Blithe Spirit

By Noel Coward
(Comedy-1941)
Tom Smith, Director
Auditions: January 9 & 10, 2012
Preview: March 1, 2012
Performances: March 2-4, 8-11, 15-17, 2012

This comic gem, from one of the theatre's most versatile and revered personalities, concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium, Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when, following the séance, he is haunted by the ghost of his temperamental first wife, Elvira. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. Things get really complicated when Charles enlists Madame Arcati to exorcise Elvira!

Crew:
Director - Tom Smith
Producer - Chris Strupek
Costumes - Ken Sprouls
Props - Dorothy Mundy & Carol Plotkin
Lights - Mark Wright
Sound - Rich Plotkin
Set - Jeremy Stiller
Stage/Technical Director - DJ LaRocque
House Manager - TBA

Cast:
Charles Condomine - Thom Rakestraw
Ruth Condomine - Gayle Hess
Elvira - Hannah Kerns
Dr Bradman - Joe Culpepper
Mrs Bradman - Nancy Nickerson
Madame Arcati - Judy Stroh
Edith - Jennifer Hart