DTF Opens Mystery Thriller, Dial 'M' For Murder July 7

July 12, 2011 - PRLog -- DORSET, VT --- Dial M for Murder, made famous by Alfred Hitchcock's classic film, runs July 7 – 23 at the Dorset Playhouse.  Dial M for Murder is the Dorset Theatre Festival’s  offering of the “Murder and Mayhem series seen annually.  The  sexy, suspenseful mystery thriller is bound to a “who dun nit” that will delight  audiences both young and old..

Janie Brookshire plays the glamorous socialite Margot  originally played by Grace Kelly in the film version.  Making her DTF debut, Brookshire’s recent NY credits include The Misanthrope at the Pearl Theatre Company and The Philanthropist on Broadway at The Roundabout.  Ian Holcomb, known for his recent performance as Algernon in Ernest in Love at Irish Rep in NYC as well as working extensively at The Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis will play her husband Tony.

Distinguished actor John FitzGibbon will play the role of Detective Hubbard.  Fitz Gibbon is well known for his performances as Oswald in Ghosts with Kim Hunter at the New Globe, as well as Robert in Bird Sanctuary with Hayley Mills and Elizabeth Franz at Alabama Shakespeare.   NYC native Dion Mucciacito will play Margot's old flame Max.  Mucciacito  has appeared on stage at as The Woman's Project in NYC, The Denver Center, The Goodman Theater, and Amercian Conservatory Theater.  Carter Jackson, known for his work on Broadway in Our Town with Paul Newman, and recently for Small Talk at the Montreal Fringe 2011, will play Lesgate.  Rounding up the cast will be British native Monroe Robertson as Thompson.  Robertson is known to local audiences for his work in Dina Janis's production of Sweet Storm by Scott Hudson at Hubbard Hall.

Director Giovanna Sardelli, well known to DTF audiences for her productions last season of The Pavilion and Murder on the Nile, once again leads an accomplished cast of six in this wonderful classic.  Other credits include world premieres of Rajiv Joseph's plays Animals Out of Paper and All This Intimacy both at Second Stage in NYC.  This year she also directed the West Coast premier of Mathew Lopez's hit play, The Whipping Man at the Old Globe in San Diego.

Performances will run July 7 - July 23 Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3 p.m.  In full swing is the Tapas Gallery Café with live music- 6:30 pm to show time on Friday and Saturday evenings.  To order tickets call the DTF Box Office at 802-867-2223 or go online to www.dorsettheatrefestival.org.

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Dorset Theatre Festival (DTF), founded by Jill Charles and John Nassivera in the 1970s, fills a key role in the Southern Vermont theatre community. DTF is a launching ground for new playwrights, a training ground for new talent, and home to a group of professionals who helped make DTF the fixture it has become in 36 years. Under Artistic Director Dina Janis, DTF's mission is to revitalize and build upon its legacy by introducing regional audiences to contemporary playwrights as well as by offering classic crowd pleasers. DTF is proud to contribute to the community through its Giving Back promotions. In 2011 Vermont National Guard and veterans, police, firefighters, EMS workers, those with special needs, farmers, and student graduates of the Refuse to Use program are offered the opportunity to attend the theater free of charge. DTF fulfills its educational mission through the newly introduced summer theatre camp and by re-energizing the DTF Conservatory and Education Outreach.