Theatre West Presents THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 by John Bishop September 11 -­‐ October 18, 2015 Directed by Michael Van Duzer Produced by Pete Parkin and Benjamin Scuglia CAST OF PLAYERS (in order of appearance) HELSA WENZEL: Michelle Holmes* ELSA VON GROSSENKNUETEN: Jacque Lynn Colton* MICHAEL KELLY: Kevin Yarbrough PATRICK O'REILLY: Joe Nassi* KEN DE LA MAIZE: Scott Seiffert* NIKKI CRANDALL: Emily Rose McLeod EDDIE McCUEN: Patrick T. Rogers MARJORIE BAVERSTOCK: Ivy Jones* ROGER HOPEWELL: Donald Moore BERNICE ROTH: Anne Leyden* * Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association. SETTING The library of the Grossenknueten mansion, New York, December 1940. THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 by John Bishop PRODUCTION CREW AND STAFF Production stage manager: Roger Kent Cruz Set designer: Pettifogger Costume designer: Emily Brown Kucera Lighting designer: Yancey Dunham Sound designer: Austin Quan Prop Master/Master carpenter: Ernest McDaniel Fight director: Joe Nassi Composer: Barbara Rottman Assistant stage manager: Ariel Staehle House manager: Karen Ragan-­‐George Box office: Constance Jewell Lopez, Michelle Higgs Build crew: Frank Gangarossa, Astin Hermann, Gera Hermann, Garry Kluger, Ernest McDaniel, Pete Parkin, Thomas Walla Publicity: Philip Sokoloff Social media director: Corinne Shor Layout and design: Doug Haverty Webmaster: Charlie Mount Theatre West Executive Director: John Gallogly Assistant to the Executive Director: Oriana Havlicek Special Thanks Nicholas Acciani, Frank Gangarossa, Jill Jones, Erin Moore, Charlie Mount, Lorri Layle Oliver, Jeff G. Rack, David Hunt Stafford (Artistic and Managing Director, Theatre 40, Beverly Hills), Open Fist Theatre Company/Bruce Dickinson & Ina Shumaker, George Tovar and L.A. Stage Alliance. Director’s Note “Old situations, new complications, Nothing portentous or polite; Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight! — Stephen Sondheim John Bishop’s The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is many things: a murder mystery, an affectionate spoof/homage to spooky-­‐old-­‐house stories, a backstage yarn filled with colorful theatrical types, an ensemble piece designed around a group of character actors and, most importantly, a play with nothing on its mind but the desire to make you laugh. Today the full-­‐blown comedy genre is more at home in film and television. But, in the ‘30s and ‘40s, Broadway seasons were filled with “light fare” featuring deft and sophisticated comedic performances from the likes of the Lunts, Gertrude Lawrence and Ina Claire. Audiences were also convulsed by shows built around the more proletarian talents of Bert Lahr and Jimmy Durante as well as the impossible-­‐to-­‐categorize Beatrice Lillie. In Hollywood, onetime stage performers like Irene Dunne and Cary Grant defined the new category of screwball comedy, while Broadway veteran Bob Hope developed a uniquely relaxed style of wisecracking parody exploits. Bishop’s script accomplishes the monumental task of blending all these disparate styles into a swift-­‐moving and cohesive whole that never feels ungainly. Taking my cue from him, I found inspiration in other classic conventions. Many of you will recognize the influence of Buster Keaton in the farcical physical moments, while the sparing use of background music reminds us that small orchestras accompanied even straight plays on Broadway during the play’s time frame. Casting a show like this can be problematic with an acting population raised on realism and sub-­‐text. Today’s performers are often unfamiliar with the style, the playing speed and the sheer size of characterization demanded by the script. I was incredibly blessed to find a fearless 10-­‐member company, each with their own comic sensibility and terrific timing. What they didn’t know about the specific period, they were more than happy to learn, and the results are a laugh-­‐fest you won’t soon forget. Certainly the most daunting prospect in a play with secret passages, multiple deaths, numerous fights, musical numbers, characters in disguise, a vast array of props and the ghost of a German spy watching over the proceedings is how to fit it all onto the Theatre West stage. In the early days I felt more like a general plotting a battle plan than an artist working a script. But I was well aware that comic anarchy would only truly play on stage when it is planned down to the last minute detail. Once the patterns were devised and the technical minutiae ironed out (thanks to an excellent production and tech staff), I was able to concentrate on my performers and urge them on to the unbridled comic madness you will witness in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. — Mark Twain CAST MEMBERS JACQUE LYNN COLTON (Elsa Von Grossenknueten) Ms. Colton, a longtime Theatre West member, played Countess Flora de Lage in The Women, directed/acted in Bleacher Babes and appeared in Storybook Theatre, Panama Hattie, In the Summer House and Harvey. She appeared in A Noise Within’s Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Blithe Spirit, and their Artists’ Reading Series' Period of Adjustment and Liliom. Other recent highlights include Halie in Sam Shepard’s Buried Child at Whitefire Theatre, and James Joyce’s The Dead at the Open Fist Theatre Company where she also appeared in Horton Foote’s FooteNotes and many other plays. Ms. Colton actively works in Film and TV and is a proud member of AEA and SAG-­‐AFTRA. MICHELLE HOLMES (Helsa Wenzel) Michelle is so lucky to be working with Michael Van Duzer again at wonderful Theatre West. This past spring, Michelle appeared in the West Coast premiere of Abigail/1702, playing the iconic role of Elizabeth Proctor, at International City Theatre. At DOMA Theatre Company, she has recently been seen as Annas in their critically acclaimed Jesus Christ Superstar, and, before that, she was in their all-­‐out hit Young Frankenstein, playing Frau Blücher, for which she was nominated as Best Female Comic Performance by the Stage Raw Los Angeles Theatre Awards. Other productions include Macbeth (Savage Players), Ruddigore (Sierra Madre Playhouse), and Healin' Dirt Diner (Celebration Theatre). Regionally, Michelle has performed at Opera San Luis Obispo, Sierra Repertory, Gateway Playhouse in New York, Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, and St. Louis MUNY Opera. On TV, she has had success on Fudge for ABC/Amblin as well as Arrest & Trial for Wolf Films. And in film, she is soon to be seen in the feature Chemical Cut, costarring with her dog, Alice. www.crazyauntmary.com IVY JONES (Marjorie Baverstock) When the boat from New York docked in Los Angeles, it dumped this Italian Jew on the prairie to guest on The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie and Gunsmoke. She finally traded the long skirt for a jacket and recurred on The West Wing and other walk-­‐down-­‐the-­‐hallway shows. Ivy's numerous stage credits in New York and Los Angeles include Piaf, Annulla and Zorba (for years, Ivy would only do one-­‐word shows with no exclamation points). A strong supporter of nepotism, Ivy's film credits include Audrey Rose, written by her father, Frank DeFelitta, from his bestselling novel and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, and City Island, written and directed by her brother Raymond DeFelitta, starring Andy Garcia. Ivy can be soon be seen in the ABC miniseries Madoff, costarring fellow Theatre West member Richard Dreyfuss, and once again taking direction from her baby brother Raymond on the same Central Park entrance where she once walked him as an infant. She gratefully thanks Theatre West for the warm welcome. ANNE LEYDEN (Bernice Roth) Anne is excited to be part of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940! Anne was last seen in as Kate in Classic Couples Counseling and received rave reviews and a Scenie Award as Edith in Theatre West's revival of The Women. Anne’s favorite performances include Sarah in What Can We Say to Her?; as a solo performer in Roy Battocchio's Why Me?; Janet in Waiting for the Parade; Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town; Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Bernadette Devlin in Freedom of the City; Julie Cavendish in The Royal Family; and Solange in The Maids. Anne has performed in several Storybook Theatre productions here at Theatre West. Current TV and web credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Serial Bill (www.serialbill.com) and Waiting for Moore. Anne is a member of Theatre West, actress, wife, mother, woman. Not necessarily in that order. www.anneleyden.com. EMILY ROSE McLEOD (Nikki Crandall) Emily is thrilled to be making her Theatre West debut! Her Los Angeles credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost (Coeurage Theatre Company), What the Butler Saw (Morgan Wixson Theatre), The Women of Lockerbie and Measure for Measure (Theatricum Botanicum) and Desire Under the Elms (A Noise Within). Emily also performed in staged readings of Bronte and Chamber Music with A Noise Within's Emerging Artists Association. Emily is a proud graduate of California State University, Fresno. DONALD MOORE (Roger Hopewell) Donald has performed as crotchety old men (King Lear, Tiresias, Santa Claus) and he has played young, passionate men: Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the Cheerleader in Bleacher Bums, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Michael in Dancing at Lughnasa. And he has sung for his supper in Cabaret, Zorba and West Side Story. In Theatre West's By Jupiter, as Homer the Greek “war correspondent,” Donald happily wended his way through a bevy of buxom spear-­‐wielding Amazons. Tonight, Donald continues to enjoy himself in Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 as he wends his way through even more pointy objects, and he is hoping you will enjoy it as well. JOE NASSI (Patrick O'Reilly) An actor, director and fight director, Joe was raised in Seattle, where he began his theatre career. At Theatre West, Joe has appeared in a number of shows including Mr. Franklin, The Hit, The Petrified Forest and last season's Writers in Rep production of The Claw. PATRICK T. ROGERS (Eddie McCuen) Patrick is thrilled to make his Theatre West debut with The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, reprising one of his favorite roles. Credits include: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Barefoot in the Park (Goldie Award), Play it Again, Sam, Guys and Dolls, Kimberly Akimbo (Los Angeles premiere), The Foreigner, You Can’t Take it With You, Lost in Yonkers, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and All My Sons. Directorial credits include: Come Blow Your Horn, Proposals, Lost in Yonkers and The Cover of Life. Many thanks to his friends – especially ANK, Dana, Kristina, Nicole, and Johnny for always being there and to Michael and the cast and creative team for a wonderfully fun time! He dedicates this production to his mom, Jackie, his little niece (making her entrance to the world in November) and to the memory of his Grandma Simonetti. www.patricktrogers.com SCOTT SEIFFERT (Ken de la Maize) Scott was most recently Igor in DOMA Theater’s critically acclaimed and sold-­‐out production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Theater roles include Elvis in Elvis and Juliet, Hound in The Real Inspector Hound and Claudius in Dogg’s Hamlet. Film/TV appearances include Blur, Cause of Death, Law & Order, Four of a Kind, PBS's West of the Imagination, AwesomenessTV, Make a Splash and King's Brunch (Japan). Scott began his acting career as a child singing with The Carpenters, has worked on 48 animated feature films and is most thankful for his houseful of hilarious girls: Lisa, Maddie and Misty. KEVIN YARBROUGH (Michael Kelly) Kevin, a Los Angeles-­‐based actor/singer, is Pepsi/NASCAR 500’s Big Break Vocal Champion. He received the NAACP Theatre Award as Best Lead Actor and a Garland Award nomination for Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in MTLA’s Ragtime. He played Billy Flynn (Geoffrey Award, Best Lead Actor Nom) in Morgan Wixson's Chicago and “Mister” in Songs of The Color Purple. TV credits include Coach Henderson in Zane’s: The Jump Off for Cinemax. On film, he appeared in Avengers Grimm (Asylum Studios), Hansel vs. Gretel, Cleaver Family Reunion, H4 (as Edmund Mortimer) and Revival (as Thomas Didymus, set for 2016 release). Commercials include Carmax, BrightHouse Network, OC Fair, Blue Cross, Woodmen of the World and many more. Kevin is a three-­‐time host of the NAACP Theatre Festival of 10-­‐Minute Plays and NAACP Theatre Awards presenter. He is a member of SAG/AFTRA. PRODUCTION STAFF JOHN BISHOP (playwright) John Bishop is the author of the plays Borderline, Cabin 12, Confluence, The Harvesting, Keepin' An Eye on Louie, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 and The Skirmishes, all published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. MICHAEL VAN DUZER (director) Earlier this year, Michael directed The Golden Apple for Musical Theatre Guild. Other local productions include The Collection, What the Butler Saw, As You Like It, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Edward II, The Double Dealer (Best Direction), Halsted Street: Chicago (GLAAD nomination), The Lisbon Traviata and the local premiere of Daniel MacIvor’s In On It (Weekly Nomination). He helmed the world premieres of his own plays Hopeful Romantic (Best Playwright), Recalled to Life, Tawdry Tales (Best Comedy-­‐Posing Strap Pirates), The History of Gay Theatre in Something More than 60 Seconds and Trattoria of Terror. He has been resident director for the Opera Buffs since 1991, directing all of their showcases. PETE PARKIN (producer) Pete joined Theatre West last year and is currently a member of its Artistic Board. He did one show here many moons ago as a guest lighting designer for A Little Night Music. As well as producing, Pete is also a director, playwright and designer. He graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse in 1969 with an MFA in directing and has been active in the Los Angeles theatre scene ever since. He is a past president of Company of Angels theatre in Hollywood, where he earned rave reviews as both a director and a designer. Pete was one of the original members of Ralph Waites' Los Angeles Actors Theatre and he was active in the rebirth of the Pasadena Playhouse in 1979. At Theatre Exchange, Pete won an L.A. Weekly Award for his direction of Looking Glass and a Dramalogue Award for set design for The Rimers of Eldritch. With Stephanie Shayne, he started the Shoreditch Theatre that worked very successfully out of the 99-­‐seat space at LAVC. For 10 years, he was the resident designer and technical director at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum. BENJAMIN SCUGLIA (producer) Benjamin is an author and playwright, actor, producer and stage manager. At Theatre West, where he is a member, he has served as stage manager or ASM on The Petrified Forest, On the Razzle and Verdigris and co-­‐produced last season's Writers in Rep productions of Boxes and The Claw. Last year, productions of A Family Affair (Classical Theatre Lab) and Noel Coward's The Vortex (Matrix Theatre) he stage-­‐managed were Stage Raw nominees for Production of the Year. Benjamin's play Last of His Kind was a winner of the 2015 Lesbian & Gay Short Play Festival sponsored by the City of West Hollywood and the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. His play Gay for Pay, seen last season at WestFest 2014, was a recent Top 30 Finalist for the 40th Annual Samuel French Off-­‐Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Twitter: @500Turtles. Enjoy the show! EMILY BROWN KUCERA (costume designer) Emily's costuming for Theatre West began with The Petrified Forest and continued with last season's Redhead and the Writers in Rep productions of Boxes and The Claw. She has also worked on Macbeth (Antaeus Theater), Silence! The Musical (Hayworth Theatre Center) and Annie Get Your Gun (Carpenter Center). Emily is very happy to be home in Los Angeles after touring with Empire of the Sun. ROGER KENT CRUZ (production stage manager) At Theatre West, Roger has called and operated light and sound cues for such productions as Dancing at Lughnasa, Nunsense, Betty Garrett: Closet Songwriter, Morning's at Seven, Acting: The First Six Lessons, The Price, Gaslight, The Women of Spoon River, Seascape, Moose on the Loose, The Women and Against the Wall. Last season, he called On the Razzle, Redhead, Verdigris, the Writers in Rep production of Boxes and Without Annette. YANCEY DUNHAM (lighting designer) Yancey won Best Light Design from the San Fernando Valley Theatre League for Theatre West's critically acclaimed 2008 production of A Very Brady Musical by Lloyd Schwartz, Laurence Juber and Hope Juber. Other favorite designs at Theatre West have been Gaslight, Sally Spectre: A Horror Musical, The Petrified Forest and the recently lit-­‐up Verdigris. At The Matrix Theatre, Yancey designed The Magic Bullet Theory. At Sacred Fools Theatre, he lit Live! From the Last Night of my Life!, Savin' Up for Saturday Night! and Tallgrass Gothic. Yancey has a BA in Theatre from WSU and wants to thank his wife Kathy for her love and support. ERNEST McDANIEL (prop master/master carpenter) Ernest studied theatre at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He started his stage technical career as the master carpenter at the Attic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, followed by lead carpenter for the national tour of the Broadway production of Raisin. He was the technical director at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, where he won the award for Best Technical Director for Michigan. Ernest has worked on many national and international stage and film productions, including property master for the feature film One Half Gone. As property master, his recent projects include Flare Path (Theatre 40) and The Petrified Forest and On the Razzle for Theatre West. JOE NASSI (fight director/cast) An actor, director and fight director, Joe was raised in Seattle, where he began his theatre career. At Theatre West, Joe has appeared in a number of shows including Mr. Franklin, The Hit, The Petrified Forest and last season's The Claw. PETTIFOGGER (set designer) Pettifogger's many Los Angeles credits over the years include the Pasadena Playhouse Balcony Theatre, Actors Alley, Eclectic Theatre, Theatricum Botanicum, Third Stage, Theatre Exchange (L.A. Weekly Award) and Company of Angels (LADC nomination), among others. Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 was a collaborative effort; without the input, engineering skills and stagecraft of Ernie McDaniel and Frank Gangarossa, this would not have happened—period. AUSTIN QUAN (sound designer) Austin is a recent UCLA graduate and loves partaking in sound-­‐related activities. He is the co-­‐owner of Circular Rhythm Productions. At Theatre West, Austin has designed soundscapes for The Petrified Forest, On the Razzle and the 2015 Writers in Rep productions of Boxes and The Claw. Other notable clients/projects include Warner Bros. Local Natives, Kina Grannis and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. He is the recipient of an L.A. Weekly nomination, an Ovation nomination and Stagescene L.A. Scenie Award for Best Sound Design. BARBARA ROTTMAN (composer) Barbara earned her music/theatre degree from UCLA. She was the composer of the Emmy-­‐ and Peabody-­‐
winning children's TV show Dusty's Treehouse. Barbara was the composer or music director for original children's musicals for Arena Stage in Washington D.C., Beverly Hills High School and the Los Angeles High School of Performing Arts. Recent projects include Oedipus Machina for Odyssey Theatre; and The Tempest, Camino Real, The Rivals, Way of the World and Country Wife for Classical Theatre Lab. Personal grants include a study of the Holocaust in Yad Vashem, Israel, and teaching Shakespeare at the Globe Theater, London. Barbara is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP and Theatre West. PHILIP SOKOLOFF (publicity) Philip has been Theatre West’s resident publicist since 1998. He has also appeared onstage at Theatre West in Falling Upward, Drunk and in Charge of a Bicycle, Pop. 7 and The Petrified Forest. ARIEL STAEHLE (assistant stage manager) Ariel has been in the theater for most of her life at this point; get the girl some daylight! She has performed onstage in shows such as Lysistrata and The Producers, as well as on the technical side. Most recently, Ariel was stage manager for last season's Writers in Rep production of The Claw at Theater West. In addition, she has worked behind-­‐the-­‐scenes for some fantastic comedic productions, including Bullshot Crummond and Beyond Therapy. Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is sure to be an amazing addition to her resume. She is thrilled to be working with such a fantastic cast! JOHN GALLOGLY (Theatre West Executive Director) Mr. Gallogly has appeared in four original Broadway plays including Runaways and The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall. 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