Next Town Players Production Will Be Comic Murder Thriller ‘Whodunnit’

On a dark and stormy night in the English countryside, a respectable family lawyer hosts a dinner party at his home for an eccentric group of aristocrats and other distinguished guests. Unfortunately, one of those guests is an accomplished blackmailer. He has highly embarrassing information about each and every guest that, if revealed, would ruin either their social lives or their careers – or both. The situation is ripe for murder. The question is, “Who done it?”

Whodunnit by Anthony Shaffer is a comedic take on the classic 1930s English murder thriller and will run October 8-24 at The Little Theatre in Newtown. Shaffer himself described the play as “a sort of game with the audience.” He also said it is “a comedy of manners, an evocation of Agatha Christie and her British society milieu. … All the facts will be given, mistakes will be made, all kinds of false clues planted. But we will play it as fair as we can.”

New York magazine said Whodunnit is “a torrent of merriment” that is “heavy with excitement, crackles with repartee, rings the bell with epigrams, and detonates depth charges of laughter.” And director Gene Golaszewski said of the show: “I directed this play almost 15 years ago in Brookfield. I had so much fun with it that I couldn’t resist the opportunity to do it again.”

Featured in the Town Players production are Kevin Braun as the Sergeant, Jeffrey Bukowski as Roger Dashwell, Eric Greenfeld as Rear Admiral Knatchbull-Folliat, Kristin Hoose as Lavinia Hargreaves, Steve Hoose as Inspector Bowden, Susan Judge as Lady Tremurrain, Nick Kaye as Andreas Capodistriou, Ron Malyszka as Silas Bazeby, Daniel Mulvihill, Jr as Archibald Perkins, and Tracy Sandler as Dame Edith Runcible.

Whodunnit is being produced by Steve Hoose, with Georgie Kobylanski serving as the production’s stage manager.

Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Please note that opening night (Friday, October 8) as well as Saturday, October 16 are scheduled benefit performances; please call for information.

Tickets for all other shows are $20, payable by cash or check at the door (credit cards not accepted). Reservations can be made by calling the Town Players box office at 203-270-9144. If handicap access is needed, please ask for a callback for information.

Please note that Whodunnit features some adult content that is not suitable for children.

Town Players’ Little Theater is at 18 Orchard Hill Road, off South Main Street in Newtown. For inquiries about reservations, tickets, directions, audition information or anything else, call 203-270-9144, visit NewtownPlayers.org or send email to TownPlayers@yahoo.com.