Part 5 Revenge Was Her Middle Name

Have the lights gone out for the last time? Has Thomas finally reached the end of his rope? Can Jim at last put the squeeze on Bruno?
Listen, as Claire, Bruno, and Jim take stock of a grim situation, while Nia and Thomas share a little herbal inspiration and Jim pays a visit to Bruno.   

CAST OF CHARACTERS
The “real-life” characters, starring:
DAVID REDFEARN as the struggling novelist, Thomas Levine
JESSICA CODE as Thomas’ down-the-hall neighbor, Nia Sloan 
DIANA BURSE as the evil landlady, Adelle Berger

 The cast of characters that live only in Thomas’ no-longer-fertile imagination includes ...
ROB GOSLIN as the Sam-Spade-wannabe private-eye, Jim O’Reiley
LILY GROULX as the dame in red, the femme fatale ... Claire Valcourt
LISA STEVENSON as the no-nonsense beat cop, Lucy DeBrie
ROB JUKOSKY as the bruiser, Bruno Dawes
JIM COLBERT as the malevolent mogul, Duke Morrison, and
RICHARD ANDREWS as the narcissistic narrator 
... Plus, a special cameo appearance by JEFF MCKINNON  

Thorold Theatre gratefully acknowledges Andy Garland for graciously extending his permission for us to post this production as a podcast. 

AND THEN, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT…
A chilling saga of dames, deceit… and writer’s block

Written and adapted for audio by Andy Garland
Directed by Deb Howey
Assistant Director, Diana Burse
Sound design and audio production by Jim Park

• AND THEN, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT was first produced in January 2009 by the Central Alberta Theatre company, directed by Mary Lou Armstrong.
• Thorold Theatre produced this audio version of the play in the fall of 2021, while our performance venue was closed due to the COVID pandemic. The cast worked from home in jury-rigged sound booths and recording was done remotely online.
• Thorold Community Theatre extends its thanks to the Niagara Region Tourism Adaptation and Recovery Fund grant, which provided the resources with which to purchase recording equipment. A huge thank-you to the City of Thorold for supporting our application for this grant.

MUSIC CREDITS
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
You can listen to the music heard in this performance on YouTube:
Film Noir Background Music for Videos I Noir Jazz Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYOvAO1rAM0