An Evening of Classic Horror & Suspense II: cast and program notes

An Evening of Classic Horr0r & Suspense in the Old Time Radio Tradition

Directed by Bill Hohnke

Your Host for the Evening……………………………..Christopher Skyles

THE LOCKS  (La Chevelure)

By Guy de Maupassant

Translated and adapted by Susan Harris

A collector buys more than he bargained for.

CAST:

Collector…………………..………………………………..………Dan Friedrich
Student………………………………………………………..…Luciana Taschini
Doctor…………………………………………………..…………….Scott Malpass
Dealer……………………………………………………………………..Larry Neal
Housekeeper…………………………………….………………Beverly Bennett
Sister…………………………………….…………..………………..Elena Jimenez
Woman…………………………………………….…………….…Rachel Watson

FOOTSTEPS  INVISIBLE

By Robert Arthur

Adapted by Paul Baker

A man with an invisible enemy seeks help from a blind friend.

CAST:

Jorman………………………..…….…………….…………………Bobbie Lyons
Clancy……………………………………………….…………..….Pat Cummings
Sir Andrew Carraden……………………………………..…….Scott Malpass
Clerk……………………………………………………………..………Jean Hester

ALIVE IN THE GRAVE

By Paul Tergeist

Adapted by Elizabeth Horne

A man robs a corpse, then finds himself robbing a grave.

CAST:

Narrator/various………..…………..….……………………..Elizabeth Horne
Caretaker…………………………..…………………….…………Yvonne Webb
Joe………………………………….…………………………………..Paul Baker
Lil…………………………………………………….…………………Stefania Gomez
Cop/Maxsted/various………….………………..………..Scott Malpass

-  INTERMISSION  -

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Adapted by Paul Baker

A woman recovering from a breakdown finds that the cure is the disease.

CAST:

Jane………………………………..…….…………..……..Corinna Christman
John……………….………………..…..…………….…….Paul Baker
Jennie…….……………….………..…….…………….….Rachel Watson

THE SCYTHE

By Ray Bradbury

Adapted by William Hohnke

A starving family finds a field full of ripening wheat…and a scythe.

CAST:

Narrator.………………….…Mary Ann Milhone
Molly…………………………………..Susan Harris
Little Drew…………………….Luciana Taschini
Susie…….…………………………Stefania Gomez
Drew…………………………………Pat Cummings
John Buhr………………….…………..Paul Baker

“The Scythe” was performed with the permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. ©1943 by Weird Tales, renewed 1970 by Ray Bradbury

CREW

Assistant Director                                         Corinna Christman
Music                                                              Jenne Lennon
Sound Design                                                 Ronald Labana
Sound Effects                                                  Adam Hammond
with Dan Friedrich, Dave Lashway, Paul Baker
Straight Man & Woman                                 John Roberts & Jean Hester

Program cover art                                           Cate Baker
Other program art                                           Susan Harris

Producers                                                          Paul Baker & Susan Harris

Special Thanks To:

House Management Teams:  Wynn Meyer, Terrie Vasilopoulos, and Judith Heineman (Team Friday); Gerri Hudson, Maryam Hussain, Rosina Neginsky (Team Saturday).

Candy, Elizabeth and the security staff at the Promontory

Connie Spreen and Experimental Station

Hyde Park Produce & Dunkin’ Donuts

Join us after the Show for Cider & Doughnuts!

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