~ GUMSHOE ~

~ Gumshoe ~
Comedy Noir by Frank Oden & Reno Goodale

Hard-boiled, bungling detective Nick Slade is framed for a murder he can't be sure he didn't commit. Set in 1940, his 'investigation' is fraught with femme-fatales and riddled with blazing bullets in film-noir cinematic style.

Book: Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Lyrics: Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Source: Original

~ PRODUCTION DETAILS ~

WORLD PREMIERE

Venue: Heritage Square Music Hall, Golden, Colorado
Open: September 4, 1988
Close : October 30, 1988

ORIGINAL CAST LIST

Nick Slade: TJ Mullin
Constance Beech: Bren. Eyestone
Hamilton Beech: Terry Rhoads
Loretta None: Shelly Cox-Robie
Dutch Fisco: Barry Brown
Ricky The Lip: Mark Rubald
Dixie None: Heather Rubald

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Original Producer: TJ Mullin
Avenue Producer: Frank Oden
Director: Frank Oden
Designer: Reno Goodale
Choreographer: Lise Simms


RECORDINGS:


Original cast Video - Private Archive
Avenue cast Video - Private Archive

SCENES & MUSIC

ACT I - Scene 1: The Beech Mansion
ACT I - Scene 2: Nick Slade's Office
ACT I - Scene 3: The Strip & Gyp
SONG: "All of Me"

(Original music by Seymore Simmons & Gerald Marks - ASCAP)
Alternate Lyrics by F.Oden & R. Goodale)

ACT II - Scene 1: Nick Slade's Offices
ACT II - Scene 2: The Beech Mansion
Crossover: Car Chase
ACT II - Scene 3: The Beech Mansion

Subsequent Commercial Productions

The Avenue Theatre, Denver CO, 1990 (12 wks*);
Martin City Melodrama, Kansas City MO, May 23, 1991 - July 7, 1991
Loveland Theatre Company, Loveland CO, 1993 (3 wks)
Preservation Playhouse, Midwest City OK, October 8, 1998 - November 14, 1998 (17 performances)

Changes in Subsequent Production

Script Expanded for Avenue Theatre production, scenes added/revised.
The Music Hall and Avenue Theatre productions were staged "In Living Black and White." Cinematic style drops, set pieces and period costumes all designed in monochrome for overall film-noir effect.

~ THEATRICAL COMEDIES ~

Punch

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