The first act, or at least some of it, in pictures:
![Essie (played by Ellen Ryan), Mrs. PacPherson (me) and Mildred McGonigle (played by Cassie MacDonald who filled in for her sister Krista on closing night) audition for Hamlet](https://i0.wp.com/judypstickletrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_0306.jpg?resize=515%2C399)
Essie (played by Ellen Ryan), Mrs. MacPherson (me) and Mildred McGonigle (played by Cassie MacDonald who filled in for her sister Krista on closing night) audition for Hamlet
![H.B. Hackett (aka Honeybunch played by Michele Gerard) brings Esmerelda Quipp (her friends call her Essie) into the station for questioning.](https://i0.wp.com/judypstickletrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_0308.jpg?resize=515%2C386)
H.B. Hackett (aka Honeybunch played by Michele Gerard) brings Esmerelda Quipp (her friends call her Essie) into the station for questioning.
![Esmerelda robs the PMS bank (Prospect Maritime Savings) as Mildred looks on. Bank tellers played by Jan Morrison and Elizabeth Pass.](https://i0.wp.com/judypstickletrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_0315.jpg?resize=515%2C386)
Esmerelda robs the PMS bank (Prospect Maritime Savings) as Mildred looks on. Bank tellers played by Jan Morrison and Elizabeth Pass.
![The fine ladies already in the holding cell: Gladys Symmington-Bucovitch - muderer (Rosanne Coates), Val - hooker (Sarah Budgell, Dottie Ramsbottom - shoplifter (Shirley Jollimore) watch Essie's arrival.](https://i0.wp.com/judypstickletrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_0318-e1368481805725-1024x768.jpg?resize=515%2C386)
The fine ladies already in the holding cell greet Essie: Gladys Symmington-Bukovitch – murderer (Rosanne Coates), Val – hooker (Sarah Budgell), Dottie Ramsbottom – shoplifter (Shirley Jollimore).
![Penelope Farthingale (played by me) arrives with plenty to say.](https://i0.wp.com/judypstickletrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_0326.jpg?resize=515%2C386)
Penelope Farthingale (played by me), a hooker with attitude and a belly full of vodka, arrives with plenty to say.
Oh my, isn’t she pretty? NOT!! Penny I mean, of course. Val is quite lovely. Sorry there were no pictures of the cat or the producer or the landlord – I am very grateful that we got what we did. Second act pics to follow soon.
Photographs courtesy of Lance Benson.
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