Black Comedy and The Real Inspector Hound

Shaffer’s Black Comedy is actually punny – When an electrical fuse is blown, what you see in the dark (black), is illuminated by a fast paced orgy of brilliantly sustained blind slapstick. This comedic lightning farce includes a lovesick sculptor, his fiancée, her pompous father, a fussy neighbor, unexpected visitors and purloined antiques.  Stoppard’s Real Inspector Hound is a mashed up spoof of all things Agatha Christie – an isolated setting, a dead body, and some very eccentric characters up to no good. What’s more, the critics watching the “play within the play” provide side-splitting commentaries and become entangled in deviously dastardly doings.

Cast

• Brindsley Miller: Dale O’Dell
• Carol Melkett: Jenna Dunlay
• Miss Furnival: Debbie Buchsbaum
• Colonel Melkett: Earle Ziff
• Harold Gorringe: Mark Rinis
• Schuppanzigh: Marty Andreas
• Clea: Emily Gardner
• Higgs: Bernie Garzia
• Birdboot: James Lugo
• Moon: Matthew Masiello
• Simon Gascoyne: Stavros Adamides
• Major Magnus Muldoon: Andrew Deutsch
• Inspector Hound: Ralph Bowers
• Mrs. Drudge: Meg Sewell
• Felicity Cunningham: Christina Orfanoudakis
• Cynthia Muldoon: Elaine D’Addezio
• Radio Announcer: Arthur Chill

Production Staff / Crew

• Director: Melinda Pinto
• Director: Omar Kozarsky
• Assistant Director: Lauren Widner
• Assistant Director: Elaine D’Addezio
• Producer: Penny Buccafuri
• Stage Manager: Samantha Fiorino Fiumara
• Assistant Stage Manager: Matthew Pearson
• Set Designer: Larry Wilbur
• Lighting Designer: Mike Gnazzo
• Technical Director: Ron Drobes
• Scenic Artist: David Julin
• Sound Designer: Larry Wilbur
• Property Designer: Mariann Felice
• Costume Designer: Mara-Lynne Brenner
• Backstage Crew: Joe Stern
• Backstage Crew: Gabby DeNola