Ad Missions: A Whodunit in Troy, NY!

How I Got to Madison Avenue. And beyond.

As with life, this blog is developing and changing. It began with a lot of stories that occurred on my career path from Albany to Madison Avenue and back.

There were some similarities to the AMC series "Mad Men," and then I went even farther back in time with a somewhat fictionalized version of growing up in Troy's Little Italy.

And now, a new development. As my free lance advertising and marketing career winds down, I'm becoming more interested in the theatre arts that my father and his 3 brothers helped instill in me as I grew up.

As a result, I've volunteered to help promote the Theatre Institute at Sage, and now, to continue a long-interrupted desire to be behind the proscenium, I've joined the newly formed Troy Civic Theatre, and was actually fortunate enough to appear in their first production.

So, I hope you'll enjoy the new stories that will develop from this latest turn.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

A Whodunit in Troy, NY!

Troy Civic Theatre Presents:

REHEARSAL FOR MURDER

Adapted by D.D. BROOKE
from the teleplay by
RICHARD LEVINSON & WILLIAM LINK

Directed by Michael Ciaravella

A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, tricking his original cast into an eerie recreation of the time leading up to her death. Will his masterpiece prove to be the trap needed to find her killer, or simply his own final act?

CAST:
Alex Dennison Vincent James Lounello
Ernie Frank Laposta Visco
Sally Bean Melissa Vozzo
Monica Wells Bria Schultz
Loretta Megan Miller
Lloyd Andrews Jesse Braverman
Bella Lamb Rita Machin
Karen Daniels Blessilda Naclerio
David Mathews Mike Ieronimo
Leo Gibbs Mark Naclerio
Male Police Officer Ben Petticord
Female Police Officer Megan Miller
Man in the Auditorium Mark Todaro
Mr. Santoro Ben Petticord
Second Man in the Auditorium Frank Laposta Visco

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Producer: Jim Holmes
Assisted by: Laura Darling
Director: Michael Ciaravella
Assisted by: Miranda DiStefano
Stage Manager: Megan Wart
Running Crew: Susie Freeman, Sean McLaughlin
Technical Director: Jim Holmes
Properties Design: Meghann Warner
Light Design: Bob Healey
Master Electrician: Bob Healey
Assisted by: Laura Darling, Joel Lord, Tim McMullan, Megan Wart
Sound Design: Mike Silvia
Costume Design: Pat Holmes
Playbill: Meghann Warner
House Management: Kyra Recore

PERFORMANCES:
Friday, July 13th, 2012 – 8:00pm
Saturday, July 14th, 2012 – 8:00pm
Friday, July 20th, 2012 – 8:00pm
Saturday, July 21st, 2012 – 8:00pm

TICKETS, RESERVATIONS, & INFORMATION:
$15; $10 for students and seniors with identification
For ticket information: tickets@troycivic.org
For general information: info@troycivic.org
For advertising information: program@troycivc.org
518-217-TCTC (8282)
www.troycivic.org

Produced by special arrangement with
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois