Checking Out is a 1976 Broadway play written by Allen Swift

Allen Swift

Ira Stadlen , known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor, known for playing characters including Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the Underdog cartoon show...

. It opened on September 14, 1976 at the Longacre Theatre

Longacre Theatre

The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 220 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.-Theatre History:Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts in 1912, it was named for Longacre Square, the original name for Times Square...

 and closed on September 25, 1976 after 16 performances.

Original Production

The show was directed by Jerry Adler

Jerry Adler

Jerry Adler is an American theatre director, production supervisor and a television and film actor.Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre...

, scenery David Jenkins, lighting Ken Billington

Ken Billington

Ken Billington is an American lighting designer. He began his career in New York City working as an assistant to Tharon Musser....

, costumes Carol Luiken, production stage manager Murray Gitlin, and press by Susan Bloch.

The opening night cast starred Joan Copeland

Joan Copeland

Joan Copeland is an American actress and the younger sister of celebrated playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career appearing in theatre in New York City during the mid 1940s. She moved into television and film during the 1950s while still maintaining an active stage career...

 (Florence Grayson), Hy Anzell

Hy Anzell

Hy Anzell was a Yiddish-speaking American television and movie actor, who first played plant store owner "Mr. Mushnik" in the original off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors with Ellen Greene. He was also in the original 1976 Broadway cast of Checking Out.-External links:...

 (Bernard Applebaum), Allen Swift

Allen Swift

Ira Stadlen , known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor, known for playing characters including Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the Underdog cartoon show...

 (Morris Applebaum), Jonathan Moore (Mr. Johnson), Mason Adams

Mason Adams

Mason Adams was an American character actor and voice-over artist.-Early life:Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an MA degree from the University of Michigan in Theatre Arts and Speech and also attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying theater arts...

 (Dr. Theodore Applebaum), Larry Bryggman

Larry Bryggman

Larry Bryggman is an American actor.-Early life:Bryggman was born in Concord, California of Swedish descent; his father worked for a neon sign company and his mother was a piano teacher. Bryggman attended the City College of San Francisco as well as the American Theatre Wing in New York...

 (Dr. Sheldon Henning), Tazewell Thompson

Tazewell Thompson

Tazewell Thompson , is a playwright, a director, and former Artistic Director of the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut.He was born in New York City....

 (Gilbert), and Michael Gorrin (Schmuel Axelrod).

Setting

Morris Applebaum's apartment on West 57th Street

57th Street (Manhattan)

57th Street is one of New York City's major east-west thoroughfares, which runs east-west in the Midtown section of the borough of Manhattan, from the New York City Department of Sanitation's dock on the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to a small park overlooking the East River built on a...

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Act I

• Scene 1 - An April morning
• Scene 2 - 530 am the next day
• Scene 3 - Four hours later

Act II - A few days later, morning