MRS. MCTHING

August 16 - 24, 1996
By Mary Chase

Mrs. McThing is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services, Inc.

Directed by Richard Hill and Maizie Hill

A little girl has slipped past the gatekeeper and over the garden wall to play with a lonely and put-upon lad. She is quickly shooed out by his mother as 'trash.' It just so happens that the little girl's mother is a witch, and an experienced one. She takes her revenge by supplying Mrs. Howard V. Larue III with the very little paragon she has always longed for, meanwhile spiriting the real and unruly boy off to a life of crime in the Shantyland Pool Hall Lunchroom. Mother is at first delighted with the impostor's perfection, then suspicious, then dismayed. When she learns the truth and sets out to reclaim her own nine-year-old mobster, she unwittingly and very foolishly crosses the same little girl, who promptly puts the finger on her and assigns her the role of washing dishes for the gang. By the time mama has been knocked about a bit and come to appreciate the sterling qualities of an ordinary roughneck, she is happy enough to take the boy back on his own terms, and to adopt the little witch-girl into the bargain.

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PHOTOS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mrs. Howard V. Larue III / Ellen Avis
Carrie / Tammy McDuffle
Sybil / Jessica Burton
Evva Lewis / Krista Trask
Maude Lewis / Nikola Myers
Grace Lewis / Tori Page
Nelson / Brian Long
Howay / Matt Ross
Ellsworth / Chris Turnus
Virginia / Nicole Campbell
Dirty Joe / Jonas Clark
Stinker / Eric Perkins
Poison Eddie Schellenbach / David Clark
Mrs. Schellenbach / Erin Smith
Mimi / Katie Myers
Police / Tammy McDuffle, Chris Ternus
Mrs. McThing (ugly witch) / Nicole Campbell
Mrs. McThing (beautiful witch) / Erin Smith

PRODUCTION CREW
Directors / Richard & Maizie Hill
Make up / Dorris Stark
Props and Stage Manager / Ruth Higdon
Assistant Stage Manager / Karla Ross
Lights and Sound / Laura Reed
Set Construction / Myrle Green, Bill Campbell, Fred Owre
Set Painting / Cast
Landscape & Gardening / Cast
Costumes / Carman Myers, Cast
Program & Posters / Linda Millard