Archives: 2001-2002
The Dahlia Murder
Created by Amy Shaw, Molly Holm and Leo Van Asten
Directed by Amy Shaw
Performance dates: August 23, 24, 25, 2002
Musical Mystery: The Dahlia Murder is a fictionalized account of the actual Black Dahlia murder case of 1947. This case was, (and still is in crime fan's minds) a very famous unsolved mystery--that ended in the demise of a young, beautiful wanna-be actress named Elizabeth Short. Murdered while trying to break into the movies, poor choices in confidantes and establishments ultimately lead to her death.
For our summer show, Leo Van Asten--music, Molly Holm--choreography and Amy Shaw--writer/director, have decided to fictionalize this tragic story, while trying to fill in the blanks of the case by setting it to music. They have added a lot of much needed joy to the struggle of this young woman, along with many other vivid characters and plot wrinkles.
Communicating Doors
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Linda Martin Moore
Performance dates: May 17, 18, 19, 2002
Time Travel with a Twist! Communicating Doors is a highly original play combining elements of thriller, farce and science fiction by one of the most prolific playwrights in English history. The play takes place in a London hotel suite in the years 1974, 1994 and 2014, with characters from each time period interacting to try and prevent their own murders.
Blithe Spirit
Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Susan Edgren
Performance dates: February 15, 16, 17, 2002
Ghost story: The ingenious plot tells how novelist Charles Condomine invites into his placid country home an eccentric, breezy lady medium in order to learn the language of the occult. Little does Charles, or his second wife Ruth, dream that the medium will summon back Charles’s first wife, now “passed over” for seven years. The first wife has a ghostly plot in mind. Mistakes occur, however and it is Ruth who takes the fatal ride and passes on –only to return with the first wife to plague the utterly bewildered astral bigamist! How Charles manages to extricate himself from these two very blithe spirits makes a hilarious conclusion to this very unusual farce.
Cinderella
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Music by Richard Rodgers
Directed by Ken Risch
Performance dates: October 25, 26, 27, 28, 2001
A dream come true: Cinderella is forced to keep house for her stepmother and two step sisters. Cinderella’s fairy godmother dresses her in a beautiful gown and creates a coach and horses so Cinderella can attend the Prince’s ball. She loses one of her glass slippers as she flees the ball at the stroke of midnight. The Prince searches for the girl who fits into the shoe. He and Cinderella live happily ever after.