a new play by Anne Marilyn Lucas

The drug addiction epidemic shows no sign of slowing down.  

How do the mothers of addicts recover?

“Recovery” is a drama of three young women, all lost in the pain of addiction, and their mothers. 

October 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 pm
October 6, 12, 13 at 2:00 pm

There will be talk-backs on addiction after every performance, except opening night. Opening night we will have an information table available.

Oct. 5 Evening Performance: Opening Night Reception, Info table
Oct. 6 Matinee Performance: Lori Ehrlich, State Representative
Oct. 6 Evening Performance: Michelle Simons, Bridgewell
Oct. 10 Evening Performance: Trudy Avery, Caron Treatment Centers
Oct. 11 Evening Performance: Jeffrey Korzenik, Financial Costs of the Drug Epidemic
Oct. 12 Matinee Performance: Kathy Day, Learn to Cope
Oct. 12 Evening Performance: Paul Kusiak, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Oct. 13 Matinee Performance: Melissa Weiksnar, author,Heroin’s Puppet: Amy (and her disease) and It’s Not Gunna Be an Addiction: The Adolescent Journals of Amelia F.W. Caruso

Produced by Anne Lucas
Directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary
Asst Director and Stage Management by Nina Groom
Executive Producer Emily Black

The Cast

Music and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON and BJÖRN ULVAEUS
And some songs with STIG ANDERSON
Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON
Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMER

June 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30 pm
June 22, 23, 29, 30 at 2:00pm
Performances at the MLT Firehouse Theater, 12 School St, Marblehead< MA

ABBA's hit tells the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.

The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit for any theatre. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!

Produced by Emily Black & Emily Grove
Directed by Steve Black
Music Direction by Lianne Goodwin
Choreography by Nicole S. Gulino
Assistant Direction by Nina Groom
Stage Management by Katie Copelas
Set Design by Andrew Barnett
Lighting Design by Bryan Lussier
Costume Design by Elvira Schoenthal
Sound Design by Greg Dana
Assistant Stage Management by Meredith Fein

Marblehead Little Theatre & Mugford Street Players present

Ira Levin's

DEATHTRAP

Produced by Greg Mancusi-Ungaro
Directed by John Fogle

Final Weekend!  Four Shows Only!

October 21-23, 2018

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 pm

(Tickets are also available in limited quantities at the Arnould Gallery, Washington Street in Marblehead)

Marblehead Little Theatre (MLT) and Marblehead’s Mugford Street Players (MSP) join forces to present Ira Levin’s Prize classic comedy-thriller DEATHTRAP, opening Friday, October 5th with a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Marblehead Little Theatre, 12 School Street, Marblehead, MA.

Holding the record for the longest-running comedy-thriller in Broadway history, DEATHTRAP was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Play, when it opened in New York in 1978. It received a rave review from New York Times theater critic Walter Kerr, who wrote that it contained "effrontery everywhere and fun straight through." 

Masterful in its construction, DEATHTRAP is a multilayered play with plot twists and comic turns, garnished with thunder, lightning, unexplained noises, screams, antiquated weapons...even a nosy psychic who intrudes delightfully at the most inopportune times. Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl has endured an 18–year dry spell and is desperately in need of a hit.  When Clifford, a former student, sends him a first draft of his first play entitled Deathtrap, Bruhl smells money and allows a raft of wicked ideas to invade his brain.  Hilarious skullduggery ensues!

Directed by MSP Artistic Director John Fogle, DEATHTRAP was selected as the ideal October entertainment.  “With the World Capital of Halloween as our next-door neighbor,” Fogle says, “we wanted to address the spooky season without being redundant.  DEATHTRAP has been on our to-do list for years and we’re thrilled to reacquaint local audiences with this classic play.”

Marblehead writer-actor Andrew Dunlop plays Sidney Bruhl, with Carole Weidman of Beverly portraying his wife, Myra, and Johnny Redmond of Arlington playing Clifford. Julie Korzenik of Marblehead as the psychic Helga ten Dorf and Bob Karish of Salem as lawyer Porter Milgrim round out the five-character cast.

Marblehead’s Greg Mancusi-Ungaro produces the production, through special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc., and also serves as set and lighting designer. Costume designer Elvira Schoenthal, sound designer Thomas Saltsman and stage manager Emily Wallick support him.

DEATHTRAP plays Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:00 through OCTOBER 21 at Marblehead’s Little Theatre, located at 12 School Street in downtown Marblehead. Tickets are available at www.mltlive.com and at Arnould Gallery.  For more information call 781-962-0409.