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CCT Presents Blithe Spirit Nov 4-13

CORVALLIS -- Corvallis Community Theatre presents:
BLITHE SPIRIT By Noel Coward

When: November 4, 5, 6*, 10**, 11, 12, 13* 2005
*matinee 2:30 p.m. performance; regular show time 8:00 p.m., **Bargain Thursday - all seats $8

Where: Majestic Theatre, Corvallis, Oregon

Enjoy the "spirited" British farce that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play in 1942!

Directed by Scott Palmer

When author and socialite Charles and his second wife Ruth hold a seance at a dinner party, the wildly eccentric medium Madame Arcati inadvertently calls forth the ghost of Charles' first wife.and she wants Charles back! The result is bedlam, with hilarious consequences! Noel Coward's classic masterpiece of spirited hi-jinks and ghostly goings-on, Blithe Spirit was one of the longest running comedies in the history of British theatre and is still one of his best-loved works. With Coward's trademark witty wordplay and stylish repartee combined with moments of slapstick comedy, this brilliant play has a winning combination that has rarely been bettered.


About the Director: SCOTT PALMER
Scott is the founder and former artistic director of the Glasgow Repertory Company, which hosts Scotland's critically acclaimed Summer Shakespeare Festival. During his tenure at GRC, Scott directed numerous Shakespeare plays and adaptations including Lear, Twelfth Night, Tempest, As You Like It, and Henry V. A recent transplant to Oregon, Scott directed The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) for Salem Repertory Theatre, and is currently a member of the faculty at Oregon State University where he directed Infinite Variety: A Showcase of Shakespeare's Women Real and Imagined this past spring. Future shows include Just One More Dance for the OSU Holocaust Memorial Week Committee in April and Ben Jonson's The Silent Woman for OSU in May.

CAST:
Edith - BERNADETTE FEYERHERM
Ruth Condemine - MARZA WARSINSKE
Charles Condemine - PAUL PISTEY
Dr. Bradman - PAUL AHRENS
Mrs. Bradman - LINDA SPAIN
Madame Arcati - VRENELI FARBER
Elvira Condemine - KIMBERLY WEAR


For more information about this and other shows, visit Corvallis Community Theatre

posted by Rob Birdwell @ 9:20 AM