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Cast for A Dark and Stormy Night

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Announcing the cast list for A Dark and Stormy Night!

Here is a sneak peek at the next cast. Get ready for another great teen and young adult play!

Cast List – “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night”

Character Cast X Cast Y
Sheldon Sheffield, the butler Tavis Evans Timothy Ward
Dr. Eric McGillicuddy (“Dr. Mack”), a physics professor Sebastian Ward Sebastian Ward
Phoebe McGillicuddy, Dr. Mack’s 18-year-old daughter Emily Jaffe Gillian Montville
Dr. Felicia Park, a psychologist Sarah Allanach Taylor Fisher
Camille Jefferson, a bookseller Kate Allanach Kate Allanach
Jack Kramer, a retired police detective Matthew Biggs Devin Shill
Deputy Kelly Murphy Tavis Evans Timothy Ward
Deputy Dana Torres Emily Wood Emily Wood

Written by a local playwright from Corvallis, Bob Greenwade. Thank you for letting us showcase a new murder mystery.

A Dark and Stormy Night – Opens Nov 9

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Brush Creek Players offer the comic mystery It Was a Dark and Stormy Night as the 2012 teen & young adult production

Brush Creek Players close their 2012 season with It Was a Dark and Stormy Night.  The show opens November 9 and runs two weekends to close November 18.  The play is directed by Michael Wood.

The show by Corvallis author and playwright Bob Greenwade offers a genuine mystery wrapped in a light-hearted send-up of the traditional parlor mystery.

“It Was a Dark and Stormy Night provides all the classic elements – strangers gathered in an isolated house, cut off from the world by a storm, working together to solve a mystery,” Wood said. “It even comes complete with a proper English butler.”

The production includes evening performances at 7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as 2 pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays.

Tickets are $10 general admission, with discounted tickets available for students ($8) and children under 12 ($7) and seniors 60 and older ($7).  They can be purchased in advance at the following locations:

Item 9 Opportunity Shoppe
208 E. Main Street, Silverton
(503) 873-7362
 

Stampin’Cat Studio
An Artist’s Rubber Stamp Store
2677 Commercial Street SE, Salem
(503) 390-2553

Tickets also will be available at the door 30 minutes before curtain.

 

For further information, contact Michael Wood at 503-508-3682.

Casting Call for “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” 2012 Teen/Young Adult Show

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After successfully staging a teen/young adult mystery last fall, Brush Creek Players are pleased to stage another mystery, “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night,” by Bob Greenwade.  Open auditions for actors aged 13 to mid-20s will be held on Saturday, September 22 at 1 pm and Tuesday, September 25 at 6 pm.  Call-backs will be scheduled as necessary. 

“Bob Greenwade has written a play with several twists and turns – and a good dose of plain old fun,” said Michael Wood, who will be directing again this year.  “It’s a mystery in the classic style, with a group of strangers gathering together in a mysterious old country home – and it is indeed a dark and stormy night.”

The auditions, which will use cold readings from the script, will be held at Brush Creek Playhouse, located at 11535 Silverton Road between Salem and Silverton (the intersection of Silverton and Brush Creek roads).  The show requires 3 to 5 males and 3 to 5 females – if sufficient actors are available, the director hopes to run two complete casts, providing some flexibility in the performance schedule.

The show will open November 2 and run through November 18, with either three or four performances each weekend, depending upon the number of casts.

For further information, contact Michael Wood at 503-508-3682. You also can find “Brush Creek Playhouse” on Facebook or at www.brushcreekplayhouse.com

A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen — Cast

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Cast of A Doll House at Brush Creek Playhouse

Nora Helmer, played by Kassandra Perkins

Torvald Helmer, played by Tavis Evans

Kristine Linde, played by Chantelle Gemmill

Nils Krogstad, played by Earl Wiskow

Dr. Rank, played by Alexander Asher

Anne-Marie, the children’s nurse, played by Sharon Jensen-Messman

Helene, the Helmers’ maid, played by Bernadette VanDenBroeke

Ivar Helmer, played by Ethan Lazar

Bob Helmer, played by Aidan Lazar

Emmie Helmer, played by Emma Lazar

Please join us for the classic play about the role of men and women in marriage and society!

The show runs from September 28 through October 14,2012 with performances at 7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 pm  on Sundays.

Work Party Sun 9/16/2012

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Brush Creek Players will be having a work party this Sunday September 16, 2012 from 9 AM to 6 PM.  We will be doing some more clean up and painting on the interior of the building.  We are also hoping to finish up the siding on the storage shed.  If you have time come by and help us.  Your volunteer time will help us meet the matching grant for the historical restoration work to the outside of the building received from the Oregon Cultural Trust (http://www.culturaltrust.org/).

Come see the progress and enjoy the sunshine!