Island Getaway

by John Corrigan
directed by Katie Flower-Smith
Thurs.-Sat., Jan. 14-30, 8:00 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON

Welcome to Moseyville, on Getaway Island, where the police station is also the museum, the tourist bureau and the ice-cream shop. Jesse, the police chief is about to retire and just wants to get there without any trouble. Sam, his deputy, hopes to become chief — after all, he's lived here all his life and hardly ever gets lost anymore.

Jesse's hope for a quiet coast into retirement isn't looking too promising, though. First Fred, a local farmer finds a body in his field—or does he? Then two couples arrive by ferry from the mainland. They're just passing through, or so they think until the discover that the bridge off the other side of the island that appears on the map doesn't actually exist and the only way off the island is tomorrow's ferry back to where they came from.

Two of the visitors, Ben and Ella, are innocent enough; Ella hopes to find an interesting magazine story on the island. She thinks she might have found one in Mildred, the old lady who sits around the police station waiting for her dead husband Earl—until the more interesting story of the body in Fred's field comes along. But Frank and Honey are a different matter. They've just robbed a bank, and Getaway Island isn't the sort of getaway they had in mind.

Island Getaway premiered at Lennox Community Theatre in Selby in 2013.

Cast

Sam - John Corrigan

Fred - Walt Freeman

Jesse - Doug McNichol

Mildred - Pat Gray

Frank - Ben Hudson

Honey - Jennifer Ferguson

Ben - Daryll Janssen

Ella - Jessica Pelletier

Jack - Jarret Hains

Production Crew

Producers - Yvonne Neatby, Frances Berry

Director - Katie Flower-Smith

Stage Manager - Angie Roberts

Asst. Stage Manager - Michelle McNichol

Set Design - David L Smith

Lighting Design - Peter Cassidy

Sound Design - Michelle McNichol

Costume Design - Frances Berry

Asst. Costume Design - Sharon Day

Properties - Yvonne Neatby, Laurie Sinon

Sound Operator - James Leslie

Lighting Operator - Audrey Harvey

Chief Carpenter - Dave Oliver

Set Construction - Bob Brooks, Grant Buckler, Rick Jodoin, Doug McNichol, John Corrigan, Lily Baird, James Gow, Lorna Jodoin

Set Painting - Adrian Cooper, John Corrigan, Cameron Gray, Pat Gray, Claire Lesage, Doug McNichol, Liz Schell, Bern Steglich, Jay Steglich, Doug Stewart

Poster Design - Katie Flower-Smith

Lobby Photography - Claudia Wade

Archival Photography - Grant Buckler

Lobby Art Curator - Karen Peperkorn

Front of House Coordinator - Steve Powell