Dollar Drama Club
Let's Murder Marsha
"Let's Murder Marsha" was performed on 19th, 20th, 21st October 2023 in Dollar Academy Studio Theatre.
Click here for photos of the dress rehearsal.
This fast-paced comedy concerns a happy housewife named Marsha, hopelessly addicted to reading murder mysteries, who starts to believe that her husband is trying to murder her.
Is she correct, or has she read too many novels?
It is set in a New York City apartment in the 1980s.
Cast:
- Marsha Gilmore: Elaine Stark
- Tobias Gilmore, her husband: Damian Sherwood-Johnson
- Bianca, the maid: Fiona Baxter
- Persis Devore, an interior designer: Catherine Gibson-Poole
- Virgil Baxter, a neighbour: Andrew Bawn
- Lynette Thoren, Marsha's mother: Sandra Ballantine
- Ben Quade, Bianca's boyfriend: Stuart Salmon
With support from:
- Director: Linda Rice
- Stage Manager: Helen Costin
- Assistants: Elaine Payne, Jane McGill
- Prompt: Jane McGill
- Sound: David Anderson
- Lighting: Jane McGill
- Props: Shena McDonald
- Set construction: Mick Rice
- Music and sound effects: Andrew Bawn
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