Bluffton High School Drama Club presents an evening of mystery and intrigue Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12, in the middle school cafetorium.
Two performances include: "The Case of the Missing Choir," an audience participation mystery and "Big Bad," the trial of the Big Bad Wolf.
Both performances start at 7:30 p.m. All tickets are general admission with adults at $3 each and students at $1 each.
Summaries of the dramas follow:
An Evening of Mystery and Intrigue
The Case of the Disappearing Choir
An audience participatory mystery
By Tom & Celesta Letchworth
The choir is on their summer tour when their bus breaks down outside a scary-looking mansion. Cassandra ''Cassie'' Role (the cook) welcomes the choir in from the storm while Ann Suzy Astic (the choir director) calls for a tow truck.
But when she returns, all but three singers are missing! Where are they? And who is responsible for their disappearance?
Could it be the remaining choir members - Bo Ring, Ariel "Ari" Head, or Clara Sill? Or perhaps the bus driver, Abel D'Drive? Or...could it be...Red Butler?
It's up to the audience to decide!
The cast:
Casey Solved Inspector - Eli Runk
Cassie Role Southern Cook - Celeste Stauber
Abel D'Drive Know-it-all Bus Driver - Joe Schumacher
Ann Suzy Astic Bubbly Choir Director - Ava Yoakam
Bo Ring Snobbish Teenager - Justin Weaver
Ari Head Flaky Teenager - Adel Sommers
Clara Sill Typical Teenager - Delaney Reineke
Red Butler Aloof Butler - Andrew Hoff
Ima D'Arganladee Mistress of Ceremonies - Kyla Dawson
Announcer - Emily Schwager
And
Big Bad
A smart and wickedly funny play that lets the audience determine the outcome!
By Alec Strum
The most notorious criminal in the fairy-tale world, Big Bad Wolf, is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the countless quirky characters he has wronged. Now, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest - the Evil Stepmother and the Fairy Godmother - will clash (on live Court TV, no less, with Sydney Grimm as commentator!) in a trial that will be remembered forever after.
As Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf testify, the wolf seems deserving of all that's coming.
But, even though the disreputable Evil Stepmother couldn't be less interested in pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself.
Was he born a criminal, or made one? Perhaps he does deserve compassion instead of condemnation? What will the verdict be? Only the jury - the audience - can decide, when the doddering old Judge invites them to determine the outcome of the trial... and the play!
The cast:
Sydney Grimm Flashy Reporter - Kyla Dawson
Fairy Godmother Self-Righteous Lawyer - Jennifer Hieronimus
Little Red Riding Hood Spoiled Brat - Emma Burkholder
One Stupid Pig - Erica Sheehan
Two Less Stupid Pig - Emily Sycks
Three Highly Intelligent Pig - Halle Steingass
Jill Woodcutter Affable Lumberjack - Mary Woodruff
Shepherd Elderly Shepherd - Adel Sommers
Boy Who Cried Wolf Little Delinquent - Braden Skilliter
Big Bad Wolf a.k.a. Mr. Wolf - Austin Housh
Judge Wise Old Man Doddering Old Fool - Zachary Harlow
Evil Stepmother High-powered Lawyer - Kallen Terry
Miss Muffit Neurotic Psychiatrist - Courtney Barnett
Grandmother Hood Widow - Jane Sycks
