Stage plays for the holidays: "Murderers" at A Classic Theatre
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Published by Sareth Ney on Feb. 14, 2022 at 12:56 p.m.
Updated on February 14, 2022 at 2:27 p.m. |
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Natalie Beltrami as Lucya Stickler in “Margaret Faydie Comes To Town”, Stephen Mitchell as Gerald Halverson in “The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law”
and Harolyn Sharpe as Minka Lupino in “Match Wits with Minka Lupino”
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A Classic Theatre presented “Murderers” and took place in the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center. It was by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Cindy Alexander. It starred Stephen Mitchell as Gerald Halverson in “The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law”, Natalie Beltrami as Lucya Stickler in “Margaret Faydie Comes To Town” and Harolyn Sharpe as Minka Lupino in “Match Wits with Minka Lupino”.
Setting the mood during intermissions were songs with violence in the title. They included “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads”, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack and more. The clock struck 7:30 p.m., the stage turned blue and a voice set the location for southwest Fla.
Mitchell, Beltrami, Sharpe appeared on stage and claimed to be murderers. Beltrami and Sharpe exited the stage, as Mitchell performed for 45 minutes. No microphones were needed, as he spoke loud and clear using props. He mentioned “The Price Is Right” and “Murder She Wrote”, while changing voices effortlessly.
Setting the mood during intermissions were songs with violence in the title. They included “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads”, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack and more. The clock struck 7:30 p.m., the stage turned blue and a voice set the location for southwest Fla.
Mitchell, Beltrami, Sharpe appeared on stage and claimed to be murderers. Beltrami and Sharpe exited the stage, as Mitchell performed for 45 minutes. No microphones were needed, as he spoke loud and clear using props. He mentioned “The Price Is Right” and “Murder She Wrote”, while changing voices effortlessly.
Stephen Mitchell as Gerald Halverson in “The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law”
After intermission--it was Beltrami’s turn for 45 minutes and she spoke of the game show, “Jeopardy”. Her dialog included curse words which caused the audience to laugh. She spoke of her plan, after her husband was not being loyal to their marriage. After the stage was torn down and set up again, a 15 minute intermission was not necessary and Sharpe jumped right into the third act. She included the television show, “Law & Order”, in her set and she portrayed a serial killer.
Natalie Beltrami as Lucya Stickler in “Margaret Faydie Comes To Town”
Afterwards, Beltrami’s fans awaited her and one gave her a dozen roses for her performance.
Harolyn Sharpe as Minka Lupino in “Match Wits with Minka Lupino”
Alexander was the producer too. Mary Anne Pearl was the stage manager. Pearl, Jim Cadigan and Sam McIlrath were in charge of props. Alexander, Glo MacDonald, Norman Goldin, and Mac MacDonald helped with the set. Amy Lauer Goldin as well as Tom Mangan were in charge of lighting and sound. Katie Timoney handled social media. “Murderers” was presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC and servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. “Murderers” was first by produced by Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis. Michael H. Robbins and Bonnie Morris were the producing directors.
“Murderers” was sponsored by First Coast Opera, St. Augustine Concert Band and St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of Music & the Arts.
Alexander, MacDonald, Goldin, Sharpe, Timoney and Tom Rodgers are members of the board of directors of A Classic Theatre.
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“Murderers” was sponsored by First Coast Opera, St. Augustine Concert Band and St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of Music & the Arts.
Alexander, MacDonald, Goldin, Sharpe, Timoney and Tom Rodgers are members of the board of directors of A Classic Theatre.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker, stand-up comedian, storyteller, fashion designer, philanthropist, founder of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and festival director at both Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festivals. He is the creator of Corazon Comedy Festival and “Confessions of the Corazon: A Night of Storytelling”. He is working on his comedy masterpiece.
