About the Show
When Lorraine unexpectedly bumps into her ex-husband, Arthur, at a local coffee shop,
it’s a fun trip down memory lane, reminiscing about old times and fond memories.
The deeper they dive; however, the more Arthur remembers that things with Sweet Lorraine
weren’t always so sweet. Is this really a chance meeting, or does Lorraine have a darker agenda up her sleeve?
Some things never change.
“Sweet Lorraine” is a new story about old patterns.
Written by Jan Buttram
Directed by Dana Schwartz
Starring Cindy D’Andrea and Chris Devlin.
JAN BUTTRAM – Playwright
Jan Buttram’s plays have been performed in New York City and across the U.S. She won the Roger L. Stevens Award from the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays. She is published by Samuel French, Smith and Kraus and Heineman Books. Founding Artistic Director Emeritus of Abingdon Theatre Company, she led the company to the Wuzhen Theatre Festival in China and directed Brian Richard Mori’s Hellman v. McCarthy starring Dick Cavett and Roberta Maxwell: the production was chosen for WNET/Thirteen’s inaugural season of “Theatre Close Up.” Her screenplays have won or placed in multiple national and international competitions.
DANA SCHWARTZ – Director
Dana is an award winning LA Theater maker. She has directed plays across the country, most recently “Tune In” at Theatre of NOTE and “here comes the night” at Moving Arts, as well as productions at The Road Theater, Topanga Arts Center, Lyric Hyperion, Fierce Backbone and the Victory Theater. Her play “@Playaz” was an O’Neill Finalist and had its World Premiere in 2021. “Early Birds” premiered in 2019. “Presto!”, an O’Neill Semi-Finalist, was developed with The Workshop Theater in New York, and was part of the Hudson Valley Theater Festival in May. “The Grotto” was part of last summer’s Valdez Theater Conference in Alaska, and “First Time” was part of the Lanford Wilson New Play Festival, and “The April & Mr. Bigglesworth Super Special Funtime Show” was produced by Thrown Stone in Ct. She has also had plays at Morgan Wixon, Surfside Theater, Nomad Theatre, Parish Players, Eclectic Theater, Echo Theatre, Theatre of NOTE, LeftEdge, Sky Pilot, REDcat LA, Disney Hall, Segerstrom Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Curtis Theater and LACMA. As an actress she has performed around the world, currently in “Paper Walls” at the Inkwell and the 50 character immersive play “Convention” as Francis Perkins. Dana is the Program Director of the MADLab New Play Development Program at Moving Arts.
CHRIS DEVLIN – ARTHUR
Chris is excited to be a part of Sweet Lorraine He’s known on TV for: Beef, The Upshaws, Shameless, Good Trouble, Mad Men, Criminal Minds, Workahoilics, Blunt Talk, Astronaut Wives Club, and Without a Trace. Film: Auggie with Richard Kind, State of WARd with Dean Cain, Windtalkers etc. Stage: Dinner With Friends Beverly Hills Playhouse, God of Carnage The Odyssey, Jack (US) Big Sky The Geffen, Johnny in A Hatful of Rain Skylight Theatre, Twentieth Century Lillian Theater, Death of a Salesman The Odyssey w/ Eddie Jones, rock musical The Playground Unknown Theater, Joe in Balm in Gilead Skylight Theatre, Henry in Henry V Skylight, Waltz de La Tierra Actor’s Gang, Leon in Neil
Simon’s Fools The Lex, and Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac Knightsbridge. Thank you to Cindy, Dana and Jan for their terrific talent. And my wife Samantha Curtara, my joy. He’d like to dedicate this performance to his Mom, Nancy Lambert.
CINDY D’ANDREA – PRODUCER/LORRAINE
Cindy is an actor, writer, producer and 5-time Hollywood Fringe solo show performer. In 2018, Cindy wrote, produced and performed her first full length HFF show, It’s Easier To Love A Cat. She played her beloved felines and the audience reviews were spectacular. In 2019, Cindy performed her next full length solo show, Cat Sh!t Crazy at the Whitefire Solofest and Binge Fringe Festival winning Best of Audience and Audience Sweet Award through Better Lemons. In 2023, Cindy’s dream came true when she performed Cat Sh!t Crazy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Directed by the multi-talented Ann Noble, Cindy’s show at Edinburgh received 4 and 5 star reviews and mega love from the Scottish folk.
In addition to theater, Cindy has been featured in commercials, infomercials, TV, film, web series and print, including twice in Italian Vogue, and was a prominent member of The Actor’s Gang for many years. Cindy has also been part of The Rogue Machine’s Rant & Rave story telling series as well as Iron Skirts Stories Salon, an all-woman storytelling evening.
Thank you to Jan Buttram, Dana Schwartz and Chris Devlin for saying yes and going on this crazy ride with me!
CAT SH!T CRAZY PRODUCTIONS is named after David J Harper, who was Cindy’s original Cat Sh!t Crazy director and named the title.
David passed away of cancer in April 2025. He was an incredible writer, actor, director and friend.