The Mystery of Irma Vep

December 5, 2014 - January 10, 2015

Winningstad Theater - 1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205

Two actors play all the roles in this hilarious send up of Victorian melodrama, farce, 50’s horror movies, Wuthering Heights, and Hitchcock’s Rebecca. With elaborate quick changes performed in mere seconds, wildly absurd characters, and an absolute distaste for anything serious, The Mystery of Irma Vep should be the perfect gut-busting escape from all that holiday noise.

Reviews

Director Philip Cuomo has cast veteran actors Isaac Lamb and Leif Norby and allowed them to showcase their versatility. The two actors play all the roles: man, woman and the undead. Wonderful moments abound…This is a raspberry-cream layer cake of surprises, each sweeter and sillier than the next.

The Oregonian

Third Rail is normally a purveyor of thoughtful, intelligent plays that make you think about the human condition, but here they’re just out to make you laugh. Leif Norby and Isaac Lamb are a hoot, each playing a multitude of characters…The sound design by Mark Valadez is a major help, and Alison Heryer’s costumes are miraculous…one of the best laugh-out-loud farces I’ve ever seen.

Broadway World

Leif Norby and Isaac Lamb go giddily overboard while maintaining strict stylistic control (try that sometime: it ain’t easy)…Third Rail’s production is as close to a flawless show as you’re likely to run into for a long time.

Oregon ArtsWatch 

Artists

  • Writer Charles Ludlam
  • Director Philip Cuomo
  • Stage Manager Jory Bowers
  • Voice and Dialect Coach Stephanie Gaslin
  • Violence Director Jon Cole
  • Lighting Designer Jennifer LIn
  • Sound Designer Mark Valadez
  • Costume Designer Alison Heryer
  • Scenic Designer Kristeen Willis Crosser
  • Props Master Kaye Blankenship
  • Dramaturg Brian Myers
  • Dramaturg Ellen Walkley

Cast

  • Lady Enid, Nicodemus, Alcazar, Pev Amri Isaac Lamb
  • Lord Edgar, Jane, The Intruder, Irma Vep Leif Norby