a young girl in a small town whose intentions towards friends and
family may be somewhat homicidal.
“The play is a time capsule of the
1950s,” said production designer Michael Tomko, “and
it examines the ‘new psychology’ and our acceptance
of that psychology.”
Cast member A.J. Schmitz, who SMC audiences
might remember from “Noises Off,” also directed by Adair-Lynch,
says of the show, “This chilling tale of murder is really
coming together at the eleventh hour.”
“...And will prevail...,”
adds fellow actor Stacie Merken, who seems to finish Schmitz’s
sentences — onstage and off — for him. Merken played
Anita in the recent production of “West Side Story,”
and joins other SMC stalwarts Boo Rutledge, playing, as she did
in “Alice Through the Wonderland,” a young girl, J.T.
Derwart, Drew Wilson, Carlos Pinuela and Stephanie Lindsay in this
production.
The story concerns the demonic machinations
of a girl who lives with her parents in a large apartment in the
American South. A landlady who lives downstairs, changed by the
director from the upstairs, plus other juvenile, and adult, characters,
adds to the intrigue. |
