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| Bella Tindall, Carrie Ellen Jones, and Peter Cunniff Photo by Renee Ashlock |
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".In Agatha Christie's Verdict, the famous mystery writer goes against her signature style that she so skillfully exhibits in her other plays and books. Instead of slowly providing clues and character's motives, to have the audience guess "whodunit?," she crafts an interesting and intriguing expose into the finer details of just what happens in the aftermath of a murder.
... Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre's production of this psychological drama features astute direction and a fine cast led by Peter Cunniff, who delivers a superb portrayal in his first lead role in a straight play after appearing in dozens of musicals in town...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
COMING SOON -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
"Virginia Olivieri..is putting another notch in her belt with a riveting production of Agatha Christie's VERDICT. ...Dame Christie's VERDICT is a thinking person's drama, a morality play loaded with irony that puts a learned man and his unwavering adherence to principle in the dock. The questions before the court of audience opinion are tricky and complicated. Should one's commitment to a principle be absolute? Are there circumstances when bending one's principle is the moral thing to do ~ particularly when the motive is to serve a personal convenience rather than a common good? Is such steadfastness admirable or even ethical if it ultimately causes unintended and harmful, if not devastating, consequences? Christie's plot is more paradox than puzzle. We witness the crime, we know its perpetrator, we are left, however, to judge the character and the actions of the man left behind. To adjudicate what is "good" and what is "bad." ...VERDICT is a smartly crafted and provocative script, intelligently directed, and skillfully performed ~ all the ingredients that merit a trip to Desert Stages Theatre's beautiful new digs in Scottsdale Fashion Square." - Herbert Paine, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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