My Three Angels
directed by James Gow
Dec. 2,3,4,9,10,11,15,16,17, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 18, 2:00 p.m.
We have added a Wednesday performance Dec. 15
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
Left to right: Phil Perrin, Paul Butler, Douglas Connors, Kimberly Dolan, Gary Helmkay, Julia Moore |
The scene is French Guiana, a region where on Christmas Day the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees. Felix Ducotel, the not terribly efficient manager of a general store, receives some disturbing news. Just arrived from France is his evil-minded cousin Henri Trochard, who has already swindled Felix out of his store back in France and now threatens to oust him from his job managing this store, which belongs to Henri. Henri is bringing with him his nephew Paul—news which thrills Felix's daughter Marie-Louise, who is in love with Paul—until she receives a letter.
Meanwhile three convicts from the nearby prison are at work on the roof of Felix and his wife Emilie's home. Two of them murderers, the third a swindler, but they all have warm hearts and are passionate believers in true justice. Seeing their employers' distress, they set out to come to their aid, though their tactics are not always orthodox.
Playwrights Samuel and Bella Spewack based My Three Angels on a French play called La Cuisine Des Anges, by Albert Husson. It opened at the Morosco Theatre in New York in March of 1953 and run for 344 performances. The play was the basis for a 1955 movie titled We're No Angels, which resembled the play fairly closely and featured Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Basil Rathbone. A second movie with the same name appeared in 1989, featuring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore in a screenplay by David Mamet that was inspired by the 1955 movie but retained less of the original plot.
Rob McMahon (left) and Phil Perrin |
Colin Doyle (left) and Kimberly Dolan |
Cast |
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| Felix | Phil Perrin |
| Emilie | Julia Moore |
| Marie-Louise | Kimberly Dolan |
| Mme. Parole | Kasia Gorczyca |
| Joseph | Douglas Connors |
| Jules | Gary Helmkay |
| Alfred | Paul Butler |
| Henri | Rob McMahon |
| Paul/Lieutenant | Colin Doyle |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Cindy Chappell |
| Director | James Gow |
| Stage Manager | Michelle McNichol |
| Asst. Stage Managers | Linda Hamstra Marlene Buttress |
| Set Design/Chief Carpenter | Grant Buckler |
| Lighting Design | David L. Smith |
| Sound Design | Kim Coffman Dressel |
| Costume Design | Ruth Moore |
| Set Dressing & Props | Marlene Buttress Linda Hamstra Claire Lesage Doug Stewart |
| Sound Operator | James Leslie |
| Lighting Operator | Dale Jones |
| Set Construction | Bob Brooks James Gow Lorna Jodoin D.T. McNichol Bill Morrow Dave Oliver Liz Schell |
| Scenic Painting | Kyla Todd |
| Set Painting | Grant Buckler Cindy Chappell James Gow Bernd Steglich Jay Steglich |
| Lobby Photography | Ian Malcolm |
| Archival Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Steve Powell |