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

17th ANNUAL TICKETHOLDER AWARDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Rob Nagle
Runner-Up for BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

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

REVIEWS
Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles Times - Endearing and emotional 'Dead'

Jacque Lynn Colton

Bruce Dickinson

Judith Scarpone

Jake Wesley Stewart

"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

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