Spotlight Theater - A Wing and a Prayer

Spotlight Theater... not your average theatre!

A Wing and a Prayer
by Craig Sodaro
...an interactive mystery!

From left to right: Tabitha Leimer, Kristie Aniston, Janet Wittenmyer, Mary Tuminello, Andrea Fleming, Jane Cox and Charles J. Erickson 3

Performed June 2009 and August 2009

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Redeemer Lutheran Church is proud to present A Wing and a Prayer written by Craig Sodaro, an audience interactive mystery. Rev. Longacre is gathering a small group of church members together at a potluck supper to broach the subject of starting a building fund. Duty-bound Hazel arrives first to set up everything and to tell the Reverend she hasn’t yet found out who’s been sending him anonymous love letters. Jenny, a local politician, and Cornelia, a local poet, arrive next, followed by Annie, the church secretary who is hiding something under her coat – and it’s not a covered dish. Malcomb, the head of the building drive, brings his favorite, vegetarian lasagna, and is followed by the most liberal member of the congregation, Della, who has brought her renowned Dark Indulgence Devil’s Food cake. Finally the richest woman in town, Lillian Kingsley arrives with a very unusual dish. Before Rev. Longacre is able to give his two-hundred-plus reasons for the drive, Lillian startles the members by offering the church $1.5 million in jewelry so there won’t even be a need for a fund drive. All are stunned. But when Lillian’s purse is retrieved from the cloakroom, it is empty. A thief has struck! Well-versed by reading so many mystery novels, Rev. Longacre begins an investigation that leads his church members – and the audience – to reveal the culprit.

Cast List:

Kristie Ansinn as Jenny Lou Jefferson (Mokena, IL)

Jane Cox as Annie Christie (Homewood, IL)

Charles J. Erickson 3 as Reverend Gavin Longacre (Tinley Park, IL)

Andrea Fleming as Cornelia St. Jerome (Steger, IL)

Bruce Fredrick as Malcomb Pendleton (Tinley Park, IL)

Tabitha Leimer as Della Drinkwater (Steger, IL)

Mary Tuminello as Lillian Kingsley (Orland Park, IL)

Janet Wittenmyer as Hazel Holgate (Oak Forest, IL)