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Glenn Burns and Hunter McCarter rehearsed a scene from Deathtrap, a mystery thriller to be staged Tuesday, Thursday, Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 at the Ritz Community Theatre. -
Glenn Burns rehearsed a scenefrom Deathtrap with Jenelle Garcia.
Just in time for Halloween: Some murder and mayhem, courtesy of the Ritz Community Theatre.
The Ritz acting troupe will stage Deathtrap, a play by Ira Levin that has been described as either a comedy, comedy-thriller or a mystery.
Deathtrap centers around Sidney Bruhl, a playwright who has suffered a series of box office flops, and his student, Clifford Anderson, who has written a play that Bruhl decides he must get his hands on. To reveal anything else would only serve to spoil the twists and turns that the two-hour production delivers.
First-time Ritz Theatre director Chad Goebl said the audience can expect a “roller coaster ride” of unexpected developments.
“The play keeps me off-guard,” Goebl said. “Most of the time when I’m watching something, I can kind of see where things are going, but not here. It will take you on a roller coaster ride, up and down, up and down. And it’s a story of greed, what a man will do to stay on top.”
While the play has its comedic elements, Goebl said the Ritz production will accentuate the thriller aspects of Deathtrap.
“The way we’ve staged this is to hit on the thriller side of things, lots of blood and violence,” he said. “A lot of the action will be right at the front of the stage, right in front of your face.”
The cast includes Glenn Burns as Bruhl and Jenelle Garcia as his wife, Sidney. Hunter McCarter portrays Anderson, while Megan Lewis and Ian Row rounds out the cast as Helga ten Dorp and Porter Milgrim, respectively.
The play will be staged at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Oct. 27 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 28.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and children.