Pierre Players Presents:
The Game's Afoot; or Holmes for the Holidays
December 6, 7, 8*, 2013 (Fri, Sat, Sun*)
December 12, 13, 14, 2013 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
Grand Opera House, Pierre, SD
Preview Performance: December 3, 2013
Doors Open at 7:00 p.m., Performance at 7:30 p.m.
*Sunday Matinee Doors Open at 1:30 p.m., Performance at 2:00 p.m.
Murder Mystery/Comedy by Ken Ludwig
Director Alisa DeMers
Assistant Director Tara Gregory
Winner! 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Awards – Best Play!
It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
“An inspired whodunit…a snappy, clever drawing-room mystery. There are twists in playwright Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot that cause the audience to gasp.” -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cast:
William Gillette/ Sherlock Holmes: Rex Craven
Felix Geisel/Moriarty: Zachary Smith
Madge Geisel/Marian: Rachael Person
Simon Bright/Count Zerlinsky: Oran D. Lord
Aggie Wheeler/Alice: Hannah Carda
Martha Gillette: Elayne Lande
Daria Chase: Michele Beeler
Inspector Goring: Kimberly Borge
"The Game's Afoot" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
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