Vintage Hitchcock: a Radio Play

Greenwood Little Theatre Presents

Vintage Hitchcock A Live Radio Play By Joe Landry October 3—6, 2013 Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm Sunday matinee at 2 pm

Vintage Hitchcock A Live Radio Play By Joe Landry Directed by Pam Powers and Eddie Amelung

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)

Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play is an evening of adaptations of two early films directed by Alfred Hitchcock: The Lodger and The 39 Steps. Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of sus- pense's earlier films, with actors playing dozens of characters, live sound effects and musical underscoring and complete with vintage commercials.

Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps still the best known and most influential filmmaker in the world, but most people know the Hitchcock of the later period: the director of North by Northwest, Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds, and the genially macabre host of the long-running television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But there is also a formidable Hitchcock of a far older vintage: Hitchcock before he came to America; before he met Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly; and hard at work even before the days of talking pictures. The Lodger was not his first film, but it was the one he often described as "the first Hitchcock film." The 39 Steps, often taken as the template for the more well-known North by Northwest, was the second in a series of films that established Alfred Hitch- cock's reputation as a master of thrillers.

SETTING Place: WBFR, a metropolitan radio station Time: Circa 1946

ACT I The Lodger Based on The Lodger: A Tale of the London Fog by Marie Ade- laide Belloe Lowndes (1913)

INTERMISSION

ACT II

The 39 Steps Based on the The 39 Steps by John Buchan (1915)

PLEASE NOTE: Loud gunshots and screams will be fea- tured at various times during both acts.

cast The Lodger STAGE MANAGER - Clements Odom WOMAN, the avenger's fifth victim - Linda Stokes NEWSBOY - Will Perkins OUR ANNOUNCER - Seth Wheatley ELLEN BUNTING, a landlady - Linda Stokes ROBERT BUNTING, her husband - Bobby VanDevender MR. SLEUTH, the lodger - John Rose DAISY BUNTING, Ellen and Robert's daughter - Jessica Roberts CORONER - Tom Weldon MR. CANNOT - Will Perkins TICKET SELLER, at the music hall - Clements Odom On the "MIGHTY WURLITZER" keyboard - Paul Brown JINGLE GIRLS - Becky Palmer and Jessica Roberts Macabre COMMERCIALS - John Rose

The 39 Steps STAGE MANAGER - Clements Odom OUR ANNOUNCER - Seth Wheatley MANAGER, at the music hall - Clements Odom MR. MEMORY, a trivia expert - Bobby VanDevender

WOMAN AT MUSIC HALL - Lorna Boyd MAN 1 AT MUSIC HALL - Linda Stokes RICHARD HANNAY, a Canadian - Will Perkins MAN 2 AT MUSIC HALL - Tom Weldon ANNABELLA SMITH, a foreign freelance agent - Lorna Boyd CONDUCTOR, on the Aberdeen Express - Linda Stokes TICKET MERCHANT, at the station - Clements Odom MAN 1 ON THE ABERDEEN EXPRESS - Tom Weldon CIGARETTE GIRL, on the Aberdeen Express - Bobby VanDevender MAN 2 ON THE ABERDEEN EXPRESS - Clements Odom PAMELA STEWART, a young woman - Jessica Roberts POLICE 1, on the Aberdeen Express - Bobby VanDevender POLICE 2, on the Aberdeen Express - John Rose NEWSBOY - Clements Odom DRIVER, a Scotsman - Clements Odom GEORGE, a butler - Tom Weldon PROF. BARTLETT, spy ring leader posing as retired professor - John Rose JOE, a henchman - Tom Weldon ALFRED, another henchman - John Rose INNKEEPER, at King's Head Tavern - Linda Stokes WAITRESS, in a pub - Bobby VanDevender USHERETTE, at the music hall - Linda Stokes DETECTIVE - Tom Weldon DOCTOR - Clements Odom On the "MIGHTY WURLITZER" keyboard - Paul Brown JINGLE GIRLS - Becky Palmer and Jessica Roberts Macabre COMMERCIALS - John Rose

biographies

Lorna Boyd returns to our stage, having been seen last in Dixie Swim Club and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She has also assisted with the Children's Summer Workshop and backstage make-up, and has performed at the Whistlestop Theater in Cleveland and at Delta Center Stage in Greenville with a role in A Christmas Carol. A Greenville native, Lorna has called Greenwood home for the past four years and is an account executive with SuperTalk MS/WYMX Max 99 radio - so Vintage Hitch- cock was a natural fit for her! Lorna loves the theater, and she says, "Getting to be famous at Lorna Boyd GLT is as good as it gets!"

Greenwood native Clements Odom was first seen at GLT in Tom Sawyer in 1987, and has appeared in many memorable productions on our stage, including 1993's The Sound of Music. As a theatre major at Ole Miss, he performed in Into The Woods as Jack (his favorite role), and Six De- grees of Separation, among others. Clements also spent time in New York, where he trained at both the Tisch School of the Arts Summer Acting Intensive and at the New Actor's Workshop. Clements relocated back to the Delta from New Orleans in 2011, and Vintage Hitchcock marks his return to the GLT stage after nearly 17 years. He credits his early introduction to acting and Clements Odom theatre to "two amazing ladies: Celia Emmerich and Margie Amelung."

Will Perkins, a Greenwood native now living in Savannah, GA, is a self employed former manager of an architectural antiques company. He was last seen in Mama Won't Fly but has also appeared in several other productions for GLT and Pillow Academy, where he was a founding member of the Thespian Society. He lists his favorite role as Prince Dauntless in GLT's Once Upon a Mattress in 2001, where he learned from many GLT veterans who are now gone. Will's creativity not only shows in his acting, but on the set - he designed our wonderful, 1940's era Vintage Will Perkins Hitchcock radio station. Will states that it is "great to work with so many I have only seen on stage. Such great dynamics! Jessica Roberts is the best actress to work off of."

Jessica Roberts is a Greenwood native and server at Lusco's Restaurant. She last appeared in last season's Mama Won't Fly and Smokey Joe's Café, but also had notable roles in 2003's God- spell and 2007's Gypsy, where she played her favorite role of Gypsy Rose Lee. Besides her many productions at GLT, Jessica has also been involved at the theater and dance department at USM and in the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera. Jessica Roberts She has directed and choreographed many summer workshops, GLT musical numbers, and Pil- low Academy productions, and she is a past president and charter member of PA's Thespian Soci- ety. Jessica says, "loving the theatre and being a former DJ at 960AM, it's been fabulous getting back to theater roots on radio, and especially working with Will Perkins again!"

John Rose " began his theatre career with such pivotal roles as Man at Shop Window and Second Urchin. His most recent theatre credits include The Beginning - Part Six, No Brits Please, We're Sexually Active and OklaHomoSapiens: The Evo- John Rose lution of the Midwestern Species. His main hob-

by is just trying to get a minute alone, for Pete's sake!" (Actually, John is a native of Meridian, has lived in Greenwood since 1993 and teaches art in the Greenwood public schools, owns a vast collection of classic monster and superhero mem- orabilia, returns to the GLT stage after an absence of over 10 years, is a master of accents and dia- lects, and is QUITE a character - we are pleased to see him back).

GLT veteran Linda Stokes once again brings her brand of audience pleasing creativity to our stage. Linda is a native of Birmingham but has lived in Greenwood for 20 years, is retired, and loves working in her house and garden and caring for her many animals. Her past productions at GLT include Moon Over Buffalo, Blithe Spirit, and Steel Magnolias, in which her role as Ouiser was Linda Stokes her favorite. She has also assisted in directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Who's Afraid of Vir- ginia Woolf, and served as GLT's secretary for many years. Linda would like to thank all of the supportive and talented people involved in this production, and especially her husband Ken. "I love acting and he knows it!"

Bobby VanDevender is a native of Kemper County but has been a Greenwood resident for many years, and is a partner in the CPA firm of Fred T. Neely & Co. A longtime favorite GLT actor and director, Bobby was last seen in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Noises Off, and Jesus Christ Superstar. He has directed Bobby such classics as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, VanDevender Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and A Streetcar Named Desire, where his passion for directing dramas, and especially the works of Tennessee Williams, produced fabulous results. Bobby is a past president of GLT and served as treasurer for many years. His favorite role was as Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie.

Tom Weldon is a native of New Jersey who has lived off and on in the Teoc area for 20 years, along with his parents, Dr. Thomas and Loretta Weldon. Tom is brand new to the GLT stage. In fact, aside from playing piano at a school talent show many years ago, this is his first appearance on ANY stage! Tom is single, has worked with computer data entry and mapping, and likes fish- ing and astronomy in his spare time. His easy- going personality has served him well among this cast full of stage veterans. We welcome Tom in his stage debut, and are so pleased he chose GLT for his first acting experience - hopefully the first of many! Tom would like to give thanks to his loving and supportive family.

Seth Wheatley III is a Greenwood native and a longtime member of GLT. Seth got his start in Tom Weldon summer workshops and has worked in all facets of the theater ever since, both onstage and behind the scenes. He has performed in GLT's Noises Off, No Time For Sergeants, and The Music Man among many others, and was assistant director for last season's Moon Over Buffalo. He lists his favorite role as Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace. Seth also has theater credits at Millsaps College and Indianola's MDAA. He is currently serving on GLT's Board of Governors as co-chair of lighting. Seth's unique voice talents landed him the perfect role as our Hitchcock announcer!

Pam Powers (Co-director) is a native of Yazoo City, lived in Greenwood during high school and Seth Wheatley III as a young adult, then moved to Vicksburg - but has been back in Greenwood with husband Mo since 2007. She is retired from the U.S. Corps of Engineers as a computer programmer and hydrol- ogist, and is currently a realtor in Greenwood and Oxford. A natural on the stage, Pam first became involved at GLT in the 1970's, performing in such classic comedies as Last of the Red Hot Lovers and The Odd Couple. She finally made her triumphant return to the GLT stage in 2012's

Dixie Swim Club. Pam was also a speech teach- er at Pillow Academy in the early 1970's, where she directed several senior plays - including PA's first ever senior play, Dial M For Murder. Pam is currently serving on GLT's Board of Governors and she lists her favorite role as Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free at Vicksburg Little Theatre. It's a pleasure to finally have Pam directing a show for GLT! She states, "I am blown away by the talent that we have participating in this production, and I have enjoyed working with the gifted Eddie Amelung as co-director. What a treat!"

Eddie Amelung (Co-director), longtime GLT actor, director, and supporter, once again returns to the director's chair with Pam Powers in Vin- Pam Powers tage Hitchcock. A Greenwood native and phar- macist/manager at Greenwood Downtown Drugs, Eddie has been involved with GLT since the early days of the theatre's existence. His first play was a non-speaking role in the first children's play performed at the W. M. Whittington, Jr. Play- house, directed by his mother Margie when our building was new in 1967. Since that time, Eddie has been involved in over 40 shows at GLT, including roles in Noises Off, M*A*S*H, and Driv- ing Miss Daisy. He has directed such smash hits as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar. His favorite role was as the King in The King and I at Indianola's MDAA. Eddie has served multiple Eddie Amelung terms on GLT's Board of Governors, was president during GLT's 50th Anniversary Season, and has performed at New Stage in Jackson and at the Bologna Performing Arts Center at DSU. Eddie would like to thank Pam Powers, "my very talented and very persuasive co-director, for talking me into taking this plunge with her. I agreed because this show is unlike any production we have ever done at GLT, and it's loaded with excellent per- formers. Enjoy!"

Production staff Co-Directors Pam Powers and Eddie Amelung Stage Manager and Prompter Helon Wiggins Keyboard Paul Brown Jingle Girls Music Cheryl Weiss and Paul Brown Lights and Sound Glenn Nail, Seth Wheatley III, Brad Zieg Costumes Cast Make-Up Lorna Boyd and cast Set Design Will Perkins Set Design Assistants Jessica Roberts and Scott MacIntosh Set Construction Don Hummel Sound Effects Cast Hitchcock movie posters and Lobby Exhibit Pam Powers Programs and Publicity Cameron Abel, Alicia Dallas, Leath Johnson, Hank Lamb, Judy Brower Nail, Linda Perkins and Greenwood Commonwealth liaison Ruthie Robison

Special Thanks to: Dr. Cheryl Weiss and Paul Brown for writing and assist- ing with music, Will Perkins for countless hours working on our Vintage set design, Brad Zieg for expert advice on sound/sound effects, Mark Miller, Allen Wood, Jr., Linda Perkins, Charles Hall Studio, Curb Service Band, Mo Powers, Makamson Antiques, Bobby VanDevender, Cis Bordelon, Bill Nunley for the loaning and transporting of sound effects, set pieces, and equipment, and Henry and Gayle Flautt for hosting our cast party!

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Coming Up At Greenwood Little Theatre! A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

November 21-24, 2013 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. | Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

This is the classic tale about the old miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge pays his clerk, Bob Cratchit, only fifteen shillings a week, is rude to his nephew, and refuses to take part in the Christmas spirit. Soon, the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future all pay visits to Scrooge. A fun show for the entire family!

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