Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!

Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!

Written by: Matthew Martin 

Muriel's Cabaret Theatre @ Le Petit    11/3/2006 - 11/25/2006 (schedule)
Muriel's Cabaret Theatre @ Le Petit    5/10/2007 - 5/27/2007 (schedule)

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Category:  Comedy · Regional Premiere

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"A cross-dressing satire of the 1964 Louisiana-filmed horror movie Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte."

The time is 1927 and Charlotte Hollis (Ricky Graham) is a young woman having the time of her life at a party thrown by her father, rich plantation owner Big Sam. Charlotte's happiness is cut short when she offers her hand to her suitor John, who shortly finds himself without a hand, a head, or a life. Moving to the present day, we find Charlotte aged, crazed and shunned by the locals who think she murdered her lover those many years earlier. Charlotte's disheveled maid, Velma (Brian ...Read More

Total performances: 22

Cast
Ricky Graham.... Miz Charlotte *
Varla Jean Merman.... Cousin Miriam Deering *
Brian Peterson.... Velma
Jack Long.... Dr. Drew
Jefferson Turner.... John Mayhew; construction worker
Martin Covert.... Harry Wills
Rod LeMaire.... John Mayhew; construction worker
Yvette Hargis.... Jewel Mayhew; Sheriff
*=featured role

Staff
Jeff Roberson ....  Director; Set Design; Writer
Ellen Moore ....  Lighting Design
Brad J. Caldwell ....  Set Design
Allen Cutler ....  Set Design
Cecile Casey Covert ....  Costume Design
Brian Johnston ....  Stage Manager
Ed McIntyre ....  Technical Director
John B. Barrois ....  Photographer
Christina Combel ....  Spotlight Operator; Light and Sound Board

News

Loozeanna Lunacy And Laughter With Charlotte
by David Cuthbert
Times-Picayune Lagniappe 11/10/06
 
For Whom The Belle Tolls
by Dalt Wonk
Gambit Weekly 11/14/06
 
But Papa _Would_ Like It
Review of Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!
by Paul Broussard
StageClick.com 5/19/07

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