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"But Why Bump Off Barnaby?" by Rick Abbot
Performance dates March 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th at 8:00 p.m. and a matinee on March 21st at 2:00 p.m.
Ticket price: $12.00 for Adults $10.00 for Seniors and Students
In this fast moving, quick witted, modern mystery farce the audience is drawn into an Agatha Christiesque mystery when an array of characters are summoned, for reasons unknown, to the old Marlgate Mansion owned by Orion Leduc. It is soon discovered that all the guests are connected to each other and some are set to inherit quite a lot in the death of some of the other guests. Quizzically, it is the family pauper, Barnaby Folcey, who meets his untimely end—and with his dying breath leaves an incomplete clue as to who murdered him—a clue that could point the finger at any one of the present guests. Chaos unfolds as the remaining 9 guests begin to suspect each other and comically try to decode Barnaby’s final clue and solve his murder. As the jocose conundrum intensifies, a mystifying limerick in need of unscrambling leads to a treasure hunt for a secret family fortune as characters still try to avoid the impending doom of a murderer on the loose who uses secret passageways, revolving doors, poisoned drinks, and other hilariously surprising and macabre methods to stalk the prey. In true classic convention, the mysteries are solved and the killer is unmasked just as the police arrive to clean up the mess—the question always remains: Which guests will be left to greet them and in what shape may they be found?
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