"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" - by Rupert Holmes - StageWorks (Fitchburg, MA.)
StageWorks
Presents Rupert Holmes' Musical
"THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD"
Book, Music and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens
Directed by Paul Conway
Music Director Emily Stratton
Pianist and Conductor Michael Hoffmann
Choreographer Emily Baldwin
Cast Includes: Kate Olson as “Chairwoman Briar Cartwright,” IIana Whittaker as “Miss Alice Nutting/Edwin Drood,” Vajra Spring as “Mr. Clive Paget/John Jasper,” Terrie Lootens Hyde as “Miss Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer,” Kathryn Lazar as “Miss Deidre Peregrine/Rosa Bud,” Brandon Snyder as “Mr. Victor Grinstead/Neville Landless,” Katrina Hebert as “Miss Janet Conover/Helena Landless,” Jon Paul Gualdarrama as “Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe/Rev. Crisparkle,” John Williams as “Mr. Phillip Bax/Bazzard/Waiter,” John Hanlon as “Mr. Nick Cricker/Durdles,” Sophie Strano as “Stage Manager Jane Throttle/Barkeep,” Natalie DeMar as “Miss Nikki Cricker/Deputy,” James Hitchens as “Mayor Sapsea,” Michelle Sparrow as “Miss Alanna Eliot/Flo Gill/Wendy,” Steph Nogueira as “Miss Gwendlyn Pynn/Beatrice,” Loren Bennington as “Mr. Nicholas Michael/Horace,” Michelle Fisher as “Miss Marigold Moss/Maid/Citizen,” Kayla Gualdarrama as “Miss Meredith Moss/Maid/Citizen,” Yaitza Rodriguez as “Miss Sarah Cook/Citizen,” Grace Willett as “Miss Nicola Michael/Citizen/Dance Captain,” Nicole Gentilella as “Miss Violet Balfour/Maid/Citizen,” Katlyn Thibault as “Miss Christina Lyon/Maid/Citizen,” Tony Dean as “Citizen,” Michael Hoffmann as "Mr. Thomas Purcell, Pianist and Conductor."
Additional Creative Team:
Lighting Design and Operation - Ted Sparrow; Sound Design and Operation – Sean Kyle; Stage Crew Manager – Gavin Grey; Stage Crew – Megan Gentilella, Lily Zichelle; Costume Design – Paul Conway; Costume Assistant – Megan McGuire; Dressers – Megan McGuire, Colleen DeMar (Costume Steamer), Diane Twiss; Props – Greg Baker; Set Design – Paul Conway, Sean Kyle; Set Construction & Painting - Paul Conway, Sean Kyle, Ted Sparrow, John Williams, Alan Bell, Nicole Isabelle, Gavin Grey, Forrest Hyde, Meg Fisher, Nicole Gentilella, Caiti Joly, Tara Pelletier, Katrina Hebert; Front of House Manager – Mary Dean; Production Manager – Sean Kyle.
The Theatre at St. Bernard's High School, 45 Harvard Street, Fitchburg, MA. 01420
Performances:
January 24, 2025 through January 26, 2025
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ABOUT THE SHOW
"THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" is a hilarious, interactive whodunit mystery musical that allows the audience to enter the action and become the ultimate detectives.
The show is based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel of the same name.
In small town of Chesterham, England, the young and charming EDWIN DROOD has been mysteriously murdered.
But by whom?
His leering romantic rival, John Jasper?
The infamous purveyor of opium and vice, Princess Puffer?
The mysterious Landless twins, newly arrived from Ceylon?
Or someone else even more dastardly and villainous?
Dickens passed away before he was able to reveal the culprit.
Rupert Holmes’ award-winning musical solves this predicament by asking the audience to choose which character is the killer by putting it to a vote.
Staged in metatheatrical manner by the "Music Hall Royale," a traveling Victorian theatre troupe full of just as many colorful characters as the roles they play, this charming and inventive musical is sure to intrigue and entertain any musical or mystery lover.
All actors play two parts.
Each plays an actor of the "Music Hall Royale" company and also the character he or she plays in Music Hall’s production of "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD." (STAGEAGENT)
ABOUT STAGEWORKS
STAGEWORKS is incorporated under under 503(c) not for profit status with the mission of delivering performance arts to the public and forwarding cultural enrichment.
STAGEWORKS is supported in part by a grants from local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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