Melissa Maxwell Update

Melissa Maxwell Update

Hello!

Hoping you are well!

Simply wanted to let you know that I just finished directing DIAL M FOR MURDER at the Clarence Brown Theater Company. It was a fun process and a really rewarding experience. See reviews and photos below.

The show opened runs through September 20th. So, if you have plans to visit Knoxville, or you happen to find yourself there and want to see the show, let me know and I will provide tickets for you.

All the best,

Melissa

"Director Melissa Maxwell, embracing the psychological drama inherent in the work, has given Dial M for Murder the needed ultra-crisp pacing that a suspense thriller requires, at the same time allowing each character an energy level of their own so that the dialogue reveals and defines their character. As a result, these fugue-like reveals pull the audience along on two undulating levels, carrying both plot assumptions and expectations. Backing up this psychology with visual metaphor, Maxwell and her creative team have provided a stunningly gorgeous living room environment, rich with depth and details, that is practically the quintessential space for a mystery/thriller vehicle in which doors, drinks, keys, and telephones are all important."

--Alan Sherrod, ARTS KNOXVILLE

"I can’t recall a production in recent Clarence Brown Theatre memory that had an audience so on the edge of its seats as Dial M for Murder.... The production gets more delicious as the screws tighten. There is something almost athletic about watching carefully constructed narratives collide with inconvenient facts, particularly once the play really gets cooking.... CBT could hardly have chosen a better season opener: carefully calibrated, frequently funny, and propelled by the irresistible sensation that this entire elaborate contraption could blow apart at any second."

--Leslie Bateman, INSIDE KNOXVILLE