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The Deal and the Descent 2010 Last Modified: Friday, March 12, 2010
BACK POCKET PRODUCTIONS
Presents on our Main Stage
The Deal and the Descent
by Zak Powers
Directed by Liz Turner and Zak Powers
PG-13

Performance Dates:
March 25-27, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
March 28, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

PRICE:
General Admission: $10
Tickets can be purchased at the door, cash or check only, please.

Synopsis

The Deal and The Descent are Volumes 3 and 4 of the four-part series: The Charlie Cooke Saga. It is a film-noir-style-hard-boiled-detective-fiction-crime-drama. Our hero, Charlie Cooke, is a gritty detective who strives to find veracity in a crooked city. Throughout parts 3 and 4, he struggles with dames, deals, deaths, Deuces, and other delusional dilemmas that start with the letter "D". Periodically, he conveys these conflicts through narration, often using ridiculous metaphors and irrelevant similes. The Deal and the Descent is a stylistic, and often cliché ridden, look at an era where the thin lines between right and wrong were easily rubbed-out.

Charlie Cooke is The Hero. A hard-boiled, conflicted detective with a heart of lead.

Jack McCormick is The Boss. A stressed Irish police chief with drinking and marital problems.

Vinnie Videcci is The Villain. An overweight, influential mobster with a shrewd sense of humor.....

Trixie Harmon is The Femme Fatale. A rarely distressed damsel with a classy attitude and legs to boot.

"Deuces" is The Crony. A shady criminal with a devil-may-care attitude and a butterfly knife he flips subconsciously.

Robert "Bobby" Roberts is The Kid. A respectable young cadet with a heart of gold. His late father was Charlie's partner.

Frangela "Frannie" Burkowsky is The Sweetheart. A trendy young waitress with a soft spot for detectives.

Rudy is The Patron. A scruffy customer at the diner.

And The Thug. A silent henchman who shadows Vinnie.

CAST
Role Actor
Charlie Cooke: Tommy Hampton
Trixie Harmon: Miranda Hood-Brewer
Chief Jack McCormick: Josh Williams
Robert "Bobby" Roberts: Chris Powers
Lois: Karina Martinez
Vinnie Videcci: Barry Benning
Deuces: Cameron Jones
Thug #1: Calvin Brewer
Frangela "Frannie" Burkowsky: Liz Turner
Paper Boy: various
Rudy: various
Our Crew
Directors: Liz Turner
Zak Powers
Set and Light Design: Joshua Ledbetter
Set Contruction: Joshua Ledbetter
Walter Dodson
Zak Powers
Stage Manager: Robert Simpson
Webmaster: John Lukas

OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism
Arkansas Matters .com
AETN, Arkansas Educational Television Network
KUAR 89.1 FM Little Rock Public Radio
KLRE Classical 90.5 FM Little Rock Public Radio
Ouachita Life Magazine

Our sincere apology to all those whom we inadvertantly omitted.


A special thanks to ALL of those who have worked so hard to make Back Pocket Productions the success it is!!