{"id":18834,"date":"2025-10-24T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/18834\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:54:07","slug":"arts-alive-podcast-natalie-symons-of-deathtrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/18834\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Alive! podcast: Natalie Symons of \u2018Deathtrap\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not too long ago, playwright, actress and novelist Natalie Symons left Tampa to return to her hometown in upstate New York. Then she got an offer she couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n

The offer-maker was Eric Davis, artistic director of St. Petersburg\u2019s freeFall Theatre, a place with which Symons had enjoyed a lengthy and fruitful professional relationship during her time in the bay area.<\/p>\n

Davis asked her to accept a role in the freeFall production of Deathtrap, the mystery thriller by Ira Levin (whose novels include Rosemary\u2019s Baby, the Stepford Wives and A Kiss Before Dying).<\/p>\n

It happened to be one of Natalie Symons\u2019 all-time favorite plays.<\/p>\n

The longest-running mystery\/comedy (there are a lot of laughs along the way) in Broadway history, Deathtrap is the story of successful Connecticut playwright Sidney Bruhl (played by Davis), who\u2019s hit a rough patch.<\/p>\n

Bruhl and his wife Myra (Symons) see a light at the end of their tunnel with the arrival of an acolyte of Sidney\u2019s, aspiring playwright Clifford Anderson (Robert Teasdale).<\/p>\n

What follows is no less than Agatha Christie on steroids. There are more twists and turns than a Busch Gardens rollercoaster.<\/p>\n

Matthew McGee, the show\u2019s director, joins us in the latter half of this Arts Alive! interview. Deathtrap opens Saturday and will run through Dec. 7.<\/p>\n

Click on the arrow to listen to the conversation.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/media.stpetecatalyst.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Arts-Alive-Symons-2025-final.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

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