Two More Weekends: The Master Carver of French Creek: A Whimsical Halloween Mystery
Rick Fortney, TrueNorth Cultural Arts
October 23, 2009 --
Two more weekends for The Master Carver of French Creek: A Whimsical Halloween Mystery. Great for kids of all ages, young and old a-like! Join us for the debut of this original play, written by Gary Gerrone, that is family friendly and very funny on Oct. 23 - Nov. 1, 2009 - Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m at French Creek Nature Center (Website | Profile).
Are things happening in the old mansion at the edge of town? ... Mysterious, strange, and down-right spooky things! What's worse is that the mansion's owner, Frank, is odd, scary, and definitely dangerous! This all has the citizens of the quaint town of PleasantValley in an uproar. Is the house haunted? Is Frank to be feared? Should the town of French Creek cancel Trick-or-Treat?
The Master Carver of French Creek
2009-2010 Commissioned Theatre
Written by Gary Gerrone
Directed by Dana Hart
Cast Members
Maize - John Busser
Gordy - Patrick Carroll
Frank - Greg White
Betty - Megan Grantham
Billy - Matthew Edwards
Hank Montgomer - Dana Hart*
Hazel - Marie Foreman-Smith
Mayor Sherman Lee Rumple III - George Macdonald
Sheriff "Grits" Schmitz - Dennis Brown
Agnes, The City Woman - Barbara Brown
Checkers Jones - Bob Kenderes
We are happy to be including 3 commissioned works in this season's schedule including The Master Carver of French Creek! Our season brings to us some wonderful directors returning and /or joining our TrueNorth Theatre (Website | Profile) Staff: Dana Hart, Jacqi Loewy, Sarah May, Fred Sternfeld, and Sean Szaller.
November brings to us Side by Side by Sondheim (Nov. 6 through Nov. 22, Friday and Saturday evening's 7:30 p.m./Sunday afternoon, 3 p.m.) followed by our December production of Children of Eden (Nov. 27 through Dec. 13, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday afternoon, 3 p.m.)
Also in December is our annual Holiday Concert featuring the TrueNorth Chorale and Symphony (Dec. 18 & 19, 7:30 p.m. on both days).
Season Tickets, Group Sales and Fund-Raising opportunities available by calling (440) 949-5200 or check out the website here.