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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Guide Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 17, 2005 'Deathtrap' opens tonight in Phoenix By Ezra Mannix Tidings Correspondent A trio of Phoenix High students have temporarily taken over their theater department. Karus Marshall-Walsch, Ben Armstrong and Stephanie Biddle are putting on a murder-mystery play this weekend at the school's Rose Street Theater as part of their senior projects. "Deathtrap" will run Feb. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee show at 2 p.m. Feb. 20. Author and playwright Ira Levin, perhaps best known for his novel "Rosemary's Baby," wrote the mystery, the longest running thriller in Broadway history. "Deathtrap is great because it has lots of twists and turns," said Marshall-Walsch, who is keeping plot details a secret to maximize suspense. "It's really humorous and pure entertainment," he said. Marshall-Walsch, the director, wanted to do a play for his senior project since his sophomore year. In the beginning of this school year he teamed up with friends and fellow thespians Armstrong and Biddle who also wanted to create drama-related senior projects. Armstrong is lighting director and Biddle coordinates props. The director saw some differences between past Phoenix High productions, such as "Oklahoma" and "State Fair," and what he wanted to see done. "I felt I was ready to do a more dramatic, more realistic, more serious and less cartoony of a play," said Marshall-Walsch. William Horton, head of the theater department at the school, added that the play is professionally done and isn't just for the actors' families. "There's no point in taking bright kids and putting on a show only their parents will see," he said. "The audience isn't going to know the difference between this student play and other plays." Marshall-Walsch disagrees a little. "I think the audience will know the difference. I am not editing the script, it's for more mature audiences," he said, noting that this is the second time in the school's history a student has put on a play as a senior project. Challenges cropped up along the way for Marshall-Walsch, such as creating the right kinds of sets and costumes. "It's very difficult to put on a show," he said. "You have to know the show better than the actors do and know every part better than they do." In addition to the play's production, more responsibility awaits the trio for fulfilling their senior projects. They have to write a daily journal of their play-related tasks, write research papers about some aspect of theater arts and give an 11-minute oratory about their experiences at the end of the school year. Tickets , available at the school or at the door, are $10 and $5 for students and seniors. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Slippers Women's & Men's Slippers Ceramic Piggy Banks heloc libor rate Calenders 2005 Calender 2005 Accelerate Weightloss Products Memory Foam Mattress afsa studentloans home equity loans teleconferencing W2 Forms fasa student loans Matchmaking & Dating Scripts African Safari Conference Calls - $50/Month Security Systems student loan consolidation wholesale diamonds Currancy Exchange web conferencing Online Casinos Community Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams