`DEATHTRAP' FULL OF TWISTS, ; MURDER-MYSTERY STARTS RUN TONIGHT AT LANCASTER CENTER.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Imagine being a once successful playwright in a slump forced to teach writing seminars to supplement your income. How frustrating would it be to have a student turn in a first-draft play so good that you knew it would sell? What would you do to gain back the success you once had? Would your envy and desire drive you to . . . murder? Sidney Bruhl is faced with this dilemma in the murder-mystery ``Deathtrap death·trap n. 1. An unsafe building or other structure. 2. A perilous circumstance or situation. Noun 1. ,'' which will be performed at 8 p.m. tonight, March 20 and 21, and at 2 p.m. Sunday and March 22 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Patterned after ``Dial M for Murder,'' ``Gaslight'' and ``Sleuth,'' ``Deathtrap,'' written by Ira Levin, is filled with twists and turns as well as funny moments. ``It's kind of the ultimate murder mystery,'' said director Daniel Silva Daniel Silva (born 1960) is the bestselling author of 10 thriller/espionage novels. Biography Daniel Silva began his writing career as a journalist, with a temporary job from United Press International in 1984. in his third season with Cedar Street Theatre. ``It's brilliantly written. It's not what you expect.'' Tickets are $12. Senior and group rates are available. For more information and tickets, call the box office at (805) 723-5950. The role of Sidney Bruhl will be played by Randy Monte who was seen in Cedar Street Theatre's one-act comedy, ``In a Garden Far, Far Away.'' Marian Hollenbeck, a recent Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley transplant from Orange County, plays Sidney's wealthy wife, Myra. Hollenbeck is a community theater veteran and has been featured in ``The Taming of the Shrew shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. ,'' ``Romeo and Juliet'' and ``What the Butler Saw What the Butler Saw may refer to several things:
Aspiring playwright and co-conspirator Clifford Anderson will be played by Joe Barnard, whose performance as three different characters in the Cedar Street Theatre production of ``Sylvia'' earned him the 1997 Shining Star Award for Theatrical Discovery - Actor. Stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. comedian and actress Ann Fry is Helga ten Dorp dorp n. South African A small town. [Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see treb- in Indo-European roots. , a Dutch psychic. Charles Houston rounds out the cast as Porter Milgrim, attorney and friend to the Bruhl family. Houston was nominated for a National Scholarship Award for his performance in ``Inherit the Wind.'' ``I'm very fortunate to have a very experienced cast and crew,'' Silva said. ``The Antelope Valley is just inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with good talent.'' Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of Cedar Street Theatre history is on display during the current production of ``Deathtrap'' at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. For most of those years, Robert Bigham has been collecting photographs, newspaper articles and reviews for the community theater group. Over the years these have been displayed in scrapbooks, in collages for each season, and for the 20th anniversary year in a grand collage which includes the names of every cast and crew member. Honored as the ``Unsung Hero'' by local theater groups in 1993, Bigham has served not only as the historian for Cedar Street Theatre, but also has appeared on stage, worked countless hours as stage manager, and has taped numerous community productions for archival purposes. He has also volunteered for more than 10 years for the ``Shining Stars'' committee, and has taped and produced the annual awards program for Jones Intercable Channel 3. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Randy Monte, left, Joe Barnard and Marian Hollenbeck rehearse a scene from ``Deathtrap,'' opening tonight at the Performing Arts Center. John McCoy/Daily News |
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