聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Cornerstone Theatre is hosting their annual dinner theatre on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, along with just the play on Sunday, April 30.
The murder mystery farce, 鈥淲hile the Lights Were Out,鈥� by Jack Sharkey is a classic whodunnit themed play with a twist.
Director, Dianne Twietmeyer, explained, 鈥淭his is a different kind of comedy than we usually do. We typically have a million doors opening and closing, men dressed as women, and mistaken identities; but, this one isn鈥檛 like that.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to have to swear the audience to secrecy after they see it, part of the enjoyment of this particular play is attempting to figure out who did it. It鈥檚 set in Bermuda and is in a very British household, guests arrive during a storm, and the lights go out鈥� and someone winds up dead. Everyone on stage is a suspect. It鈥檚 a silly plot, yet quite intricate.鈥�
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of over the top characters, especially the lead detective.鈥�
Characters include an Alabama lady, a Frenchman, a fashion designer, a Jamaican maid, and a bumbling detective 鈥渨ho is totally incompetent and wouldn鈥檛 solve anything without his sergeant.鈥�
Ultimately it鈥檚 a fun mystery, which will have the audience watching for clues; but, with the bumbling detective is it really a clue?
鈥淭he script we chose mainly because of the large cast; we wanted to get new people interested on stage and get them up there along with experienced ones.鈥�
This year 15 people are involved in the play including: Colleen Easton, David Slykhuis, Bertha Isleifson, Lane Easton, Denise Singleton, Sandra Campbell, Debbie Sorensen, Matt Gesell, Don Carter, Heather Vermeersch, Bryanne Forcier, Monte McNaughton, Jesse Twietmeyer, Mel Gesell, and Candy Bye.
Cornerstone first met on Feb. 22 to discuss the play and were reading the script by Feb. 29.
鈥淭here were so many people interested that doing the casting was a challenge, but I think we鈥檝e got the right people in the right spot,鈥� Dianne said. 鈥淭he cast is spot on with their lines and their delivery is great. People will have to laugh quietly though because it鈥檚 very funny, but you don鈥檛 want to miss anything while trying to figure out who did it.鈥�
David and Shelley Slykhuis will be cooking the dinner for the dinner theatre. The always delicious meal starts at 7 p.m., cocktails are held at 6 p.m., and the performance on Friday and Saturday will be held at 8 p.m. The Sunday matinee is a 2 p.m. show.
Tickets to the play can be purchased at The Pearl Boutique.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One exciting addition to the theatre includes an extra cubicle in the ladies washroom upstairs.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淟adies at intermission were always lined up and those that are able would go downstairs, but that was difficult for our older patrons sometimes and they鈥檇 be lined up for the one cubicle here. So, there will be two there now and one of them will be wheelchair accessible.鈥�
