Gumshoe

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.  

Authors : Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Lyrics : Frank Oden & Reno Goodale
Source: Original

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

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.

recordings:
Original cast Video - Private Archive
Avenue cast Video - Private Archive

Other Credits

Original Producer - TJ Mullin
Avenue Producer - Frank Oden
Director - Frank Oden
Designer - Reno Goodale
Choreographer - Lise Simms

Notations

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.