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Coaster Theatre serves up murder and musical this summer
CANNON BEACH —
The Coaster Theatre’s sum-
mer repertory opens Friday,
June 21, with the clas-
sic Agatha Christie murder
mystery “And Then There
Were None,” followed by
the habit-forming musical
“Nunsense” on Friday, June
28. Shows begin running
Wednesday through Satur-
day with a few Sunday per-
formances through Sunday,
Sept. 1.
All performances begin
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20
or $25 and can be purchased
at the Coaster Theatre box
offi ce, online at coaster-
theatre.com or by calling
503-436-1242.
‘And Then There Were
None’
In Agatha Christie’s
“And Then There Were
None” 10 strangers, appar-
ently with little in com-
mon, are summoned to a
remote island off the coast
of Devon by the mysteri-
ous U.N. Owen. What the
guests do have in common
is a wicked past they’re
unwilling to reveal and a
secret that will seal their
fate. For each has been
marked for murder. Over
dinner, a record begins to
play, and the voice of an
unseen host accuses each
person of hiding a guilty
secret. As the weather
turns and the group is cut
off from the mainland, the
bloodbath begins and the
tension escalates.
Agatha Christie’s “And
Then There Were None”
is directed by Mick Alder-
man and costumed by
Judith Light. The cast con-
sists of Patrick Lathrop as
Rogers, Dorothy Frace as
Mrs. Rogers, Kyle Talley
as Fred Narracott/Anthony
Marston, Ann Branson
as Vera Claythorne, Ben-
net Hunter as Phillip Lom-
bard, David Sweeney as
William Blore, Michael
Miller as General MacK-
enzie, Carolyn Anderson as
Emily Brent, Frank Jagod-
nik as Sir Lawrence War-
grave and Barbi England
as Dr. Armstrong. The cast
includes both new faces and
veterans of Coaster Theatre
productions.
‘Nunsense’
The habit-forming musi-
cal follows the Little Sisters
of Hoboken as they discover
that their cook, Sister Julia,
Child of God, has acciden-
tally poisoned 52 of the sis-
ters after eating vichyssoise
and they are in dire need of
funds for the burials. The sis-
ters decide that the best way
to raise the money is to put
on a variety show, so they
take over the school audito-
rium, which is currently set
up for the eighth grade pro-
duction of “Grease.”
“Nunsense” is directed
by Richard Bowman,
musical direction by Dar-
ren Hull, choreography by
Marco Davis and costumes
by Judith Light. The cast
includes Coaster Theatre
veterans Heidi Hoffman as
Mother Superior, Sue Neuer
as Sister Mary Hubert, Ann
Bronson as Sister Robert
Ann, Cameron Lira as Sister
Mary Amnesia and Brittania
Williams as Sister Mary Leo.
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