The Ransom of Red Chief (March 28-30 & April 3-5) by Brian Kral and based on a 1910 short story by O. Henry, tells of a young boy kidnapped for ransom by two petty criminals. The two men are fugitives who have escaped to the deep South searching for an easy way to get their hands on money. Their plan quickly begins to unravel as their young captive, a malevolent, red-headed brat who calls himself "Red Chief", actually enjoys his stay with his kidnappers, and thinks he's on a camping trip. Red Chief proceeds to drive his captors to distraction with pranks and demands that they play wearying games with him. The two are soon desperate to be rid of the little terror.

CAST

Trent Scott (Johnny Dorset, aka “Red Chief”) makes his third appearance on the Brick Street Stage tonight, having appeared in our 2007Annual Spotlight on Mississippi Playwrights production of Attala County Garden Club, as Ben Benjamin in God’s Favorite, and as Nick Burns in A Thousand Clowns.  He has also worked behind the scenes on several other productions.  Trent is a junior at Clinton High School, a Cross Country Runner, and a member of the Drama Ministry at his church.

Christopher Hudson (Sam Porter) is making his third onstage appearance with The Brick Street Players. He previously starred Albert in A Thousand Clowns, and as Oscar in The Odd Couple. Chris was born and raised in Oxford Mississippi.  He graduated from Mississippi College in May 2005 with a double major in Christian Studies and English with a minor in Theatre.  He has participated in more than thirty theatre productions, some of which include directing Romeo And Juliet, playing the roles of Oberon and Thesius in A Mid Summer Night's Dream, and Trapped, a play that he wrote and directed.

Lamar Christopher Knight (Billy Driscoll), a lifelong Jackson native, has always held a strong interest in acting.  His foray into the world of theatre began during his senior year of high school when he played the sinister Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic And Old Lace.  Spurred on by his first success on stage, Chris went on to minor in theatre at Mississippi College where he performed in the comical Shakespeare abridged version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tonight Chris makes his third appearance with The Brick Street Players, having played Leo in A Thousand Clowns, and the mentally challenged but ever optimistic, Norman, in The Boys Next Door several years ago.