Kanata Theatre

Murder in Noirville

by Peter Colley

Performed March 2014
(March 25 - April 5, 2014)
at the Ron Maslin Playhouse
(10 performances: part of the regular season)

Directed by
Helen and Martin Weeden

CAST

Joe Adamante	Peter Veale
Evelyn McAllister	Erin Ryan
Mayor Wentworth	Harold Swaffield
Marcus Bassano	Ron Gardner
Alex Gardner	Cathy Dowsett
Dante Bassano	Ian Glen

PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager	Joan Patrick
Stage Manager	Anne Marie Smith
Assistant Stage Managers	Sheryl Bell Trina Malcolmson
Set Design	Romuald Frigon
Set Design Consultant	Dorothy Shaw
Construction Foreman	Romuald Frigon
assisted by	Barry Caiger Paul Carriere Barry Fortey Ronald R.D. Gardner Jim Holmes Earl McLaughlin Mark Stalter
Set Painting Coordinator	Sandy Wynne
assisted by	Paul Behncke Karen Germundson Shelley-Jean Harrison Bill Horsman Barbara Kobolak Lucille Lacelle
Scenic Art	Dorothy Shaw Sandy Wynne
Special Set Pieces	Ronald R.D. Gardner
Set Décor	Dorothy Shaw Helen Weeden Sandy Wynne
Lighting Design	Roy Ballantine
assisted by	Ron Francis Cameron MacDonald
Video Design	Justin Ladelpha
Sound Design	Rob Fairbairn
assisted by	Chrissy Hollands
Weapons Wench	Tracey Nash
Costume Designer	Helen Weeden
assisted by	Jackie Frigon Marilyn Valiquette
Dressers	Diane Côté Emilie Côté Julie Clayton Lucille Lacelle
Properties	Michèle Baddoo
assisted by	Sheila Horton Margaret Jones Patrick Kay
Continuity	Beverley Brooks Margrit Cattell Larraine Gorman Julia Lamperd
Make-up	Beverley Brooks
assisted by	Ilona Henkelman Martha Johnstone
Hair	Carol Walkey
Green Room	Shelley-Jean Harrison Halia Osadca Christine Walton
Publicity	Paul Behncke
Programme	Wendy Wagner
Box Office	Gordon Marwood
Refreshments	Barbara Kobolak
House Manager	Susan Monaghan
assisted by	Jim Ritchie Joan Ritchie

Director’s note

Peter Colley wrote Murder in Noirville in 2008 for Vertigo Theatre in Calgary. The play is a homage to Hollywood’s classic hardboiled film noir of the 1940s and 1950s - the tough gumshoe, the dangerous blonde, the trigger-happy gangster. Kanata Theatre has also produced Peter Colley’s You’ll Get Used To It! – The War Show and When The Reaper Calls. We are honoured to present the third production of Murder in Noirville in Canada.

The film noir genre evolved during the late thirties and through the forties with its themes of male isolation and weakness, of female treachery, and accompanied by a darkening visual style and content. These themes have reappeared and continued to evolve in many films.

Now, let us visit a small town with a big secret where a burned-out city cop takes on the job as Sheriff - only to find more danger than he ever faced on the mean streets of the big city. As the sun sets over the town, its pretty sunlit world turns into a place of darkness, deception and decadence, where nothing is quite what it seems … (cue the dramatic music!).

Please note: during our presentation, feel free to enjoy a laugh — if you dare — at the noir stereotypes, the melodrama, the tough-talk and the many turns of the twisted plot.