East Lynne Theatre Company to Present HOLMES AND CARTER Radio Shows This Month
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 07, 2017
Before television and the Internet, people sat eagerly by the radio to hear the latest dramas, comedies, and news. Many radio shows were performed in front of live audiences at the same time they were sent across the "airways." ELTC invites you to be part of our radio audience on Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18 at 8:00 p.m., with two mysteries under the title "Detectives Holmes and Carter."
In "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," Sherlock Holmes must learn why a man left money in his will to start an unusual club. In "The Voice of Crime," the master criminal "Vox" announces he will pay Nick Carter if the clever detective discovers where his next robbery will occur. The same cast of seven perform both shows back-to-back on the same night, going from Holmes' Victorian England to Carter's Manhattan during World War II.
While "The Red-Headed League" is not the original script by Edith Meiser that was aired on NBC (this one is adapted by Gayle Stahlhuth), "The Voice of Crime" IS the original script, used with permission by Conde Nast.
Lee O'Connor has taken on the role of Holmes for ELTC since the company produced an elaborate staged reading of William Gillette's "Sherlock Holmes" in 2002, and has become one of the main storytellers for the company's "Tales of the Victorians." Fred Velde once more portrays Dr. Watson. He was in ELTC's "Anna Christie," "Rain," "Dulcy," and "The Poe Mysteries," and has appeared in over fifty shows in NYC, including the Off-Broadway revival of Mae West's "Sex."
Taking on the role of Nick Carter is Mark Edward Lang. His work with ELTC includes "Zorro!" as an actor, and "Anna Christie," as a director. His "Lunt and Fontanne: The Celestials of Broadway" was selected to be part of the New York International Fringe Festival this past AuguSt. Mark wrote the script and performed with Allison J. Murphy.
James Rana, Thomas Raniszewski, Robert LeMaire, and Gayle Stahlhuth take on a variety of roles and all have performed, too, with ELTC. James portrayed Van Helsing in ELTC's "Dracula" and is currently writing "A Year in the Trenches" to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the United States entering World War I. Courtesy of New Jersey Theatre Alliance's "Stages Festival," a one-hour staged readings will be performed at The Bickford Theatre on March 21. The fully-staged version is part of ELTC's 2017 season. Rana is performing in Red Bull's Off-Broadway production of "The Inspector General" this spring. Also in "Dracula," was Raniszewski, who's other recent performance was in "Dying Like Ignacio" in NYC. LeMaire has been performing off-and-on with ELTC since "The Dictator" in 2001, and will be heading up ELTC's arts-in-education programs including the 11th annual Summer Student Theater Workshop in 2017.
Gayle Stahlhuth, who adapted "The Red-Headed League" and directed, is in her nineteenth year of serving as artistic director to the nonprofit East Lynne Theater Company, where she has produced 90 different shows and directed over half of them.
Performances are at The First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, 500 Hughes Street, where the company is in residence. Tickets are $27 for general admission, $17 for full-time students and those in the military, and, as always, ages 12 and under are free. For information and reservations, call 609-884-5898 or visit www.eastlynnetheater.org. "Detectives Holmes and Carter" is part of Cape May's "Sherlock Holmes' Weekend" and New Jersey Theatre Alliance's "Stages Festival."
Pictured: East Lynne Theater Company's "Detectives Holmes and Carter" with Lee O'Connor, Fred Velde, Thomas Raniszewski, James Rana, Gayle Stahlhuth, Mark Edward Lang, and Robert LeMaire. Photo by Frank Smith.
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