Accomplice
by
Rupert Holmes

Lisa Pelikan, Barbara Beckley, Larry Cedar,
J. Paul Boehmer, Samantha Raddock
Cast In
Order of
Appearance
J.
PAUL BOEHMER
LISA
PELIKAN
LARRY
CEDAR
SAMANTHA
RADDOCK
ACT ONE
Scene 1 -- The moorland cottage of Derek
and Janet Taylor on
an English autumn afternoon in the
mid-1970s.
Scene 2 -- The same, early the next
evening.
ACT TWO
Scene 1 -- The same, a week later, in
the afternoon.
Scene 2 -- A suite at Claridge’s Hotel,
a week later.
STANDBYS
Standbys never substitute for listed
players unless a specific
announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.
For J. Paul Boehmer and Larry Cedar --
BART DEL GATTO
For Lisa Pelikan and Samantha Raddock --
SARA T. PAINTER
The cast of ACCOMPLICE dedicates their
performance
in this production to Crystal
Matthews
Director’s Notes
This one's for my mother. Not only because she was a Brit, but because
she loved mysteries and thrillers and every form of whodunits. She was
a devotee of the genre, devouring everything from Sherlock Holmes to
John Le CarrJ. Our apartment was littered with the browning, cracking
paperbacks of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Erle Stanley Gardner,
Raymond Chandler, Georges Simenon, Ira Levin, Ross MacDonald, Len
Deighton, P.D. James, Dick Francis, even the collected works of Edgar
Allan Poe. She must have watched every episode of Perry Mason, Ellery
Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Murder, She Wrote at least five times.
Once, as a kid - I think I was 11 or 12 - I asked her, "Mom, why do you
love mysteries so much?" She crinkled her eyes, flashed me a very
British Cheshire grin, and said, "Finish your Brussels sprouts." After
working on this play, with these creative people, at this beautiful
theatre, I think I understand what that grin was all about; and I've no
doubt she would have loved Rupert Holmes and this play. Oh, by the way,
if you feel something brush past you during the show, don't worry,
that's just mom looking for a good seat.
- Simon Levy
Special Thanks:
Jon Baker, Gordon Biersch, Derek Bjornsen, A Noise Within,
Bardwell's
on the Boulevard, Brad Brown, Burbank YMCA, The City of Burbank, The
Colony Board of Trustees, Ethan Davison, Terry Evans, Chris Garr, Dan
Gates, Gianni Grimaldi, Albert Ihde, Ensemble Theatre, Company of Santa
Barbara, Demetrio James, Emergent Entertainment, Don and Deanna
Murphy, Salvador Palacios, Patterson Graphics, Pomodoro, Lee
Webb Pitts, Rich Roche, Dan
Sylvester, Tricia Turczynski, Nick Van Houten, Wadler Data Systems,
Vernon Willet, Lee Wochner, CounterIntuity
Very Special Thanks
to:
Patricia Cullen, Rich
Lippman, writehandcreative.com, A. Jeffrey Schoenberg, Ricky Vodka
and especially
RUPERT HOLMES
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