THEATRE + COMEDY

UpStage Theatre presents Rehersal for Murder, an exciting twist and turn mystery, written by D.D. Brookes, running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Feb. 18 - March 5. Directed by David Hymel.

Rehearsal for Murder, based on the hit television play by Richard Levinson and William Link, adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke. This is a thrilling "theatrical" mystery in which  the theatre becomes the set for the play. The playwright turns on the stage work light and prepares for the first reading of his new play. The actors, producer, director, and others connected with the show come onto the stage, and under their humorous (and utterly real) theatrical talk, tension grows.

We discover that everyone connected with this play were involved with another play by the same playwright. At its opening night, exactly a year ago and in this same theatre, the beautiful leading lady, who was also the playwright's fiancee, was murdered!

As these people start with the new play, startling connections to the murder begin to unfold. The growing tension reaches the boiling point with surprising revelations, countered by others even more surprising. The dazzling, yet basically logical twists build to a climax and solution that are theatrically stunning!

Featuring: Arnold Richie • Alane Johnson • Meredith Miniat Aneela Qureshi • Jim Walsh • John Carmona • Alan Johnson • Sonia Kronberg • Laura DeBellas • Sudeane Holmes • Stacy Mouton • Paul Heyman • Scott Thornton.