Bad Seed

Bad Seed

Show Program

Show Times

November 1959
About the show
Presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Directed by: Bill Adams
Produced by: Conejo Players

Follows the chilling story of Rhoda Penmark, a young girl with a dark, psychopathic streak, and her mother’s gradual realization of her daughter’s true nature after a classmate’s death. Written by Maxwell Anderson, a dramatization of William March’s novel.

Cast & Crew

In the order of their appearance
Kit Adams – RHODA PENMARK
Ingvar Grimsgaard – COL. KENNETH PENMARK
Ruth Wagner – CHRISTINE PENMARK
Esther Kaminsky – MONICA BREEDLOVE
Kevin Lynch – EMORY WAGES
Allan Williams – LEROY
Trudi Brenon – MISS FERN
William Rutter – REGINALD TASKER
Hazel Spiers – MRS. DAIGLE
Charles Tappan – MR. DAIGLE
John Maloney – RICHARD BRAVO


Ass’t. Director: Herman Detering
Stage Manager: Don Brenon
Lighting: Herman Detering
Set Decor: Caroline Anthony, Pat Darby, Norma Borrell
Props: Sue Johnson
Wardrobe: Margaret Anne Adams
Set Construction: Bill Adams, Frank Requa, Herman Detering, Red Walters, Quinn Johnson, Rip Johnson, Charles Tappan, Dwight Hauser
Publicity: Lilian Borgeson, Elizabeth Kelem
House Manager: Frank Requa
Captain of Ushers: Janice Walters
Business Manager: Maxine Meyerhofer
Hostess: Elsie Strite