn said that, “The historic, landmarked theater is fifty-one years old. In South Florida that is the equivalent of saying in Boston, Paul Revere slept here”. Listening to Flynn was Broadway theater owner, Jimmy Nederlander and his wife, Charlene who jetted back to Palm Beach from St. Croix from an anniversary celebration. Nederlander’s partner, Terry Allen Kramer, threw an intimate dinner party for thirty-two last week, to save the landmarked playhouse. But Nederlander and his son James and Margo Nederlander had to miss the dinner because they were in the islands. |
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Gloria McCarthy, Pianist David Crohan, and Rena Damone |
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Larry Leamer and Alexis Mersentes Best Selling author Larry Leamer whose recently published “Madness under the Royal Palms” is being talked about by everybody in Palm Beach, shared some witticisms with Christopher Plummer who finished the book that day, and commented that it read like a novel.
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Kathy Craft, Patrick Henry Flynn and Mary Coviello Others there included Bradford Kenney and Artistic advisor to the Palm Beach Theater Guild who runs the historic Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, Harland and Ann Riker, Cathy and John Lively, Art Critic Gary Schwan and New Orleans travel maven, Pamela Pipes.
Fred Julias, Amanda Schumacher and Bill Clark
Suebelle Robbins, Nancy Parker and Ashley Copeland The Palm Beach Theater Guild is a non-profit advocacy group that has been
Herme DeWyman-Miro, Cynthia Casper, Gail Worth and Barbara Selecman
Marie Hale, Christopher Plummer, Cil Draime and Dr. Edward Sandall
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Dave Kamm, Harriet Himmel and Paulette Noble |
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