James Joyce's The Dead - book by Richard Nelson, music by Shaun Davey, directed by Charles Otte - Open Fist Theatre Company.  February-April 2008

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AWARDS
TicketHolder Awards
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
RUNNER-UP FOR BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

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Stage Manager - Ina Russell 
Scenic Design - Kis Knekt
Costume Design - Christina Wright
Lighting Design - Charles Otte & Teresa Enroth
Sound Design - Peter Carstedt 
Musical Director - Dean Mora 
Choreographer - Christine Sang 

Sarah Buster - Miss Molly Ivors 
Kendra Chell - Lily 
Jacque Lynn Colton - Aunt Julia Morkan 
Martha Demson - Gretta Conroy 
Bruce Dickinson - Mr. Browne 
Michael Franco - Freddy Malins     
Arthur Hanket - Bartell D'Arcy 
Zoe Hanket - Young Julia Morkan 
Nicola Hersh - Mrs. Malins 
Rob Nagle - Gabriel Conroy 
Judith Scarpone - Aunt Kate Morkan 
Jake Wesley Stewart - Michael 
Amy Tzagournis - Rita 
Teresa Willis - Mary Jane Morkan 

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Sarah Buster

Kendra Chell

Jacque Lynn Colton

Martha Demson

Bruce Dickinson

Michael Franco

Arthur Hanket

Nicola Hersh

Judith Scarpone

Jake Wesley Stewart

Amy Tzagournis

Teresa Willis

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"The world I've come to think, is like the surface of a frozen lake. We walk along, we slip, we try to keep our balance and not to fall. One day, there's a crack, and so we learn that underneath us - is an unimaginable depth."

Jacque Lynn Colton as Aunt Julia, Martha Demson as Gretta, Rob Nagle as Gabriel, and Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate

Kendra Chell as Lily and Rob Nagle as Gabriel Conroy

Rob Nagle with Sarah Buster as Molly Ivors

Waltzing after Adieu to Ballyshannon

Goldenhair

Rob Nagle as Gabriel and Martha Demson as Gretta

Nicola Hersh as Mrs. Malins and Michael Franco as Freddy Malins

"The Three Graces" - Teresa Willis as Mary Jane, Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate, and Jacque Lynn Colton as Aunt Julia

Michael Franco as Freddy Malins and Bruce Dickinson as Browne

"I found myself watching each face, each a map of life in flesh, which chart our days, our pains and joys, our losses, our loves. Each face listening to the words I had so cautiously collected, and now -- released."

"Good Night" with Bruce Dickinson, Rob Nagle, Jake Wesley Stewart, Arthur Hanket and Michael Franco

Jacque Lynn Colton as Aunt Julia and Arthur Hanket as Bartell D'Arcy

Teresa Willis as Mary Jane and Arthur Hanket as Bartell D'arcy

Jacque Lynn Colton, Zoe Hanket & Amy Tzagournis

"Years of memories rush as I watched. A heliotrope envelope lying beside my breakfast cup. From her. I hold it. I caress it..."

Martha Demson & Rob Nagle

The Living and the Dead "Snow will be falling all over Ireland, faintly falling, upon our loved ones, upon our country, upon our souls ...upon the living and the dead."

The cast & crew of James Joyce's The Dead - Open Fist Theatre Company, February-April 2008. Front row: Bruce Dickinson, Ina Russell (with Frida the dog), Terry Enroth, Kendra Chell, Judith Scarpone, Jacque Lynn Colton, Michael Franco, Amy Tzagournis, Teresa Willis, Jennifer Richardson & Charles Otte. Second row: Rob Nagle, Martha Demson, Nicola Hersh, Kis Knekt, Jake Wesley Stewart, Sarah Buster, Dominic Spillane, Arthur Hanket, and Dean Mora.

All production photos by Maia Rosenfeld​