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Dollar Drama Club

Let's Murder Marsha

by Monk Ferris

Click here for photos of the dress rehearsal

"Let's Murder Marsha" was performed on 19th, 20th, 21st October 2023 in Dollar Academy Studio Theatre.

This fast-paced comedy concerns a happy housewife named Marsha, hopelessly addicted to reading murder mysteries, who starts to believe that her husband is trying to murder her. Is she correct, or has she read too many novels?

It is set in a New York City apartment in the 1980s.

Cast

Marsha Gilmore ...................................... Elaine Stark
Tobias Gilmore, her husband .......... Damian Sherwood-Johnson
Bianca, the maid .................................... Fiona Baxter
Persis Devore, an interior designer ... Catherine Gibson-Poole
Virgil Baxter, a neighbour ......................... Andrew Bawn
Lynette Thoren, Marsha's mother ............ Sandra Ballantine
Ben Quade, Bianca's boyfriend .................. Stuart Salmon

With support from

Director ......................... Linda Rice
Stage Manager ................ Helen Costin
Assistants ...... Elaine Payne, Jane McGill
Prompt .......................... Jane McGill
Sound ...................... David Anderson
Lighting ........................ Jane McGill
Props ...................... Shena McDonald
Set construction ................. Mick Rice
Music and sound effects ....... Andrew Bawn