Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
In Ira Levin’s classic comedic thriller, Deathtrap, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he’d be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn’t written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that’s a guaranteed success. His wife, Myra, suggests the two men could collaborate; Sidney jokes that it’d be just as easy to murder the young man and steal the script for his own. When Clifford arrives later that evening, no one--not even the visiting psychic--could predict where the dark events of the night will go. Who is innocent? Who only seems that way? Deathtrap is a sharply funny play full of twists and turns that keep an audience on the edge of their seats. Is anyone really safe when a man sees a clean shot at success?
A special thank you to:
Columbia Street Baptist Church
for the wonderful theatre space
Ten BucksTheatre for the use of their lights
The Grand for props
Hannaford for their raffle donation
Randall Simons, Angela Bonacasa, Kearns and New Surry Theatre for lending their weaponry
And the following for their contributions:
Bogeys Restaurant
Angela Farrell
Pat Sprague
City of Bangor
Thank you to our raffle sponsors
Nest
Sprague's Nursery and Garden Center
Bagel Central
Tiller & Rye
Emporium Spooky Goods and More, LLC
CAST:
Josh Harrison - Sidney
Mary Norment - Myra
Patty Morris - Clifford
Ashleigh Dunham - Helga
David Renedo - Porter
CREW:
Tracy Green - director
DJ - stage manager
Doreen Moody - producer
Melissa Egolf - BCT president
Nancy Dymond - props manager
Balenda Ganem - props
Angela Bonacasa - fight/intimacy director
Amity Olmstead - costume designer
Drew Mueller - set designer/builder
Carolina Vargas - poster design, artwork and media
Melissa Egolf - media
Mary Norment - media and program
Alex Ladd - lights and sound
Nicholas Arbuster - stage crew
Ty Harrison - stage crew
Meet the Cast
Sydney Bruhl
Josh Harrison
Josh Harrison is excited to be back with BCT for his second consecutive production! After several years away from the stage, he returned to acting in 2024 with Ten Bucks Theater's Scary Stories. He appeared as Bill Ray in On Golden Pond, his first role with BCT since the 1990s. He has also recently worked with True North Theater as the adoptive father in the world premiere of Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us and Doctor Aster in Life Sucks, and was most recently in Julius Caesar (Casca/Messala) with Ten Bucks Theater.
Myra Bruhl
Mary Norment
Mary has been a part of Bangor Community Theatre for almost 10 years. Recent roles include multiple characters in Julius Caesar this summer and multiple characters in The Second Honeymoon Carol Burnett skits, Dr Rank in Dinner at Eight, Dead by Nine, Rose Arnott in Enchanted April, Aunt Jane in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Aunt Sigrid in I
Remember Mama, Mrs. Chumley in Harvey and Charity Haze in The Butler Did It. Mary has also participated in several Ten Buck’s Theatre 24 Hour Playwrighting Festivals. Outside of theatre, Mary enjoys family life, her dogs and traveling.
Clifford Anderson
Patrick "Patty" Morris
Patrick “Patty” Morris is a local actor and theatre artist from the Orono, Maine, area. He currently serves as Vice President of Ten Bucks Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine. Patrick’s previous directorial credits include Henry V, Richard II, and, most recently, Coriolanus. As an actor, some of his favorite roles include Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Michael in Dancing at Lughnasa, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nicky Apple in Birth & Afterbirth, Howie in Rabbit Hole, Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Valère in Tartuffe, and Edgar Evans in Terra Nova. A passionate Shakespeare scholar, Patrick enjoys spending his free time reading, researching, and adapting Shakespeare’s works, and hopes to publish a book on Shakespeare in Rome. He would like to extend his heartfelt thanks to his partner, Nina, and hopes you all enjoy the show.
Helga Ten Dorp
Ashleigh Dunham
Ashleigh has been passionate about theatre from a young age, growing up participating in numerous productions with various community theatre companies. Her early experiences on stage fostered a love for the performing arts that led her to pursue formal education at Wheaton College, MA. There, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre - specializing in Acting and Directing. Additionally, she studied at the London Dramatic Academy's conservatory program. Ashleigh has done many shows with Bangor Community Theatre - most recently appearing as Chelsea in "On Golden Pond". Ashleigh is thrilled to contribute to the theatre's upcoming season, and is eager to continue supporting and enhancing the local theatre community.
Porter Milgrim
David Renedo
David is thrilled to be making his acting debut with Bangor Community Theatre. He is a life-long lover of the theatre, and wrote his own play in college. He is very excited to be working with such a talented group of actors, director, and stage crew at BCT. In his free time, he enjoys hiking in Acadia National Park and traveling with his wife, strumming a few chords on the guitar, and spending time with his dog Mika.
Director
Tracy Green
Tracy Green (Director) - Tracy was in her first play in her hometown of Chattanooga, TN in 8th grade and never looked back. She performed all through high school and studied theatre at the University of TN at Chattanooga. She made her debut with Bangor Community Theatre in 2019 as Mama in I Remember Mama. After making her directorial debut at The Grand (Steel Magnolias), she then directed Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Dinner at Eight, Dead by Nine before getting on stage again as Melissa in Love Letters. She most recently directed On Golden Pond here at BCT this past spring. Tracy has performed and directed for other local theatre companies such as Ten Bucks Theatre Company, The Grand in Ellsworth and New Surry Theatre in Blue Hill. Some of her favorite roles include Becca in Rabbit Hole (TBT), Penny in You Can't Take it With You and Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town (The Grand) and Deidre in The Humans (NST). Tracy can next be seen as Alice in You Don't Know Maine: A Community Conversation, a staged reading of a new play by Carolyn Gage. When not working or being involved in a show, you can usually find Tracy baking something yummy, playing in her flower and herb gardens, or working on a variety of knitting or crochet projects. Huge thanks to the amazing cast and crew of Deathtrap for working so very hard, and to her husband and two teenagers for sharing her with the theatre community!
Producer
Doreen Moody
Doreen acted for BCT in Enchanted April; Love, Loss and What I Wore; Moon Over Buffalo; I Remember Mama; Harvey; Christmas at The Grange: A Musical 2; The Butler Did It; Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid; Polter-Heist; and All My Murders. For Winterport Open Stage, she was in The Ladies Foursome. For Penobscot Theatre, she was in Our Town and performed for the Northern Writes play reading of Pudding. Doreen has been part of the 24-Hour New Play Festival put on by Ten Bucks Theatre for many years. She is a past member of B.I.G. (Bangor Improv Group). Doreen was in a feature film that debuted in 2013, Bluebird, which was filmed in Millinocket, Maine, and just finished filming a pilot being pitched to Netflix. She previously was the President of Bangor Community Theatre and has acted as a producer for BCT for the past 10 years.
DJ (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to BCT for his second ever theatre show. Dj previously worked as a part of the stage crew for BCT's production of "On Golden Pond". Being new to the world of theatre, Dj was excited to take on the challenging opportunity to stage manage "Death Trap". Dj has enjoyed working with the wonderful cast and crew on this show, and hopes to continue working with BCT on more productions in the future!
Drew Mueller (Set Designer/Builder) has been hooked on theater since sixth grade. In high school he performed in several Shakespeare productions and in Les Misérables, along with a few plays he wrote himself, one of which got banned for being a little too true to life. In college he did improv and sang with both a chorus group and an a cappella group. After having kids and moving to Belfast, he worked with the Belfast Maskers building sets. He recently settled in Orono and joined the crew to get involved in local theater and meet people in the community.
Angela Bonacasa (Fight Director) has been a fight director and stage combat instructor for over 20 years. She has created the violence for theatres across Maine, including Penobscot Theatre Company, Camden Shakespeare Company, Ten Bucks Theatre Company, The Grand, and The University of Maine, among others. She currently serves as Penobscot Theatre Company's Resident Fight and Intimacy Director, and is the Artistic Director of the Orono-based True North Theatre.She is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts, and is a Certified Teacher of Stage Combat with the Society of American Fight Directors.
Nancy Dymond (Props) is a native of Bangor. Nancy has performed in musicals and plays with local community theaters for 30+ years. She has been on the board of BCT a number of times, and is currently serving as a member at large. Nancy is a retired teacher who's keeping very busy! Enjoy the show!
Amity Olmstead (Costume) has been involved in theater since high school and designing costumes for college, school, and community theater since 1998. She has also been designing and making children's and cosplay costumes for 15 years. This is her second show with BCT.
Carolina Vargas Espinosa (Media) Originally from Colombia, Carolina moved to the US in 2016 for graduate school, where she completed a PhD in Agricultural Economics. She has been active in theater since she was six, participating extensively in school plays and later in an independent theater group. Among her favorite roles was playing Mama Morton in her high school production of "Chicago," a performance that remains a highlight of her early acting career. In 2022, Carolina appeared in BCT's production of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," portraying Aurelia Randall, Rebecca's mother. More recently she played several characters in BCT's Second Honeymoon. She is excited to be a part of this twisty thriller.
Melissa Egolf (Media) started out writing and performing plays at the callow age of 12. She went on to perform in many of the Maine Youth Summer Theater Institute's Shakespearean productions. In college she participated in the Opera Workshop productions of Dido and Aeneas and The Marriage of Figaro. She came back to the stage after a long hiatus as Caithness in Ten Bucks Theatre's Macbeth followed by Nurse Kelly in BCT's Harvey, and most recently as Eileen in Moon Over Buffalo. She has also taught after-school theater programming for grades 3 and 4 for the past 6 years in her local school district. When not onstage she enjoys making costumes. She is very excited to be the new BCT president and working on this fun fall thriller.