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MONMOUTH –Theater at Monmouth opens its “What Dreams May Come Golden Anniversary Season with a killer case just begging to be solved! “Murder for Two,” with book and music by Joe Kinosian and book and lyrics by Kellen Blair, begins with a bang. One actor investigates the crime. The other plays all of the suspects, and they both play the piano. A zany blend of musical comedy and madcap mystery, this fast and funny whodunit is a highly theatrical duet loaded with killer laughs.
The audience helps catch the killer in the show, which is begins Saturday June 22, and has shows through Friday, Aug. 16, with matinees and evening performances on both weekdays and weekends.
On the eve of his surprise birthday party, legendary American novelist and guest of honor Arthur Whitney is shot dead by an unknown killer. Small town policeman Marcus Moscowicz’s only orders are to keep the scene secure and the party-goers turned suspects from leaving; this could be the break he needs to prove to the chief he’s ready to make detective. If he can stick to protocol, he might be able to solve this crime. Unless the suspects and his painful memories get the best of him first.
Director Adam P. Blais feels “the strength of ‘Murder for Two’ is the way Kinosian and Blair lovingly spoof, celebrate and reimagine both the murder mystery and musical theater genres. First produced by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in 2011, Blair and Kinosian have concocted a theatrical and literary love letter that honors the work of Agatha Christie, the Marx Brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Loesser and Charles Ludlam.
“Murder for Two” features TAM new-comers Robbie Harrison as The Suspects and Quinn Corcoran as Detective Marcus. The producion is directed by Adam P. Blais with set design by Daniel Bilodeau, costume design by Jonna Klaiber, lighting design by Jim Alexander, and sound design by Rew Tippin.
The play will open June 22 at 7:30 p.m.; additional performance dates are July 10, 30 and Aug. 14, 16 at 7:30 p.m. July 21, 27 and Aug. 8 at 1 p.m., and July 6 at 7:30 p.m. with a post-show discussion.
