[NEohioPAL] "The Unexpected Guest" Opens Friday

[Nancy Cates]

COACH HOUSE THEATRE

Box Office: 330-434-7741

732 W. Exchange Street

Akron, OH 44302

coachhousetheatre.com

 

WHO DUNNIT? 

Find out in Coach House Theatre's The Unexpected Guest

Jan. 27-Feb. 20. 2011

$12 Preview Performance, Thursday, Jan. 27 only

Two Saturday matinees, Feb. 5 and 19, 2:30 p.m.

 

 

Get your tickets early for this winter's murder-mystery thriller from "Queen
of Crime," Agatha Christie.  The Unexpected Guest will perform at Akron's
Coach House Theatre Jan. from 27-Feb. 20.

 

On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks
through a window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick,
and finds Warwick's wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him.
Despite the murder being obvious, and overwhelming evidence pointing towards
her guilt, Laura claims innocence, and the two decide to place the blame on
one of Richard's many enemies from the past.

 

The Unexpected Guest, directed by acclaimed local actor Andrew Cruse, will
be presented Jan. 27 to Feb. 20. Curtain times are Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dinner or Brunch is
available to all theatre patrons prior to every performance at the Akron
Woman's City Club next door. There will be a special $12 preview performance
Thursday, Jan. 27 only, at 8 p.m.  There will be two extra Saturday matinees
Feb. 5 and 19, at 2:30 p.m.

 

Christie's murder mysteries at Coach House have become a hugely popular
Akron tradition, and our four-week run will likely sell out quickly. So
reserve your seats now!

 

Tickets are $18. The box office opens one hour before the show. Coach House
Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange Street, in Akron, next to the Akron
Woman's City Club, and at the corner of W. Exchange and N. Portage Path.
Tickets may be purchased at  <http://www.coachhousetheatre.com>
www.coachhousetheatre.com, or by calling our box office at 330-434-7741.

 

 

The Cast

Michael Starkwedder - Scott Shriner

Laura Warwick - Holly Humes

Laura Warwick (alternate) - Tess Burgler

   Mrs. Warwick - Maureen E. Guerin-Johnson

      Richard Warwick - Jerry Mirman

  Jan Warwick - Benjamin Fortin

   Miss Bennett - Marci Paolucci

        Julian Farrar - Mark Stoffer

      Inspector Thomas - Robert Branch

Sergeant Cadwallader - Geoffrey Darling

Henry Angell -  Jim Fippin

            

 The Director

Andrew Cruse is a professional actor and director in Cleveland. A native of
Allentown, Pa., he has worked on stages large and small in New York City and
across the country, including Playwrights Horizons, The Kennedy Center,
North Shore Music Theatre, The Public Theatre of Maine, and The Cape
Playhouse, Dobama Theatre and Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland. He serves as
associate artistic director of Ohio Shakespeare Festival, and was the
assistant director for last season's murder mystery at Coach House, Witness
for the Prosecution.  He was seen on stage in last season's Deathtrap at
Coach House, and in The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear last summer at
Ohio Shakespeare Festival, as well as Humble Boy at Dobama this fall. Andrew
earned a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA from Kent State.
He has been a proud member of Actors' Equity since 1989.

 

The Playwright

Plays authored by Dame Agatha Christie are longtime favorites of Coach House
audiences. In the past decade, the theater has staged sell-out productions
of Witness for the Prosecution, The Mousetrap, Ten Little Indians, Murder on
the Nile, A Murder is Announced, and Appointment with Death. Often referred
to as the "Queen of Crime," Christie is considered one of the most important
and innovative writers in the murder mystery/crime genre.

 

And join Coach House for the rest of our exciting 2010-11 season: 

Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer, March 24 - April 17, 2011

Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer, May 12 - June 5, 2011

 

Visit us at  <http://www.coachhousetheatre.com/> www.coachhousetheatre.com!

 

 

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