WRITTEN BY: Eileen Moushey
PERFORMED AT: Hill Top Inn, Elmira
PERFORMED ON: March 13 (6:30pm) & 14 (6:30pm), 2009
DIRECTED BY: William Cornelius
PRODUCED BY: Actors A La Carte
CAST:
* BRIDGET ROSE O'SULLIVAN- Jane Daum
* DANIEL MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN- William Cornelius
* SEAMUS RIORDAN O'SULLIVAN- David A. Scott
* MARTIN THOMAS O'SULLIVAN- Robert Cornelius
* MAUREEN ROSE O'SULLIVAN- Ally Payne
* MAGGIE O'SULLIVAN- Norrie Cornelius
* SCOTT WYSINSKI- Andy Parker
* DONALD FRANCES O'SULLIVAN- William Cornelius
PLOT: The wake for a deceased Irish patriarch is disrupted by family dysfunction and mysterious murder. A dinner theater mystery comedy, also known as "Wake The Dead".
HISTORY: After a five-year hiatus, Chef William Cornelius (of various WENY-TV programs, and LCP's "Kiss Me Kate") revived his Actors A La Carte troupe, as well as one of their favorite Eileen Moushey dinner shows, "Wake The Dead". In addition to original cast members, I was brought in to play Seamus (pronounced "Shay-muhs") O'Sullivan (originally written as Seamus Patrick) for a St. Patrick's Day weekend of shows at the Hill Top Inn (where Market Street Irregulars had given their final of 22 "Marriage Can Be Murder" performances, three years prior).
Joining Bill and I in the cast were recent "Kiss Me Kate" co-stars Robert, Jane, and Andy, plus Wink 106 radio personality (and co-commentator on the 2008 Cardboard Boat Regatta TV broadcast) Ally Payne, leaving Norrie as the one person I hadn't worked with prior to this show. Additionally, the entire cast was featured in a 30-second commercial produced by WENY-TV, and shot by me and Robert.
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