'The Entertainment' was first presented at the Buffalo Street Student Theatre on the evening of November 16th, 1973, with the following cast:

HARRY ESPERANZA ............. Edgar Foy
LAWRENCE SLADE .............. Allen Vogel
PEARL SLADE ................. Sarah Wakefield
ROSA SLADE .................. Sydney Mueller
EVELYN HICKMAN .............. Paula Graves
BAR-FLY ..................... Uncredited

The production was directed by James B. Carrington. The setting was designed by Lula Chamberlain. The plays 'A Reckoning' and 'A Bar-fly' were written by Lem Doolittle, and later adapted by Joseph Wheattree for simultaneous performance as 'The Entertainment.'