The KH Players’ performance of Is He Dead? will begin tonight, Oct. 18 and run through Saturday, Oct. 20. Tickets cost $7 for students and $10 for adults, and curtain is at 7 pm in the Keating Theatre.
Is He Dead?, written by Mark Twain and adapted by David Ives, tells the comedic story of a struggling painter, Jean-François Millet, who is in love with a woman named Marie LeRoux. Though he wants to marry her, both Marie’s father and Millet are deeply in debt to a ruthless picture dealer named Bastien André. Millet is a skilled artist, but realizes why none of his works are selling: painters are only successful once they have passed on. Realizing this could be his ticket to pay off his debts and help his friends, Millet fakes his own death and poses as his twin sister, the widow Daisy Tillou, to collect the money. Now a wealthy widow with debts paid off, Millet must find a way to get out of his dress and back to Marie.
Cast List:
Agamemnon Buckner (“Chicago”) – Jimmy McHugh, senior
Hans von Bismarck (“Dutchy”) – Andrew Englund, junior
Papa Leroux – Andrew Branham, junior
Marie Leroux – Ryann Bank, senior
Cecile Leroux – Lauren Kelly, senior
Jean-Francois Millet – Jack Rowland, senior
Bastien Andre – Connor Anderson-Procter, junior
Madame Bathilde – Carly Heutel, junior
Madame Caron – Meghan Rintoul, senior
Phelim O’Shaughnessy – Drew Redington, junior
Basil Thorpe – Jack Murphy, freshman
Claude Riviere – Ian Madden, junior
Charlie – Jack Vatterott, senior
The Queen of France – Nikki Clodfelter, senior
The Sultan of Turkey – Aaron Kamphoefner, junior
The Empress of Russia – Emily Riggs, senior
