By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, & Henry Shields
Ever have that dream—the lights go up, you forget all your lines, the scenery crashes down around you, your costume malfunctions (if you’re even wearing one), your co-star falls out the window, but you must carry on…something like that? In the dream, it’s anything but funny and you wake up in a cold sweat. But when you see this mad-cap comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong, the sweat may come from laughing too vigorously. A winner of London’s Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2015 from the producers of Avenue Q, this play within a play gives the audience an appreciation for what ‘could’ go wrong when everything, truly everything, goes off the rails. Set in the 1920s on the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, the cast of players fumbles through two hours of unexpected disaster while holding it together, despite the Monty Python, Three Stooges’ brand of mayhem of physical comedy at its absolute finest. They know that ‘the show must go on,’ but can they survive until the final bows?
Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd. The Mischief Production of The Play That Goes Wrong was originally produced on the West End Stage by Kenny Wax & Stage Presence and on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax & Stage Presence.
Cast and Crew
* indicates Missoula Community Series debut
Director: Sarah Walker Thornton
Assistant Director: Hannah Luther
Fight Choreographer: Sarah Walker Thornton
Stage Manager: Alexis Elensky
Scenic Design: Theresa K Jenson and Blain Radford
Costume Design: Carolyn Toner
Costume First Hand: Nat Stockman
Lighting Design: Blain Radford
Properties Master: Lesley Washburn
Sound Design: Gregory Boris
Wigs: Penny Miller
Hair and Makeup Design: Carolyn Toner
Technical Director: Abbey Mosely
Fight Captains: Jensen Hill and Hannah Luther
Production Manager: Theresa K Jenson
Light Board Operator: Ashley Stratton
Dresser: Rose Jarvis
Deck Manager: Barb Fortunate
Deck Crew: Arrow Cox and Rebecca Jefferson
Annie (The Stage Manager) – Jesse Ballard
Trevor (The Booth Operator) – Jeroen “JT” Thornton
Chris (The Director/Inspector Carter) – Mike Painter
Jonathan (Charles Haversham/Robert Understudy) – Steven Thomas
Robert (Thomas Colleymoore) – Kevin C Harrington
Dennis (Perkins) – Rachel Shull
Max (Cecil Haversham/Arthur the Gardener) – Zachary Jarvis
Sandra (Florence Colleymoore) – Emily Branch*
MEMBERS OF THE CORNLEY DRAMA SOCIETY STAGE CREW
James Cox (Understudy for Chris)
Elle Daniel (Understudy for Sandra)
Sarah Hibbard (Understudy for Annie)
Jensen Hill (Understudy for Max and Jonathan)*
Adam Idone (Understudy for Trevor)*
Faith Taberna (Understudy for Dennis)
