The Dead 2

James Joyce's The Dead - book by Richard Nelson, music by Shaun Davey, originally directed by Charles Otte, directorial consultant: Jessica Kubzansky - Open Fist Theatre Company at the Greenway Court Theatre. January 17-February 23, 2014

Directorial Consultant - Jessica Kubzansky
Musical Director - Dean Mora
Stage Manager - Ina Shumaker
Assistant Stage Manager - Sandra Burck
Choreographer - Christine Sang
Scenic Design - Kis Knekt
Costume Design - A. Jeffrey Schoenberg
Lighting Design - Dan Reed
Sound Design - Peter Carstedt
Producers - Efrain Schunior & Martha Demson
Associate Producer - Caitlin Renee Campbell
Assistant Director & Production Manager - Amanda Weier
Assistant Production Manager - Dylan Maddalena
Wig & Hair Stylist - Joe Di Maggio
Dialect - Tuffet Schmelzle

Devon Armstrong - Michael
Charlotte Chanler - Rita/Young Julia Morkan
Kendra Chell - Miss Molly Ivors
Jacque Lynn Colton - Aunt Julia Morkan
Martha Demson - Gretta Conroy
Bruce Dickinson - Mr. Browne
Kiley Eberhardt - Lily
Nicola Hersh / Mary Linda Phillips - Mrs. Malins
Richard Knolla - Bartell D'Arcy
John LeMay - Freddy Malins
Rob Nagle - Gabriel Conroy
Beth Robbins - Aunt Kate Morkan (standby)
Judith Scarpone - Aunt Kate Morkan
Melissa Sullivan - Mary Jane Morkan

Dean Mora - Pianist
Jennifer Richardson - Cellist
Kelly De Sarla - Flutist
Eden Livingood - Violinist

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Devon Armstrong

Charlotte Chanler

Jacque Lynn Colton

Bruce Dickinson

Kiley Eberhardt

Mary Linda Phillips

Judith Scarpone

Melissa Sullivan

Jennifer Richardson

"The Misses Morkans' annual Christmas party was always a great musical affair..."

Martha Demson as Gretta Conroy, Rob Nagle as Gabriel Conroy, and Kiley Eberhardt as Lily, the caretaker's daughter

Aunt Kate and Aunt Julia greet the Conroys

Kendra Chell as Molly Ivors

Rob Nagle as Gabriel Conroy

"If it comes to that, Irish is not my language..."

In the hallway, Gabriel studies the toast he will make after dinner

Bruce Dickinson as Mr. Browne and Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate

Martha Demson as Gretta, Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate, Devon Armstrong as Michael, and Bruce Dickinson as Mr. Browne

John LeMay as Freddy Malins and Kiley Eberhardt as Lily

Jennifer Richardson, Devon Armstrong, and Dean Mora

“Parnell’s Plight”

"They rose in dark and evil ways and avoided work and toil..."

The company jumps into the "Six Hand Jig"

Lily steps it up in the "Six Hand Jig"

Gretta & Michael

Jacque Lynn Colton as Aunt Julia, Richard Knolla as Bartell D'Arcy, Nikki Hersh as Mrs. Malins, and John LeMay as Freddie Malins

Devon Armstrong as Michael, Kendra Chell as Molly Ivors, and Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate

The musicians of the annual Christmas party

"Adieu to Ballyshannon"

"Oh, I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane..."

Melissa Sullivan and Jacque Lynn Colton

Judith Scarpone as Aunt Kate and Jacque Lynn Colton as Aunt Julia

Martha Demson as Gretta Conroy

The dinner party

John LeMay, Nikki Hersh, Richard Knolla, Kendra Chell, and Judith Scarpone

Judith Scarpone, Melissa Sullivan, and Jacque Lynn Colton

"I shall make a toast, a blessing on this house..."

"The Three Graces"

"Days gone by, days lost, days past, and days -- let us call them spacious days..."

"Naughty Girls"

The company dances to "Naughty Girls"

"Wake the Dead"

"And Aunt Julia? She had retreated here. To her bedroom. The sanctum sanctorum..."

Bartell D'Arcy sings his aria to Aunt Julia

"Queen of Our Hearts"

Charlotte Chanler and Jacque Lynn Colton

"It could have been our honeymoon -- but it wasn't..."

"Michael Furey"

"Snow will be general, all over Ireland..."

“The Living and the Dead”

James Joyce's The Dead - cast photo

James Joyce's The Dead - cast & crew photo

All production photos by Eric Neil Gutierrez