MCT Performances

2008-2009 Season Shows

Forever Plaid

A musical written and originally choreographed by Stuart Ross
Music Directed by Mark McGee

En route to their first big gig, four guys who called themselves Forever Plaid were slammed broadside by a school bus filled with eager Catholic teens. The teens were on their way to witness the Beatles make their US television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. Miraculously, the teens were uninjured, but Forever Plaid died instantly. At that moment their careers and lives ended, but the story of Forever Plaid begins.
 

Daddy's Girl

A comedy by Gary Ray Stapp
Directed by Julia Smith

A widower for 25 years, Benard Muloovy, proprietor of Maudie’s Diner, is served a full plate of comic chaos when his deceased wife, a talking portrait on the diner wall, enlists the services of an angel to help her reunite Benard with their long, lost daughter, Elizabeth.

Cast:
Benard ..... David Wright
Bob ..... Mike Fisher
Walter ..... Chris Rayment
Maudie ..... Pauline Moody
Betsy ..... Rachel Elwood
Michael ..... Danny Losure
Darlynn ..... Pat Travis
E.L ..... J.J. Leak
Alex ..... Adam Bradley
Daisy ..... Carol Hamilton
Violet ..... Margaret Gugel
Lizzy ..... Jackee Eib
Big Earl Ella ..... Cynthia Buff
Director ..... Julia Smith
Producer ..... Stan Brozo

A Christmas Carol

From the story by Charles Dickens
Book, music and lyrics by Mavor Moore

Charles Dickens’ classic gets the full broadway treatment in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol. This is the version that leaves tourists gasping in wonder and merriment every year as the story unfolds. This production is a joy to behold with festive music you’re happy to leave the performance humming. Instinctively theatrical; a family entertainment of infectious joyousness.

The Underpants

A farce adapted by Steve Martin from Carl Sternheim’s play
Directed by Chris Greene

This funny story set in 1910 is about a pretty young woman who accidentally loses her underpants while watching a parade to the dismay of her stuffy burearcrat husband. Martin hysterically comments on our celebrity-mad culture with the 15-minutes-of-fame syndrome.

The Mousetrap

A classic thriller by Agatha Christie
Directed by David Wright/David Wolcott

Agatha Christie comes forth with another hit about a group of strangers stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include a newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions that are in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Chalk up another superb intrigue for the foremost mystery writer of her time.

CAST OF CHARACTERS (in the order of their appearance):
Mollie Ralston......Jackee Eib
Giles Ralston......C. J. Briggs
Christopher Wren......Corey Boxell
Mrs. Boyle......Peggy Briggs, Ruth Cochran
Major Metcalf......Robert Simpson
Miss Casewell......Pauline Moody
Mr. Paravicini......Ed Runningen
Detective Sergeant Trotter......Chad Wright

THE PRODUCTION STAFF:
Co-Directors......David Wright, David Wolcott
Co-Producers......David Wright, David Wolcott

Leading Ladies

A comedy by Ken Ludwig
Produced by Nate Nahler

In this hilarious comedy, two English Shakespearean actors find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. Ludwig’s newest farce is so funny, it will make sophisticated and reasonable men and women cackle till their faces hurt.

Cast: Charles O’Haver, Jon Blake, Ashley Sullivan, Todd Holt, David Losure, Sandra Horst, Luke Lines, and Kay Zirkle