Murder Among Friends
Written By: Bob Barry
Directed by: Jennifer Rockwood
Produced 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 Murder Among Friends (pdf) (Requires Adobe Reader)
The People …
Leading Roles
in order of appearance
| Angela | Kate Abu-Absi |
| Palmer | Jim Norman |
| Ted | Bill Lancz |
| Gert | Jennifer Lake |
| Larry/Jessup | John Meadows |
| Marshall | Matt Black |
Program 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 Design | Andrew Todd |
| Lighting Crew | Kara Ayers & Patrick Drummond |
| Sound Design | Derek Hansen |
| Sound 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 |
| Box Office Staff | 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