October, 2004
A secluded English country manor house, ominous radio
reports of a criminal on the loose, visitors behaving suspiciously, a
relative with a shady past and an unidentified dead body hidden behind
the sofa—these oh-so-familiar plot devices have been packed into this
comic spoof of the whodunits popularized by Agatha Christie.
Constructed as a play-within-a-play, The Real Inspector Hound opens
with two competing theatre critics, Moon and Birdboot, settling into
their seats ready to review the latest mystery. In time, both find
themselves literally drawn into the comedy, playing roles leading to
the climax of the plot when the murderer’s identity is revealed to all.
The Stage Center production was produced as part of the
interdisciplinary program "Uncommon Detectives: Gender,
Multiculturalism and Detective Fiction" offered on the NEIU
campus in the fall of 2004.
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| It's
Cynthia's turn. Shama Dardai, Jesse Menendez, Stephanie Tichenor |
Are you
sure? Shama Dardai and Andy Berlien |
I'll
have montelimar. Christopher Leonard and Patrick Garone |
Cast of The Real Inspector Hound
Moon.............................Christopher Leonard
Birdboot.........................Patrick Garone
Mrs. Drudge...................Linnea Carrera
Simon.............................Jesse Menendez
Felicity...........................Stephanie Tichenor
Cynthia...........................Shama Dardai
Magnus..........................David Ropinski
Inspector Hound............Andy Berlien
Directed by Rodney Higginbotham
Stage Manager: Martha Velazco
Scenic
Designer/Technical Director
Robert
G. Smith
Lighting
Designer . John Rodriguez
Costume
Designer Elizabeth
Shaffer
Sound
Designer . Tom Dawson
Box
Office Manager .. Eric Steier
Assistant
Box Office Manager Brigid Blume
Cover
Designer Jesse Menendez
Playbill
Designer David Ropinski
Light
Operator Jamelia
Crews
Sound
Operator Stella Stephan
Prop
Master . Carrie Peters
Prop
Crew Elias
Morales
Set
Crew Theatre
Practicum class
