Deathtrap...1983

Fond du Lac Community Theatre

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin U.S.A.

Fond du Lac Community Theatre presented Ira Levin's play

Deathtrap...

on October 13, 14 and 15, 1983 at 8:00 P. M. at the Goodrich High School Little Theater.

About the play: "Deathtrap..." was first presented by Alfred de Liagre, Jr. and Roger L. Stevens at The Music Box Theatre in New York City on February 26, 1978.

	Cast of Characters (listed in order of their appearance)
	"Sidney Bruhl"	Warren Kretch
	"Myra Bruhl"	Susan Zuege
	"Clifford Anderson"	Paul Gedlinske
	"Helga Ten Dorp"	Arllyce Candlish
	"Porter Milgrim"	William Krebsbach

Behind the Scenes - Our Production Staff
Director	Helen Blumer
Assistant Director and Stage Manager	Debi Scharf
Set Designer	Dan Blumer
Set Master	Bill Ripley
Set Construction	Ivan Will, Jr., Dennis Entringer, Dan Entringer, Gail Sharpe, Dave Blumer, Dave Esau, Brendan Gaffne and Stephen Gedlinske
Costume Mistress	Joyce Jones
Properties	Nancy Wrzesinske, Shirley Gedlinske, Mary Barbeau, Arllyce Candlish and Sharon King
Make-Up	Pete Sorensen
Lighting Designer	Paul Lane
Sound	Randy Huggett
Stage Crew	Mary Petrie
Publicity	Susan Norris, Warren Krech and Tom Norris
Program	James Nintzel and Susan Norris
Photography	Ahrens
Box Office	Dick Thomas, James Nintzel and Ed Arnold
Head Usherette	Nancy Wrzesinske
Acknowledgements - Special Thanks to	the Fond du Lac Public Schools, the FdL Public Recreation Department, Gerald McDermot, the Fond du Lac Reporter, the Action Advertiser, WFON Radio, WLKE Radio, WBAY TV, WLUK TV, WFRV TV, Stereo Plus, Radio Shack, Dutch's Trading Post, Leath Furniture, Antique Boutique, Curtis Mathes TV, the Print Shop, Margaret Majeska, Brett-Wood Taylor and Ellen Harbridge

Synopsis: Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers who lately had not had a successful play and is in need of money due to his string of failures, receives a script from a student he has been teaching. He recognizes it as a potential hit. He plans to - with the aid of his wife - offer collaboration to the student, an idea which the young man quickly accepts. Eventually he decides he wants it all for himself, and he has found a way to get rid of the young man. The situations presented and how they are worked out provide both suspense and comedy. This play should be considered a thriller, not a comedy.

"Deathtrap..." was produced through a special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated.

Film: Warner Brothers made "Deathtrap..." into a major motion picture in 1982. It starred Christopher Reeve as the novice playwright "Clifford Anderson," and as his mentor, "Sidney Bruhl."

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