By Marianne Austin For The Beacon |
Triple Locks Theater hosted a dress parade on Monday , May 20 in the theater at Roscoe Village to promote the latest theatrical production , “ Clue .” The new play is about seven guests , a butler and a maid who are all involved in a series of murders . The guests all meet at Hill House , where you learn Professor Plum works in Washington , D . C ., where everyone else lives . Col . Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet , who is the ex-employer of Yvette , the maid , who had an affair with the husband of Mrs . White . Blackmailer Mr . Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells him or her to kill the butler Wadsworth to avoid being exposed . Mrs . Peacock ’ s craziness and Mr . Green ’ s |
clumsiness , along with a group tangled in a web of murder , lies and high spirits , will keep you guessing .
Shelly Lillibridge plays Mrs . White , who may or may not have killed her five husbands . She is kind of reserved and quiet while bubbling under the surface . Lillibridge has been doing plays at Triple Locks for about 25 years . She has directed 14 children ’ s productions and had a lot of singing roles in the musicals . “ I love being on stage . It ’ s my passion ,” she said .
Cook and singing telegraph girl Sophia Dotson has been in theater since she was 3 years old . She has done musicals and comedy productions . Her last performance was “ The Play That Goes Wrong .”
“ Most of the shows I do are Shane ’ s ,” she said . “ With having a father as
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Marianne Austin
Triple Locks Theater hosted a dress parade on Monday , May 20 in the theater at Roscoe Village to promote the latest theatrical production , “ Clue .”
a director , it is very cool to see behind the scenes . I think it has been a good experience . Throughout my life I will still be a part of the theater . It is a very near and dear part of me .”
Ellen Hardesty is Mrs . Peacock in this production . “ This is such a fun
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play to do ,” she said . “ I haven ’ t done anything like this since 2019 in ‘ Mamma Mia ,’ and I really wanted to try out for this . It is one of my favorite movies . It has been a blast , so funny . Everyone will really enjoy it .”
Sam Scott ’ s character is
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the butler Wadsworth . He is head of the house and kitchen and the one who is going to be blamed for everything that goes wrong .
“ Wadsworth was originally played by Tim Curry in the film back in 1985 ,” Scott said . “ I am trying to do everything I can to pay homage to him but also make it my own . I have been with Footlight Players for 15 years . My first production was ‘ Oliver Twist ’ in 2008 , playing one of Fagin ’ s thieves . My most recent production was ‘ A Gift To Remember ’ in December , and the previous summer I was in ‘ Jesus Christ Superstar .’”
Jesse Whinnery plays Mr . Green with multiple different characters throughout the play . “ His personality changes ; it ’ s been fun to play that role ,” Whinnery said . “ He is a klutz , a germaphobe ,
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just a nervous guy all the time . There is a surprise at the end where he kind of changes his personality in a good way .”
Whinnery also is the set man . He built the mansion for the set .
“ Shane nor I ever wrote anything down or drew it out ,” Whinnery said . “ We just kind of pulled it out of our head . We also had a ton of support from all over town show up . The last four weekends it has taken a whole army to put this on .”
Whinnery has been in seven or eight plays . “ A lot of them were musicals ,” he said . “ This is the first time I have had a traditional play where I had a main character . It is a lot of fun .”
Quinn Wherley plays the motorist who is killed by a mysterious person . He has been in previous
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