Alive OnStage!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2011 at 7:30 pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm
The Richland Drama Series chillingly presents Alive OnStage! A series of four productions in one to showcase our outstanding talent of actors and actresses in this dramatic series. Productions include classics The Necklace, The Monkey’s Paw, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
The Necklace tells the tale of a poor woman borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend to wear at a party. She hopes that this outing will change the circumstances of her life and fortune, and that the other guests will see that she and her husband really belong within the ranks of the upper classes. But things go awry, and she loses the necklace. Pride will not allow her to tell her friend of the loss. Instead, she has another necklace made to match the one that was lost, and she and her husband spend the next 12 years paying for the replacement. Based on the famous short story by Guy de Maupassant.
The Monkey’s Paw A mysterious storyteller leaves a grisly talisman with a Midwest farm family, assuring them that it will grant them three wishes, but warning them to pitch the monkey's paw on the fire, as it will bring them nothing but death. The father makes the first wish, but even good is twisted into evil as the family's lives spiral hopelessly out of control.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
A psychotic, murders an old man and then copes with the village constable, only to be trapped and betrayed by conscience and a twisted mind. Increasing the story's playability is the addition of two nieces of the old man who suspect murder, and an innocent bride of the murderer. A smashing climax with thunderous "heartbeats" of the dead man.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The story is really a question of belief. Does one believe in the tale of a galloping Hessian who rides through the woods ever searching for his lost head? Will the world end when a comet streaks the sky or a meteor falls to Earth? And what is it about the town of Sleepy Hollow that its residents are "given to all sorts of marvelous beliefs, the people are subject to trances and frequently see strange sights and hear music and voices in the air." Come visit this enchanted region of the Hudson River Valley and decide for yourself if this is a place of dreamers or the product of an overworked imagination. Let the play take you through the twists and turns of ghostly stories, autumn mischief, and the infamous ride of the headless horseman. Then later decide for yourself who and what do you believe?
