8/16/2019 Murder for Dummies Program

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Audience Please Note:Out of courtesy to the performers: (1) Please remove all hats; (2) No food,

drink or gum is permissible in the Center for the Performing Arts; (3) If

you arrive late, please enter between selections or scenes; (4) During the

performance, please do not talk or rattle paper; (5) Please remain seated for

the entire performance. If you are coughing and/or ill, please exit quietly,

preferably between selections or scenes.

Provided by American Choral Directors Association, Iowa High School Speech Associationand Music Educators National Conference

Technical CrewsStage Managers ................................Tyra Penton, Joel King & Paige Sites

Lighting Operator .................................................................Jacob Daleske

Sound Operator ...........................................................Samantha Carpenter

Set Construction ............................... Samantha Carpenter, Jacob Daleske,

Trevor Edwards, Abby Higgins, Rebecka Ogle,

Madi Miller, Kanyon Dulin

Antique Book Binding ..................... Mrs. Carolyn Morris and art students

Morgan Beemer, Palen Stream, Skylar Rauch,

CJ Muncy, Abby Higgins

Make-Up .......................................................... Harlee Meek, Skylar Rauch

The cast and crew would like to thank the following people for their

help and contributions:

• Mrs. Peggy Roed and Mr. John Standerford for working around us and

allowing us to take over their music room

• Mrs. Morris for sharing her sink, suppies and overall artistic assistance

• The administration, custodians, and teachers K-12 that have helped and

supported us along the way

• The many, many people we have forgotten or not named who have

helped to make this production possible

Special Thanks

BCHS Center for the Performing ArtsProduced by special arrangement with Eldridge Publishing Company

November 21and 

November 22

Bedford Community High School

Speech And Drama Of Bedford Schools

Present:

By Pat Cook

8/16/2019 Murder for Dummies Program

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Cast ofCharacters

Marge Bernhart ..........................Whitney Henry

Dewitt Gundlechuck .................. Madelynn Burn

Opaline Packer ............................... Elissa O'Dell

Jobeth Wallenford ...........................Tyra Penton

Myron Bernhart ............................Noah McBride

Jack Havisham ........................... Kody Coleman

Psychiatrist ........................................Ariel Hiles

The Voice of the Book .................Quentin Sefrit

CSI Technician .............................Hannah O'Dell

Detective ............................................Ariel Hiles

Dinah Mumford ........................Jennifer Johnson

Helga Heindorff ...............................Paige Sites*

Ofcer Burkett ..............................Alex Johnson

Detective Tinkerton ............................ Joel King

Serena Brown ........................... Madison Miller*

TV News Announcer ....................Quentin Sefrit

Madison Monroe ...................... MaKinna RussellPolly Bollivar ................................. Abby Higgins

*Please note that due to situations beyond our control, these

students joined the cast on November 12.

Directors:Mrs. Dee Rankin .................................... Director Mr. Carl Rankin .................... Technical Director 

Synopsis:Act I:

Scene 1: Late afternoonScene 2: Later that night

Scene 3: A few days later 

Scene 4: Late that night

Scene 5: The next afternoon

Ten Minute IntermissionAct II:

Scene 1: Three days later 

Scene 2: Late that night

Scene 3: The next night

Time & Place:Our story takes place in the Bernhart's living

room as well as the mind, daydreams, and

fantasies of Myron Bernhart