RRiivveerrssiiddee PPllaayyeerrss announces 2016 OPEN AUDITIONS 60th Year of Theatre in the Park Saturday, March 19 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM & Sunday, March 20 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM Horace Mann Middle School 1021 Oak Street, Neenah 54956 (Enter thru the south music room door) Join us for a fun summer with Riverside Players “Theatre in the Park” Scripts in pdf format {for this show only} available for perusal. email request to: [email protected] or Stop at the Neenah Parks & Recreation office, 211 Walnut St., Neenah for a loaner paper copy.
Directed by: Laurie Friedman Fannin Be prepared to read from the script. Show Dates: June 22-26
Questions: call or text Laurie @ 920.470.3533 THE STORY: Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by Or email: [email protected] one they are accused of murder; one by one they start to die. In this superlative mystery comedy statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten “soldiers” met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to the island and, along with the two house servants, marooned. A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead - poisoned. One down and nine to go! Cast: 8 male, 3f
Musical Highlight Show
Directed by: Susan Rabideau Show Dates: July 27 - 31 and August 3 - 7 . All information regarding the musical highlight show (cast, rehearsals and auditions) can be found on FACEBOOK (Riverside Players Theatre in the Park) or email the director at [email protected]
Riverside Players is a program of the Neenah Parks & Recreation Department. www.neenahgov.org * 920.886.6060 Riverside Players “Theatre in the Park” - 60th Anniversary Season “AND THEN THERE WERE NONE” LIST OF CHARACTERS & DESCRIPTION Directed by: Laurie Friedman Fannin
Fred Narracott (male or female) – A milk boy who delivers shipments of supplies/groceries to the guests on Soldier Island. He appears onstage at the beginning of the play and is mentioned throughout as the other characters wait for him to arrive with more supplies and a boat. He is the only character who does not attend the party at Mr. and Mrs. Owen’s house.
Anthony Marston (male) – A vain, selfish, 23-year-old man, born into wealth, with little thought to the troubles of others. He is accused of running over two children as they ran into the street. He openly admits this crime, yet feels no guilt about it. It was just “beastly bad luck” for him.
Mrs. Ethel Rogers (female) – A middle-aged woman who is employed by Mr. and Mrs. Owen to serve the guests on the island. She and her husband are accused of murdering their previous employer, Jennifer Brady, for their own financial gain.
General MacKenzie (male) – A retired World War I veteran who, though still proud, is losing his grip on reality. He is an upright, soldierly man with a tired face, as he has experienced much. He appears aloof and detached to the other guests. He is accused of deliberately sending his late wife’s lover, Arthur Richmond, on a suicide mission in war.
Mr. Thomas Rogers (male) – A competent middle-aged manservant married to Mrs. Rogers. He is quick and deft, and sometimes appears shady to the other characters. Upon learning there is a killer on the island, he acts cowardly and also suspicious. He is accused of the same crime as his wife, and is murdered with an axe while chopping firewood.
Emily Caroline Brent (female) – A pretentious, religious old spinster who despises the younger generation and is not afraid to express her disgust. She constantly berates Vera’s “revealing” clothing and modern mannerisms. She is accused of dismissing her young governess, Beatrice Taylor, for getting pregnant on the job. The maid later committed suicide, killing herself and the unborn child.
Sir Lawrence John Wargrave (male) – A renowned Justice of the Peace who has mercilessly accused and condemned numerous people to death. His only concern in life is to ensure that justice is fulfilled – no matter what. He is a domineering figure, and though he is reserved, he demands the respect of any room he enters. The other guests consider him their leader in trying to uncover the killer, and Wargrave is shrewd enough to take advantage of their trust. He is accused of sending an innocent man (Edward Seton) to death row by single-handedly changing the mind of every member of the jury.
Dr. Edward George Armstrong (male or possibly female) – A good-looking, but tired physician of around 44. He is a former alcoholic who has great respect for Wargrave. He has come to the island for a break from his stressful life as a doctor. He is accused of accidentally killing a patient, Louisa Marie Clees, on the operating table because he was drunk at the time; his hands were shaking.
William Henry Blore (male or female) – A middle-aged, thickset detective who believes he has been invited to the island to observe the other guests. His alias is a man from South Africa named Davis; however his cover is blown by Lombard who knows South Africa well and sees through his feeble lies. Blore is loud and exuberant, and very quick to accuse the other guests. He is accused of planting false evidence in order to make an arrest; the man in question later died in prison.
Philip Lombard (male) – An attractive, 34-year-old man who immediately takes a romantic interest in Vera. He has a relaxed air of adventure about him, and remains laid back throughout the majority of his stay on the island. He constantly cracks jokes, trying to lighten the black and serious mood. However, Lombard does possess an ingrained sense of goodness and morality that he reveals later on. He is accused of deliberately leaving 21 natives to die in Africa while he escaped to safety. However, he was actually “for once, playing the hero,” trying to save his men; he lies initially to the other guests simply, “to see the looks on their faces.”
Vera Elizabeth Claythorne (female) – A good-looking woman of 25 who is hired by Mr. and Mrs. Owen as their secretary. She is sweet and yet understated, and very much a romantic. She is the most naïve character, and takes things very literally. While Lombard “flirts outrageously,” she is more reserved, though clearly fancies him just as much. She is accused of negligence when the child she is paid to watch swims out too far and drowns. However, his death was not truly her fault, but rather that of the child’s uncle, whom she was in love with at the time.