Birmingham Festival Theatre Presents THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 & DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE

The Birmingham Festival Theatre will bring audiences a production of THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 from March 4, 2010 until March 20, 2010.

The "Whodunit" show by John Bishop will be directed by Stephen French. The cast will feature Gabrielle Metz as Helsa Wenzel, Jan Hunter as Elsa Von Grossenknueten, Ulysses Petty as Michael Kelly, Nick Crawford as Eddie McCuen, and Kelsey Sherrer as Nikki Crandall. The show will also include Ellise Mayor (Marjorie Baverstock), Julie Meadows (Bernice Roth), Lee Griner (Roger Hopewell), G. Dwayne Johnson (Ken De la Maize), and Bates Redwine (Patrick O'Reilly).

The show takes place in Chappaqua, New York in December of 1940. Secret passages are everywhere. No one's who they appear to be. Characters are dying right and left. Victims of the Stage Door Slasher. The producers are trying to resurrect the play that was killed. And you won't be safe either. But you'll be dying from laughter. "Don't look in the closet!"

 

Birmingham Festival Theatre's next production will be DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE playing from April 22, 2010 until May 8, 2010.

DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Edward C. Miller follows a woman who answers a cell phone belonging to a recently deceased stranger. This single well-intentioned decision entangles her in a world very different than her own. You, too, will be drawn in by this imaginative comedy.

The cast will feature Jessica Clark as Jean, Hube Dodd as Gordon, Debbie Smith as Mrs. Gottlieb, Camille Spratling as Hermia, Kevin Van Hyning as Dwight, and Meredith Murphy McLemore as The Stranger.

For more information on upcoming shows, or to order tickets, visit online at bftonline.org. You may also call at (205) 933-2383

The Birmingham Festival Theatre is located at 1901 ½ - 11th Avenue South Birmingham.

 

 

 

 

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