Published May 02. 2017 12:00AM
There was murder afoot on the stage at Notre Dame HS with “Curtains,” a play-within-a-play musical comedy from April 20 through 22.
In the play, set in 1959, Lt. Frank Cioffi, a Boston police detective and theater fan, investigates the opening night demise of the untalented leading lady of the musical “Robbin’ Hood of the Old West.” While trying to solve the mysterious deaths of additional cast and crew members, the lonely gumshoe attempts to save the day and the play, as well as find love.
This musical whodunit was director Rody Gilkeson’s 18th Notre Dame spring production. His wife, Elizabeth Marsh-Gilkeson, served as musical director and costume designer. Assisting were choreographer Meghan Koehler, stage manager and technical director Sara Faubert, and set designers Brett Oliveira and Taylor Van Kooten.
Far right, Jessica Cranshaw (Chloe Mondok), the self-absorbed untalented leading lady of the musical “Robbin' Hood of the Old West” is soon to be the first murder victim in Notre Dame's production of “Curtains.” The doomed diva dances with Bambi Bernét (Evelyn Carlin) as leading man Bobby Pepper (Carl Qi) in cowboy hat and vest sings “Wide Open Spaces.” Copyright - &Copy; Ed Courrier
