Parks and Recreation Department

Coming Soon to The Theatre at Patterson Park

The Theatre at Patterson Park presents Fredrick Knott’s  

Wait Until Dark

directed by George W. Manus, Jr.

Dates: October 5 - 7, 2007

Show times: 7 pm on Friday and Saturday; 2 pm on Sunday.

Ticket Prices: $7.50 for adults and $6 for youth/seniors.

The Theatre at Patterson Park is located at 521 Mercury Blvd., Murfreesboro.

Reservations and Info: 893-7439 Ext. 33

Susy, a recently blinded woman is unwittingly in possession of a doll filled with drugs. A very mean narcotics dealer concocts an elaborate scheme to trick her into handing it over to him. The two crooks pretend to be an old friend of Susy's husband while her husband is away and together the crooks invent a story of a police investigation of her husband that only the discovery of the now missing doll can save him from. Susy's blindness is the key to them searching the apartment for the doll. A great psychological thriller with a twist: the audience knows exactly what's happening but gets to watch the heroine try to figure it out on her own. There's almost no explicit violence in this play, yet there's an underlying current of foreboding and suspense that literally permeates the entire play. You know something very bad is going to happen. As the stalking of Susy becomes more and more obvious as the story unfolds, it leaves us with the question, how does a blind woman defend herself?

This talented cast includes: Erin Greene as Susy, Emil Mitchell as Sam, Dwayne Douglas as Roat, Wolfgang Boehm as Mike, Jeff Harr as Sgt. Carlino, and Taylor Alsup as Gloria.

Photo: L to R:  Dwayne Douglas as Roat and Erin Greene as Susy

Welcome!
from Dennis Rainier, Director

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