The Plot:
Fed up with the pressures and demands of
her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny
New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her
autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on
her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent
neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and
gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept
locked in an upstairs room, but who occasionally escapes long enough to
scare off uninvited visitors. The ruse works well, at first, but
complications result when the local handyman develops an affection for
"Sister Sadie" (really Myra in a fright wig) and some of the more
officious ladies decide it is their Christian duty to save the poor
demented Sadie's soul. In desperation Myra announces that her imaginary
sibling has suddenly gone off to Boston—which brings on the sheriff and
the suspicion of murder!
The Cast:
Jane
Tucker.............................Reba Harper
Melanie Perron......................Myra Marlowe
Angela Llewellyn..................Cora Gump
Jane Tesh.................................Willa Mae Wilcox
Greg Matthews.......................Tom Lamont
Mike Orsillo............................Piney
Brack Llewellyn......................Sheriff
Special Thanks:
Foothills
Theatre, Elkin, NC
The Winston-Salem Little Theatre
Calvary Baptist Church
Radio Station WPAQ, AM 740
The Mount Airy Public Library
Leighanne Wright
Kym Goins and the amazing staff of Chateau Morrisette
Produced
by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE
