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A Murder is Announced

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Margaret Gudmundsson

July 15 - August 13, 2005

An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock's Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house's several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, a determined Inspector grimly following the twists and turns, and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution at some risk to herself in a dramatic confrontation just before the final curtain.

Cast, in order of appearance

Letitia Blacklock.......................Martha Luehrmann
Julia Simmons.............................Laura Jane Coles
Dora "Bunny" Bunner........................P.J. McCarty
Patrick Simmons................................Eric Carlson
Mitzi...................................................Elaine Pinto
Miss Marple....................................Beverly Elkan
Phillipa Haymes...........................Jennifer M. Rich
Clara Swettenham........................Dorothy Adams
Edmund Swettenham.........................Don Corbin
Inspector Craddock........................David Spinner
Sergeant Mellors............................Thomas Allen

Production

Director...........................Margaret Gudmundsson
Assistant director..........................Sonja Lehmann
Stage manager.........................Bob Gudmundsson
Costume design..........................Helen Slomowitz
Properties manager...........................Kim Stewart
Set construction and painting:
Christian Carter, Jon Gudmundsson, Cast & Crew
Light/sound technician...................Sonja Lehmann
Photography................................Christian Carter
House manager..................................David Stein
Box office........................................Bill Martinelli
Opening night gala............Margaret Gudmundsson
Postcard design & program design...Wendy Welch
Publicity............................................. Ralph Miller

 


 

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Actors Ensemble of Berkeley is delighted to acknowledge the Berkeley Civic Arts Program and Civic Arts Commission's support in the form of a grant of $8,000.00 awarded in 2017. Also, a thank you to Theatre Bay Area for a grant of $2,500.00.

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