~ GUMSHOE ~
~ Gumshoe ~
Comedy Noir by Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Hard-boiled, bungling detective Nick Slade is framed for a murder he can't be sure he didn't commit. Set in 1940, his 'investigation' is fraught with femme-fatales and riddled with blazing bullets in film-noir cinematic style.
Book: Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Lyrics: Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Source: Original
~ PRODUCTION DETAILS ~
WORLD PREMIERE
Venue: Heritage Square Music Hall, Golden, Colorado
Open: September 4, 1988
Close : October 30, 1988
ORIGINAL CAST LIST
Nick Slade: TJ Mullin
Constance Beech: Bren. Eyestone
Hamilton Beech: Terry Rhoads
Loretta None: Shelly Cox-Robie
Dutch Fisco: Barry Brown
Ricky The Lip: Mark Rubald
Dixie None: Heather Rubald
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Original Producer: TJ Mullin
Avenue Producer: Frank Oden
Director: Frank Oden
Designer: Reno Goodale
Choreographer: Lise Simms
RECORDINGS:
Original cast Video - Private Archive
Avenue cast Video - Private Archive
SCENES & MUSIC
ACT I - Scene 1: The Beech Mansion
ACT I - Scene 2: Nick Slade's Office
ACT I - Scene 3: The Strip & Gyp
SONG: "All of Me"
(Original music by Seymore Simmons & Gerald Marks - ASCAP)Alternate Lyrics by F.Oden & R. Goodale)
ACT II - Scene 1: Nick Slade's Offices
ACT II - Scene 2: The Beech Mansion
Crossover: Car Chase
ACT II - Scene 3: The Beech Mansion
Subsequent Commercial Productions
The Avenue Theatre, Denver CO, 1990 (12 wks*);
Martin City Melodrama, Kansas City MO, May 23, 1991 - July 7, 1991
Loveland Theatre Company, Loveland CO, 1993 (3 wks)
Preservation Playhouse, Midwest City OK, October 8, 1998 - November 14, 1998 (17 performances)
Changes in Subsequent Production
Script Expanded for Avenue Theatre production, scenes added/revised.
The Music Hall and Avenue Theatre productions were staged "In Living Black and White." Cinematic style drops, set pieces and period costumes all designed in monochrome for overall film-noir effect.
~ THEATRICAL COMEDIES ~
The Winter Rose
Operetta by Frank Oden
Gumshoe
By Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Secret Agent Guy
by Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
The Pecos Pest
By Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
The Fatal Glass
Adaptation by Frank Oden
BlackBeard
By Frank Oden & Reno Goodale