In December 1936, Broadway star William Gillette, renowned for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, invited fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. When a guest is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Gillette assumes the persona of 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.
If you enjoyed Ken Ludwig’s plays Leading Ladies and Moon Over Buffalo, you will love The Games a Foot. Critics say that The Games Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays is murderously funny! 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.A hilarious, quirky and thrilling alternative to your standard holiday entertainment. The Game’s Afoot is the perfect gift for the holidays...a fantastically fun night out at the theatre.
Show performances are December 2-18, 2016, Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. This is the second show of the Allen’s Community Theatre 2016-17 season “Make ‘Em Laugh”. The Games Afoot is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Cast:
William Gillette- Bill Olds
Martha Gillette - Mary Tiner
Felix Geisel - Audie Preston
Madge Geisel - Maxine Frauenheim
Simon Bright - Jake Blakeman
Aggie Wheeler - Alden Price
Inspector Goring - Gena Graham
Darla Chase - Penny Chinn
Assistant Director - Joe Barr
Director - Robyn Mead
Performances: Allen’s Community Theatre (ACT), 1210 E. Main Street #300, Allen, Texas 75002 (SW corner of Allen Heights and Main Street)
Performance dates: December 2, 9, 10, 16, 17 @ 8pm, December 8, 15 @ 7:30pm and December 4, 11, 18 @ 3pm.
Purchase tickets in advance at allenscommunitytheatre.net.
About Allen’s Community Theatre: Allen’s Community Theatre is a 501c3 non-profit member of the Allen Arts Alliance, Allen-Fairview Chamber of Commerce, Texas Non-profit Theatres and American Association of Community Theater. Allen's Community Theatre seeks to entertain and enrich the cultural life of the community through a wide variety of challenging and creative theatrical experiences, that welcome all who wish to participate, help, or express themselves through theatre, both on and off stage. Be part of something dramatic! Visit www.AllensCommunityTheatre.net for more information.
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