What do you get when you take five women with nothing better to do than put on a show, combine that with murder mystery, and add in an over-abundance of errors and missed cues?  You get a play that required five of the company’s seasoned veterans to put on a show that looked like an accident but was just a series improvisations rehearsed to make it look like they screwed up.  This production was dedicated to anyone who ever said – “Golly, let’s put on a show!”  And this group of actresses lived up to the company’s reputation and never forgot “the show must go on!”

PERFORMANCE DATES: February 15 – March 3, 1990.

CAST:  Mrs. Reece/Clarissa Rook (Lady Bishop’s sister)/Regine (the French maid)/Patricia Bishop (Lady Bishop’/s niece)/Letitia Bishop (Lady Bishop’s sister)/Mr. Goodbody (a solicitor) – Sarah Simpson, Thelma/Daphne Bishop (Lady Bishop’s daughter)/Rose Bishop (Lady Bishop’s spinster aunt) – Deana Reimer, Felicity/Pawn (the butler)/Col. King (Lady Bishop’s brother-in-law) – Jana Ross, Audrey/Lady Doreen Bishop (a widow)/Joan Bishop (Lady Bishop’s cousin)/Violet Bishop (Lady Bishop’s spinster aunt)/Mrs. King (Col. King’s wife) – Jeanette Magouirk, Sylvia/Inspector O’Reilly – Mary Beth Riegel

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Doug Austen, Assistant Stage Manager/Properties Master – Jill Austen, Technical Director/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Sound Design/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Costume Design – Carolyn Johnson, Joanne Welchel, Jean Lantis, Set Design – Jim Johnson, Darleen Smith, Claudia Finley

MENU: Farndale tea sandwiches, sweet and sour chicken, rice a ala Reece, oriental mixed vegetables, Thelma’s tea rolls, Lady Bishop’s favorite dessert.  Catering provided by Faye Trent, Brona Love, Barbara Woodall, Deb Aistrup, Darleen Smith, Becky Matticks, Ellen Ellis, volunteers of the Depot Theater.

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