…God Rest Ye Scary Gentlemen 2?
Is it the same as last year’s show?
No. We’ve adapted four new stories, and this year the show is fully staged.
Who’s in it?
An excellent cast: Kyler Chase, Eric Cohen, Dawn Krosnowski, Jason Kruger, and Arnie Roos. Live music by Jamie Fassett-Carman, keyboardist and composer, who did the music for Pollyanna last spring. Costumes by Amanda Jaeger. Stage managed by Heather Baldwin.
What’s the flavor of the show?
Comedy. Lots of verbal wit, but plenty of physical stuff, too. It’s not really scary at all, though there are a fair number of dead body jokes. A family show even if you’re not the Addams Family.
What are the stories?
- “The Inexperienced Ghost” by H.G. Wells. Scaring people takes practice. For many of the stories we adapt, we have to make up new endings. Not this time – Wells gives us a great one.
- “Mr Tilly’s Seance” by E.F. Benson. An English gentleman does not allow sudden death to alter his plans. We apologize for the horribly anachronistic musical pun we’ve inserted into this piece.
- “The Black Poodle” by F. Anstey. Can a dog come back from the grave? Since we’re asking the question, you may infer that the answer is yes. Delightfully goofy.
- “Teig O’Kane and the Corpse,” an Irish folk tale. A wild young fellow finds it difficult to bury a body. No, he’s not a murderer – the Little People, for reasons of their own, have assigned him the task. Featuring puppetry, of a sort.
To the best of our knowledge, none of these stories has ever before been adapted for the stage (though Hardcover presented “The Inexperienced Ghost” in Reader’s Theater format seven years ago).
