Curtain Rises for Parsippany High's 'Death by Chocolate'

Chocolate can cure a sweet tooth, but takes on a more sinful role in the upcoming Parsippany High School fall play.

Opening night for ‘Death by Chocolate’ is this Thursday at Parsippany High School with a showing on Friday and Saturday, all at 7 p.m. with a 15-minute intermission. Check out the video above of interviews with four seniors in the play.

The play is directed by Ester Musilli, written by Paul Freed and presented by arrangement with Baker’s Plays.

The play “is Paul Freed’s delightfully sarcastic and cynical show that has members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort dropping like flies, not the best advertisement for the eve of the grand reopening,” according to Musilli. “It’s up to Manager John Stone to fin the cause and the murderer. Stone finds himself teaming up with amateur sleuth mystery writer Ed Parlor in a wacky race against time. The clues point to a sinister box of chocolates and suspects include all the outlandish characters working for the resort.”

There will be snacks and beverages in the cafeteria.

Cast

In order of appearance:

• Kimberly Lindner—Lady Riverdale
• Lindsey Medwin—Dyslexia
• Brian Lanigan—John
• John Lee—Ralph
• Nicolette Giordano—Margaret
• Brendan Laux—Alfred
• Brianna Cooper—Edith
• Maire Burder—”Sweet Pea”
• Andrew Herrera—Dick
• Toni Moran—Anne
• Billy Leys—Ed Parlor
• Tony Moran—Anne
• Sean O’Donnell—Henry
• Understudies include:
• Maria Markowski
• Stephen Giercyk
• Victoria Dobkowski
• Cinthia Brown

Production Staff

• Ester Musilli—Director
• Steve Gilgur—Technical Director
• Jenna Chung—Stage Manager
• Regina Jung—Staeg Crew
• James Groome—Stagecraft
• Harsh Joshi—Lighting Design
• Michael Lindner—Light Operator
• Louai Hassan—Sound Design
• Erin Gilgur—Costumes
• Kimberly Lindner—Cover Art
• Louai Hassan—Programs
• Jordan Imp and Jake Feldman—Tech Crew

About the Play

The play takes place in the Meadowbrook Health Resort, a converted mansion in upstate New York and specifically takes place in the Main Office, which is a converted drawing room. Here’s a look of the scenes:

• Prologue
• Act One: Scene I “Several Weeks Later. Morning”
• Act One: Scene II “Afternoon”
• Act Two: Scene I “Evening”
• Act Two: Scene II “Night”
• Act Two: Scene III “Much Later that Night”
• Epilogue