Lou promises an evening of fun and laughter for his audiences and is very pleased with this cast.  The play is anchored by veteran Brian Schuth who plays Sidney.  Viv Blatt returns from her powerful Stage East debut in Doubt as Bruhl's wife.  Anthony Giard of Calais plays the writing student.  Anthony has performed for Jay Skriletz in Calais and this will be his Stage East debut.  Bernadette Maloney returns after a long stage absence as Helga, a neighbor who claims to be a psychic.  Dr. David Simmons makes his stage debut as the Bruhl family attorney, Porter Milgrim.

The set presents a visual treat and is being built by Chris Grannis and Greg Blatt, featuring vintage weapons including guns, crossbows, handcuffs, maces, daggers and swords.

In Deathtrap playwright Ira Levin has taken the basic components of thrillers and horror stories; murder, deceit, innocent dialogue with hidden sinister meanings, plot reversals, unexpected turns of events, and twisted and rearranged the pieces again and again.But even with the predictions of a nosey psychic, you won't see what's coming.  The plot is like quicksilver - each time you think you have it, it slips through your fingers.

Deathtrap is appropriate for all ages, opens on Friday, October 21st and runs two weekends up to Halloween.  For more information, contact Producer Lauren Simpson: laurens63@roadrunner.com

History Continued:  In 1990, Cornerstone brought their thirteenth and final rural residency to Eastport, Maine. Their 13 members immediately spread themselves throughout the community, acquainting themselves with all aspects of life in Eastport and the surrounding community, in an effort to discover the things that mattered most in the lives of people here. The resulting play, that was adapted in collaboration with the residents of Eastport and the nearby Native American community of Pleasant Point, was a large production of Pier Gynt, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Peer’s name became Pier as he was born on a waterfront pier, his mother was Passamaquoddy, and his father was a longshoreman. Feeling alienated from his community when his mother died and unable to see a future for himself in Eastport, Pier departed and traveled for many years throughout the country, finally returning home in his later years to find meaning and a measure of peace in his home town. Hence, Pier Gynt as a theater experience, spoke to a number of the issues that affected our community at that time, particularly the very emotional one of having to move away to make a living. The ties that Eastporters hold to their community are extraordinarily strong, and each summer many people return home during "Old Home Week" during the Fourth of July to visit with family and friends. So, in addition to the beauty of the play, the Eastport and Pleasant Point collaboration with Cornerstone of Pier Gynt, drew audiences from a wide area, many coming again and again to its twelve performances, each time responding emotionally to Pier’s homecoming.

With each of the 13 communities that Cornerstone visited, one of their goals was to leave behind a group of local people, experienced in how to do theater and infused with the love and understanding of "community theater". The community residents involved with Pier Gynt formed Stage East upon Cornerstone’s departure. Beginning with their first performance of Play Boy of theWestern World in the fall of 1990, Stage East has provided a wide range of theater, three and four productions every year, involving audiences and young people and adults both on and back stage, in the creativity and excitement of the theater experience.