Clue set for Mercury Theater in Chicago

Aug 25, 2022
Clue at Mercury Theater in Chicago

Mercury Theater Artistic Director Christopher Chase Carter, Managing Director Kristi J. Martens and Executive Producers L. Walter Stearns and Eugene Dizon announce the cast and creative team for the murder mystery comedy Clue. This Chicago Premiere is adapted from the beloved motion picture by Jonathan Lynn and Sandy Rustin, with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price, with original music by Michael Holland directed by executive producer Walter Stearns. Clue runs October 13, 2022 - January 1, 2023 at Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Avenue. 

The cast of Clue includes McKinley Carter (Mrs. White), Andrew Jessop (Professor Plum), Mark David Kaplan (Wadsworth), Andrew MacNaughton (Ensemble), Kelvin Roston, Jr. (Mr. Green), Erica Stephan (Miss Scarlet), Tiffany T. Taylor (Yvette), Nancy Wagner (Mrs. Peacock), Honey West (Ensemble), and Jonah Winston (Colonel Mustard). Understudies include Peter Ferneding and Brie McClellan.

The creative team for Clue includes L. Walter Stearns (director), Bob Knuth (scenic designer), Marquecia Jordan (costume designer), G. "Max" Maxin IV (lighting designer), Kurt Snieckus (sound designer), Jonathan Berg-Einhorn (properties designer), Keith Ryan (wig designer), Rachel West (lighting supervisor), Tristan Tom (wardrobe supervisor), and Keely Vasquez (casting associate). The production stage manager is Richard Lundy, production manager is Johnnie Schleyer, assistant stage manager is Rachel Campbell, and the assistant director is Tommy Novak.

Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth - the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out...WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!

Eugene Dizon and L. Walter Stearns comment, "Families have enjoyed this beloved movie for years. It has become a tradition in our house to watch Clue for Thanksgiving. Now live-on-stage, Clue promises to be a fun mystery, filled with wonderful characters." As director of the production, Stearns reveals his 'motives,' "Set in the red scare of the Eisenhower era, this comedy seems even more relevant today, when divisions in our country makes us more suspicious of each other."