Murder in the First

Murder in the First is an adaptation of the 1995 major motion picture of the same title.

In 1941, Alcatraz prisoner Willie Moore stands trial for the violent murder of a fellow inmate. In what at first appears to be an open-and-shut case, a bold young lawyer intervenes with the claim that Moore cannot be held responsible for his actions due to the brutality visited upon him during three years of solitary confinement.

Inspired by an actual event, Murder in the First is a gripping courtroom drama that exposes an undercurrent of injustice and hypocrisy throughout the federal justice system.

This emotional story is making its Canadian premiere at Whitby Courthouse Theatre!

April 11-13, 18-20*, 25-27, 2019
Curtain: 8pm *2pm & 8pm

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Production Team
Producers – Heather Doucette & Rhonda Martin | Director – Richard Newland | Stage Manager – Peggy Sowerbutts | Set Design – Steve Clarke | Costume Design – Donna Gunter & Monique Essergern | Lighting Design – Brandon Rideout | Sound Design – Alex Konc

Cast
Henry Davidson – Mark Boyko | Willie Moore – Adam Andrews | Judge Clawson – John Mencarelli | Mary McCasslin – Lisa Ferreira | Bill McNeill – Kyle Roberts | Henkin – Carey Risman | Byron Davidson - Steve Clarke | Harold Humson - Paul Sowerbutts | Milton Glenn - Ray James | Blanche - Mandy Wiseman | Houlihan - Mike Doucette | Bailiff/Jailer - Reid Pierson

The Music Man

Whitby Courthouse Theatre Youth Group Production.

There's trouble in River City! The Music Man is family entertainment at its best.

The six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy follows a fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a marching band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who tries to transform him into a respectable citizen.

Entertaining audiences since 1957 with songs like "Ya Got Trouble", "Till There was You" and "Seventy-Six Trombones", this is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.

June 6-8, 13-15, 2019 at 8pm
June 9 & 16 at 2pm

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Production Team
Producer – Tracy Church | Director – Nicole Vezeau

Next to Normal

Next to Normal explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as “one of the year’s ten best shows” by critics, including The LA Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times

Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy, and heart.

An emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.

Program sponsored by Trafalgar Castle School.

November 8-24, 2018

Production Team
Producer – Heather Doucette | Director – Shael Risman | Music Director - Nick Denis | Assistant Director – Melissa Gibson | Stage Manager – Paul Sowerbutts | Back Stage Manager – Peggy Sowerbutts | Assistant Stage Manager – Susan Wabb & Rhonda Martin | Set Design – Erastus Burley  | Set Décore – Erastus Burley & Deb Smith | Costume Design – Rhonda Martin | Lighting Design – Greg Poulin & Margo Rodgers | Sound Design – Margo Rodgers | Properties – Susan Wabb

Cast
Diana Goodman – Catherine Marzola | Dan Goodman – Brian Hargan | Gabe Goodman – Devin Dos Santos | Natalie Goodman – Sophia Daunt | Henry – Nathan Simpson  | Doctor Madden/ Fine – Jay DaCosta

Two on the Aisle, Three in a Van

Two on the Aisle, Three in a Van welcomes you to another season at the Neighbourhood Actors Summerfun Repertory Theatre, a friendly playhouse where, due to a lack of wing space, the company spends their downtime in the parking lot around an aging hippie/now turned techie’s van.

A stressed-out artistic director, a wanna-be diva who’s realizing her ingénue expiration date has just about passed, a board member’s nephew vying to direct the musicals with a Tarrentino spin and the “I’m no chorus boy” chorus boy who thinks every show should have a kick line – are just some of the egos and obstacles that fall into the lap of Mike, a nice-guy director who ends up with far more than he bargained for. In the end, somehow, some way, the show must go on... just not always as planned.

Anyone who’s ever seen a show may know these people. Anyone who’s ever done a show may be these people.

February 7-23, 2019

Production Team
Producer – Liz Pask | Director – Mike Trites | Assistant Director – Heather Doucette | Stage Manager – Genviève Hébert-Carr | Assitant Stage Managers – Paul Sowerbutts, Peggy Sowerbutts & Vivian Tattrie | Set Design & Décore – Melanie Baker | Costume Design – Valerie Skinner & Kaylani Gatchalian | Lighting Design – Greg Poulin | Sound Design – Alex Konc | Properties – Deb Smith | Sound Operation – Anna Simmons | Set Construction – Zach Unger, Steve Clarke, Lance Pask

Cast
Mike – Lincoln Trudeau | Jeannie – Sharon Berman | Vondo – Shael Risman | Jeff – Boyd Tattrie | Scott – Todd Appleton | Eric – Des Harty  | Meredith – Melissa Gibson | Daniel – Dillon Hunter | Robin – Caroline Rodway | Harriet – Kathy Knight