[Capdist-announce] REHEARSAL FOR MURDER Opens Friday at SCP

[Bill Hickman]

            Our last play of the season will leave 'em wanting more and asking who dun it. 

            Actors Robert L. Hegeman and Richard Harte struggle for control of the gun in a scene from Rehearsal for Murder.   
     
                        PRESS RELEASE
                        April 15, 2008

                       
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                  D.D. Brooke's 
                  REHEARSAL FOR MURDER
                  Opening Friday, May 8th 
                 
                  Schenectady, NY - April 15, 2009 - The Schenectady Civic Players (SCP) announce their final production of this season, Rehearsal for Murder, presented at the Playhouse May 8-10 and 13-17. Was it suicide or murder?  And if it was murder, who did it?  That's what playwright Alex Dennison is trying to find out a year later, when he reunites the cast from the opening night of his play, Chamber Music, which opened and closed the night his fiancee, Monica Welles, died.
                   
                  Rehearsal for Murder was adapted by Brooke from the teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link which stars Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Jeff Goldblum, and Patrick Macnee.

                  Pictured here are Stephanie G. Insogna, Laural Hayes, Jason Biszick and Robert L. Hegeman.

                  In this intriguing mystery, Alex Dennison gathers his "usual suspects" and traps them in an empty theater where they are supposedly reading through his latest play.  But, to quote Hamlet, this "play's the thing" in which to catch the conscience of a killer.  Monica Welles, the beautiful film star who was attempting to make it on the legitimate stage, appears in flashback scenes. 

                  Join us at the Playhouse to find out how the interesting plot twists finally culminate in an ending that will surely surprise.

                  The Cast

                  The cast (in order of appearance) includes Alex Dennison (Robert L. Hegeman), Ernie (Mike Steese), Sally Bean (Stephanie G. Insogna), Monica Welles (Monica Cangero*, pictured left), Loretta/Female Police Officer (Susan Katz), Lloyd Andrews (Jason Biszick), Bella Lamb (Laural Hayes), Karen Daniels (Jennifer Van Iderstyne), David Matthews (Richard Harte), Leo Gibbs (John Massaroni), Male Police Officer (William Daisak*), Man in the Auditorium (Matthew Mac Arevy*), and Mr. Santoro (Hank Boland*).  The play features several SCP newcomers, whose names above are indicated by an asterisk.
                   
                  The Director

                  Rita Russell, Director, is an area theater person of over twenty years experience,  Rita has been active with SCP having appeared as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and also in On the Verge, Rumors, Sherlock's Last Case, To Kill a Mockingbird, and most recently Stage Door.  Rita is currently the Playbill editor and SCP's secretary.  She  directed  Laura  and King Lear for the Playhouse and has acted and directed for other area groups including ACT, SLOC, Family Players, Galway Players, Spotlight Player, Village Stage, RPI, and Riverview Entertainment.

                  Production Team

                  Director Rita Russell has brought together a great cast and crew to bring this play to life.  The production staff includes Producer, Donald Mealy; Assistant Director, Richard M. Messina; Set Designer, Duncan Morrison; Lighting Designer, Jeffrey Scott; Costume Designer, Joseph Fava; Sound Designer, Joel Katz; Stage Manager, John Roberge; tech crew, Michael Rzepka, cast supper, Tom Heckert, and Properties Committee, Kathy Frisic, Laura Houlihan, Bonnie Lake, and Ann Sylvester.

                  Performances

                  Rehearsal for Murder will be performed Friday, May 8 through Sunday, May 10, and Wednesday, May 13, through Sunday, May 17. Sunday matinees are at 2:30 P.M.; all other performances are at 8 P.M. All seats $15. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the box office at 382-2081 or online at www.civicplayers.org.

                 
           
     

at the Schenectady Civic Playhouse, 

12 South Church St., Schenectady, (518-382-2081)

 

- TICKETS only $15, Students $12 -- 

 

 FOR TICKETS:  call Carol George direct on (518) 377-9397

Or order on-line 24 hrs. a day at   www.civicplayers.org 
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