by Tennessee Williams
Production dates: 7:30 P.M. on May 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19
Director: Steve Kohtz
Ass't Director: Tammy Sposeto
Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself. The crux of the action comes when Tom invites a young man of his acquaintance to take dinner with the family. Jim, the caller, is a nice ordinary fellow who is at once pounced upon by Amanda as a possible husband for Laura. In spite of her crude and obvious efforts to entrap the young man, he and Laura manage to get along very nicely, and momentarily Laura is lifted out of herself into a new world. But this crashes when, toward the end, Jim explains that he is already engaged. The world of illusion that Amanda and Laura have striven to create in order to make life bearable collapses about them. Tom, too, at the end of his tether, at last leaves home.
Cast
Amanda - Judy Richmond
Tom - Dan Schlup
Laura - Meredith McKay
Jim - John Dougan | 
by Agatha Christie Parts Available: 5 Men, 3 Women Production dates: October 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 & 14 Directed by Linda Campbell & Jamie Grout Audition dates to be announced.
The author comes forth with another hit about a
group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of
whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the
house, and the suspicions that are in their minds nearly wreck their perfect
marriage. Others are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who
seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man
who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life
miserable for everyone. Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives, than the jurist is killed. Two down, and one to go. To
get to the rationale of the murderer's pattern, the policeman probes the
background of everyone present, and rattles a lot of skeletons. Another famous
Agatha Christie switch finish! Chalk up another superb intrigue for the
foremost mystery writer of her time.
CastTo be announced following auditions. |
