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bulletWritten By:  Bob Barry
bulletDirected by:   Jennifer Rockwood
bulletProduced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Run of Show

"Murder Among Friends" ran November 6-21, 2009, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm

Synopsis

Take an aging, exceedingly vain actor; his very rich wife; a double dealing, double loving agent plunk them down in an elegant New York duplex and add dialogue crackling with wit and laughs and you have the basic elements for an evening of pure, sophisticated entertainment. Angela, the wife and Ted, the agent, are lovers and plan to murder Palmer, the actor, during a contrived robbery on New Year’s Eve. But actor and agent are also lovers and have an identical plan to do in the wife. A murder occurs, but not one of the planned ones.

Program

The Program for this show can be viewed by Clicking Here.  (Requires Adobe Reader)
Due to format changes for our program, it is now in booklet-order.  You will no longer see the pages sequentially.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

The People ...

Leading Roles

Angela Kate Abu-Absi
Palmer Jim Norman
Ted Bill Lancz
Gert Jennifer Lake
Larry/Jessup John Meadows
Marshall Matt Black

Production Staff

Director

Jennifer Rockwood

Producer

Laura Hansen

     Assistant Producer

Elizabeth Piel

Set Design

Wes Skinner
Set Construction Rich Chesko, Tim Lohr, & Brad Ray
Scenic Art Denise Coyle

Set Dressing

Brad Riker

     Painters & Dutchers

Andrew Black, Rich Chesko, Derek Hansen, Chris Jackson, Jim Pickle, Elizabeth Piel, Brad Riker, & Sara Speelman

Stage Manager

Laurie Mix

     Assistant Stage Manager

Laura Crawford & Elizabeth Piel

Lighting Designer

Andrew Todd

     Crew

Kara Ayers & Patrick Drummond
Sound Design Derek Hansen
     Crew Marc Malley, Judy Meeks, & Brandon Ware

Costumes

Cast
Props Leads Jean & Ernie Brown
Stage Crew Ernie Brown, Jean Brown, Rich Chesko, Susan Rice, Jennifer Szczublewski, & Denny Willeke
Book Holder Kate Argow
Program Jake Gordy, Laura Hansen, & Frank Venda
Program Art & Cover Design H.O.T. Graphics
House Manager Ann Veasey
Box Office Ann Veasey
     Assisted By Kimberley Bruggemann, Pam Engle, Sandy Fry, Darlene Hatfield, Barbara Heindel, Sue Holliger, Debbie Krieger, Dianne Nowakowski, Jinny Patterson, Susan Rice, & Judy Wiederhold
Production Logo and Posters Julian Rockwood
Program Printing The Copy Center
Marquee Signs Derek Hansen
Theatre Photographer Frank Venda
Special Thanks

Neon Art by Phillip Hazard
Digital Collage by Glenn Osborn
Dresses - The Toledo Repertoire Theatre
Tuxes - President Tuxedo
Pistol - University of Toledo Theatre Department
Cheryl Thomas

The Show!

Place:    An apartment in the Grammercy Park Section of New York City

Time:    New Years Eve

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