Studio Players 2009-2010 Season
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The Unexpected Guest
by Agatha Christie
Director: Gary McCormick
Performance Dates:
September 10-27, 2009
Auditions
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A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy
estate in Wales, this mystery opens as a stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife
standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. The stranger helps
her concoct a story that blames the murder on an intruder. But once the police begin investigating, they
discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously, opening a Pandora's box of loves and hates,
and suspicions and intrigues.
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"Scrooge? I have to redeem old Scrooge? The one
man I knew who was worse than I was? Impossible!" So begins the real story behind Dicken's A Christmas Carol -
the story of Jacob Marley's heroic behind-the-scenes efforts to save old Scrooge's soul (and in the
process, save his own). This irreverent, funny and ultimately, deeply moving story retells Dicken's
classic with warmth and infectious zest.
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Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
by Tom Mula
Director: Carly Preston
Performance Dates:
November 19-December 6, 2009
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True West
by Sam Shepard
Director: Eric Ryan Seale
Performance Dates:
January 21-February 7, 2010
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This American classic explores the alternatives
that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling
alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin is a stable, successful Hollywood
screenwriter. Lee is his menacing, vagabond brother. The story of their tragicomic quest to change
identities is funny and terrifying, realistic and surrealistic, and ultimately mesmerizing. (Mature
language)
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Suzy Hendrix, a blind housewife, becomes the target of a sinister
con-man and two ex-convicts seraching for a mysterious doll they have traced to the Greenwich Village
apartment of Suzy and her husband Sam. Through a cleverly constructed deception, the three men try to
convince Suzy to reveal the location of the doll. As Suzy becomes suspicious of their motives, the stakes
are raised and she realizes the only way to play fair is to play by her rules. Set in the late 60's, this
tense thriller was made into a movie starring Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn.
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Wait Until Dark
by Frederick Knott
Director: Bob Singleton
Performance Dates:
March 18-April 4, 2010
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Run For Your Wife
by Ray Cooney
Director: Ross Carter
Performance Dates:
May 20-June 6, 2010
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This superb example of British farce had them
rolling in the aisles in London and New York. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different
areas of London because of his irregular working hours. But once an unexpected incident and the ensuing
publicity interferes with his intricate ruse, complication is piled upon complication as the cabby tries
to keep his double life from exploding.
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