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May 27, 2008
RIPON, Wis. – Thrills, laughter, twists and mystery provide the perfect ingredients for the Ripon Summer Players’ production of Rehearsal for Death. The grand American comic thriller will be presented at 7:30 p.m. June 5-7 with a special Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. in the Benstead Theatre of Ripon College’s Rodman Center for the Arts.
Rehearsal for Death takes place in an old theatre in the 1940s where a Broadway star has been hired to help a struggling community theatre. But when strange warning notes appear during rehearsal followed by murder most foul, it is up to the cast and detectives to solve the mystery before the night is over.
The 12th season of the Ripon Summer Players features some new and familiar faces in the cast. Appearing are Robert Amsden, Jack Christ, Amy Dorman, Mark Geldmeyer, Alex Hatcher, John Lyke, Karin Suesser, Jim Tronoff, Robin Woods, Amy Vanden Hogen, and Gavin Zimmerman. Working backstage are Megan Captaine, Kristen Collins, Amanda Falk, Jessica Mann, Helga Rikkers, and Susan Roesch. Ripon College Professor of Theatre Kenneth Hill directs Rehearsal for Death, joined by Adjunct Professor Susan McDaniel Hill as technical director.
Tickets are available at Ripon Drug and at the door the night of performance. Tickets are $7 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. The Ripon Summer Players is a program of Ripon Noon Kiwanis and the Ripon College Theatre Department, and have provided quality live theatre to the Ripon area for 12 seasons running.
About Ripon College
Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon’s liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has consistently been recognized as a “best value” and “Best 366 College” by The Princeton Review, a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s, a “Best Liberal-Arts College” by Washington Monthly, and is listed among the 160 best schools in the nation by Colleges of Distinction.
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