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Playwright

Lucille Fletcher

Performance Dates

August 1-5; 7-12, 1990

Creative Team

Producing Director....................................Dr. Donald Seay

Managing Director....................................Tod Wilson

Director.....................................................Pamela Hill

Set Designer.............................................Fred J. Thayer

Lighting Designer......................................Robert Johnson

Costume Designer....................................Marcia Hain

Sound Designer........................................J. Christopher Wojcieszyn

Production Manager.................................Lisa J. Snodgrass

Stage Manager.........................................Michael S. Warren

Synopsis

Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the living room of her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. Her husband tries to comfort her, but when he steps away for a moment Elaine screams as she sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across the way. The police are called, but find nothing except an empty chair. Elaine's terror grows as shortly thereafter she sees still another body—this time a woman's—but by now the police are skeptical and pay no heed to her frantic pleas. Her husband, claiming that Elaine may be on the verge of a breakdown, calls in a lady psychiatrist, who agrees with his suggestion that Elaine should commit herself to a sanitarium for treatment. From this point on, the plot moves quickly and grippingly as those involved—Elaine's old friend and house guest Blanche; the inquisitive and rather sinister man who lives next door; and the nosy German maid Helga—all contribute to the deepening suspense and mystery of the play as it draws towards its riveting and chilling climax.

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Disciplines

Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Keywords

OST, Summer Stock, Otterbein Theatre, Musicals

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