Appleseed Productions: I Shot My Rich Aunt

Directed by Jon Wilson

May 1-16, 2009

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm • Sundays at 2pm

Mother's Day Dinner at 12:30 before the 5/10 performance.

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Guests are due at Lady Valonia's stately manor (a castle with a weird history) for the announcement of her nephew Dustin's engagement to Judy Blake. Unluckily, Dustin's former flame also arrives to find out why Dustin dumped her while Judy's brother is persuaded to go shoot at starlings. The family solicitor is on his way to change Valonia's will (out of Dustin's favor) and Judy's school chum Gwendolyn is coming to ensnare Dustin's cousin, a humble curate. A stray bullet enters the library and Dustin finds Valonia with a hole in her blouse oozing warm red liquid. By the time he gets help, the body has vanished. Meanwhile, the picketing cooks' and maidservants' unions have raised the drawbridge, entrapping everyone as night falls. The solicitor's wife thinks he's having an affair with Gwendolyn and arrives with horsewhip in hand on the incoming fire engine. Who said the place was on fire? This rollicking romp is a mélange of off the wall farce and near murder mystery.

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Valonia Wendrew	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Nora O'Dea
Vivian Rexford	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Rachelle Clavin
Eloise	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Korrie E. Strodel
Dustin Wendrew	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	David Hubert
Judy Blake	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Anne Freund
Bingo Blake	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Gerrit Vander Werff, Jr.
Nigel Wendrew	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	David Vickers
Henry Mayhew	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Richard D. Harris
Gwendolyn Natterly	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Wendy Sikorski

Production Staff

Director	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Jon Wilson
Producer	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Dan Stevens
Production Designer	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Jon Wilson
Costumer	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Debra Ritchey/CNY Costumes
Stage Manager	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Patricia Elise Catchouny
Appleseed Artistic Director	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Jon Wilson

Ticket Prices (includes dessert and beverage at Intermission):
Adults: $15 Seniors* and Students: $12

*Seniors are adults age 60 and over

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