For Immediate Release
Contact: Bill Scurato (908) 475-1104
email: info@countrygate.org

Country Gate Players Presents:


Two Pocono area men will spar as the principal characters in the Country Gate Players’ next production, Deathtrap. Performances will be staged September 13, 20, and 27, at 8:00 p.m., as well as September 28, at 2:00 p.m. The show will be performed at the Country Gate Playhouse, 114 Greenwich Street, Belvidere, New Jersey.

What seems to be is never what really is in this masterfully written comedy-thriller by Ira Levin.

Sydney Bruhl, played by Wayne Dotter, of Marshall's Creek, is a once celebrated author of Broadway thrillers. But for the past several years Bruhl has suffered from a severe case of writer's block. Awaiting inspiration, he receives a brilliant script from one of his former writing students, Clifford Anderson, played by Steve Mazza, of Stroudsburg. With the help of his wife, Myra, portrayed by Juliet Dunham, of Pocono Pines, Bruhl plots to murder his protégé and market the young man's sure-fire thriller as his own. But what at first seems like the perfect plot soon begins to bend, spiral, and spin totally out of control.
Other cast members include: Brenda Kull of Oxford, as Helga Ten Dorp, the emotional Dutch psychic who lives next door; and John Musarra of Belvidere, as Porter Milgram, Sydney's over-the-top lawyer. The show is under the direction of Gina Scurato of Harmony Township.

Deathtrap has the distinction of being the longest running thriller in Broadway history.

All seats are reserved at $15 and can be reserved by contacting Country Gate at (908) 475-1104 or by visiting the theatre website at www.countrygate.org