A new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher
of the classic thriller by Frederick Knott
Directed by Craig Fols
Opening Night: Thu. August 1
Opening Night Party at EXIT ZERO FILLING STATION
August 1 - 31
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 General Admission, $30 Seniors
$20 Students & Military
Depictions of violence and adult themes. May not be suitable for young children.
East Lynne at Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street Cape May, NJ
of the classic thriller by Frederick Knott
Directed by Craig Fols
Opening Night: Thu. August 1
Opening Night Party at EXIT ZERO FILLING STATION
August 1 - 31
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 General Admission, $30 Seniors
$20 Students & Military
Depictions of violence and adult themes. May not be suitable for young children.
East Lynne at Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street Cape May, NJ
A sexy new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece!
Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder.
Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder.
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BIOS
FREDERICK KNOTT (Playwright, 1916-2002) was born in China to an English missionary family. Mr. Knott earned a law degree from University of Cambridge after attending Oundle School, and he served in the British Army from 1939 to 1946, achieving the rank of major. Mr. Knott only wrote three plays during his lifetime, yet his spine-tingling thrillers ran successfully on Broadway in the 1950s and ‘60s and have been standards in regional theatre and touring companies throughout the world. His most famous script, Dial M for Murder, was rejected several times before playing successfully on British television in the early ‘50s. It then hit the London stage to rave reviews. In 1952 the play opened on Broadway, and in 1954 was adapted by Mr. Knott into a film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. His second-most-popular play, Wait Until Dark, ran for 374 performances on Broadway in 1966 and earned actress Lee Remick a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of a blind woman terrorized by thugs. In 1967 the play was made into a popular film of the same name starring Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn. It was revived on Broadway in 1998 in a production starring Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino. Mr. Knott’s third play, Write Me a Murder, opened on Broadway in 1961 and ran for 25 weeks.
JEFFREY HATCHER (Adaptor) wrote the book for Broadway’s Never Gonna Dance. His Off Broadway credits include Three Viewings and A Picasso (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Government Inspector (Red Bull Theater), Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw (Primary Stages), Lucky Duck (as book writer with Bill Russell; The New Victory Theater), Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom; Minetta Lane Theatre), Ten Chimneys (The Peccadillo Theater Company), Neddy (The American Place Theatre), and Fellow Travelers (Manhattan Punch Line Theatre). His other theatre credits include Key Largo, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Cousin Bette, Smash, A Confederacy of Dunces, and others, appearing at The Old Globe, Geffen Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Illusion Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and dozens more in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Hatcher’s films include Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, and The Good Liar. He also wrote episodes of “Columbo” and “The Mentalist.” His grants and awards include National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Charles Frankel Prize, MacArthur Fellowship, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award for Best New Play, and 2013 Ivey Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is a member and/or alumnus of Playwrights’ Center and Dramatists Guild.
JEFFREY HATCHER (Adaptor) wrote the book for Broadway’s Never Gonna Dance. His Off Broadway credits include Three Viewings and A Picasso (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Government Inspector (Red Bull Theater), Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw (Primary Stages), Lucky Duck (as book writer with Bill Russell; The New Victory Theater), Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom; Minetta Lane Theatre), Ten Chimneys (The Peccadillo Theater Company), Neddy (The American Place Theatre), and Fellow Travelers (Manhattan Punch Line Theatre). His other theatre credits include Key Largo, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Cousin Bette, Smash, A Confederacy of Dunces, and others, appearing at The Old Globe, Geffen Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Illusion Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and dozens more in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Hatcher’s films include Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, and The Good Liar. He also wrote episodes of “Columbo” and “The Mentalist.” His grants and awards include National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Charles Frankel Prize, MacArthur Fellowship, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award for Best New Play, and 2013 Ivey Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is a member and/or alumnus of Playwrights’ Center and Dramatists Guild.
CRAIG FOLS (Director) is the Artistic Director of East Lynne Theater Company. READ MORE
EZRA BARNES* (Hubbard) appeared in East Lynne’s A Tale of Two Cities, Love Letters and as Sherlock Holmes last summer. Off Broadway appearances: Breakfast With Mugabe, To Kill a Mockingbird (Queens Theatre), In White America (New Federal), Far and Wide (Mint). TV: the hit YouTube series Group, New Amsterdam, Jessica Jones, Orange is the New Black, The Sinner, Law & Order, SVU. Film: Motherless Brooklyn, birth/rebirth, Unintended, Noah, Joshua, Once More With Feeling. Directed Diary of Anne Frank (Playhouse on Park; Outstanding Director award, Connecticut Critics Circle). Founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare on the Sound. Runs Brooklyn’s Young Actors Workshop.
KIERAN DANAAN* (Lesgate) East Lynne Theater debut! Off-Broadway: After Happily Ever After. National Tour: A Christmas Carol (two seasons). Regional (selected): Theatre SilCo (two seasons), Actors Theatre of Indiana (two seasons), The Barnstormers, Totem Pole Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Notre Dame Shakespeare, Texas Shakespeare (two seasons), Camden Shakespeare, Lauderhill PAC, Judson Theatre. TV (selected): The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Billions, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, FBI: Most Wanted. Film (selected): Chew, Sounds of a Choice, Dougherty Row. MFA, University of Alabama. Proud Member of Actors' Equity Association. Host and creator of Beyond the Seas podcast. www.kierandanaan.com, @kierandanaan.
LARISSA KLINGER* (Margot) is excited to be making her East Lynne Theatre debut! Favorite credits include: The 39 Steps (National Tour & Regional), She Loves Me, 42nd Street, The Spitfire Grill, Show Boat, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, I Do! I Do!, Disaster!, FANCY, Baskerville, Dear Jack Dear Louise, It’s a Wonderful Life. A big thanks to Craig and the staff here and to YOU for supporting live theatre! All my love to Dan. For more info on past work: www.larissaklinger.com Insta: @larissaklinger
CHRISTOPHER JOEL ONKEN* (Tony) Broadway: Inheritance. Select regional credits: Frankenstein, Baskerville (Greenbrier Valley Theatre), Richard II, Importance of Being Earnest (Theater at Monmouth), Inheritance (ZACH Theatre), Troilus and Cressida, Henry VI 2 & 3, Julius Caesar, Merry Wives, To Kill a Mockingbird (Colorado, Nashville, and Orlando Shakespeare), Explorer’s Club (Lone Tree Arts Center), Lehman Trilogy, Romeo and Juliet, Elephant Man (Warehouse Theatre), Shakespeare in Love (Opera House Arts), Long Day’s Journey into Night, Lion in Winter (Bridge Street Theatre), Irma Vep, 39 Steps (Butte Theatre), Deathtrap, Red, Clybourne Park, 4000 Miles (Playhouse on the Square). TV: “This is B.S.,” (web series), “FBI” (CBS).
LILLY TOBIN* (Maxine) East Lynne Debut! Select Credits: Madison Square Garden How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, Off Broadway Babes in Arms, Spoolie Girl, Dubarry Was A Lady, Dierdre in The Cottage Engeman, McCarter, Walnut Street Theater, Ogunquit Playhouse, Fulton, North Carolina Theater, Maine State, Riverside Theater, Northshore Music Theater, Argyle, Gateway Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: Michael & Michael Have Issues. Wagner & LAMDA Graduate. Love & Light. IG: @lillytobin
LYNDSEY CONNOLLY* (Stage Manager) (she/her) is a Philadelphia based Stage Manager. Notable credits include Stage Manager for Lehman Trilogy and The BFG (Big Friendly Giant), Assistant Stage Manager for Once on This Island, Assassins and Every Brilliant Thing (Arden Theatre Company); Stage Manager for the pigeon (The Strides Collective); Stage Manager for Hannah + The Healing Stone (terraNOVA Collective). She received her degree in Entertainment and Arts Management with a concentration in Theatre (Drexel University).
* Appearing through an Agreement between this theater and Actors' Equity Association,
the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
THANK YOU to our SHOW SPONSOR, JUST FOR LAUGHS
and to our SEASON PARTNERS, The Washington Inn & La Mer Beachfront Inn
and to our SEASON PARTNERS, The Washington Inn & La Mer Beachfront Inn
