The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

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OPENING May 27!
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

May 27 – June 12, 2022   Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 2 pm
Theatre Off The Square, 114 N. Denton, Weatherford 817-341-8687  www.theatreoffthesquare.org
 
Directed by Seth Hunter Williams
Assistant Director:   Jesse James
Stage Managers:  Isabel Delgado & Lohi Ejere
 
The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious “Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a backer’s audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy “angel.” The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways, and a German maid who is apparently four different people—all of which figure diabolically in the comic mayhem which follows when the infamous “Slasher” makes his reappearance and strikes again—and again. As the composer, lyricist, actors, and director prepare their performance, and a blizzard cuts off any possible retreat, bodies start to drop in plain sight, knives spring out of nowhere, masked figures drag their victims behind swiveling bookcases, and accusing fingers point in all directions. However, and with no thanks to the bumbling police inspector who snowshoes in to investigate, the mystery is solved in the nick of time and the “Slasher” unmasked—but not before the audience has been treated to a sidesplitting good time and a generous serving of the author’s biting, satiric, and refreshingly irreverent wit.
 
CAST:

• Helsa Wenzel - Hannah Bell
• Elsa Von Grossenknueten - Darla Robinson
• Michael Kelly - John Robinson
• Patrick O'Reilly – Garrett Tucker
• Ken De La Maize - Thomas Vigil
• Nikki Crandall - Annie Robertson
• Eddie McCuen – Thomas Collins
• Marjorie Baverstock - Lee Ann Ausec
• Roger Hopewell – Shannon Moore
• Bernice Roth - Jaclyn Justice
• Bebe McAllister - Jenny Ingle