Let’s Murder Marsha coming to Minnedosa

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Published on Friday, November 18, 2016

Photo by John Drinkwater. Standing (from left): Bonnie Michaudville (Lynette Thoren), Jamie Willis (Max), Jackie Birch (Persis Devore), John Earle (Virgil Baxter), Mitch Bukarz (Ben Quade). On sofa: Nicole McLenehan (Marsha Gilmore) and Blair Grant (Tobias Gilmore).

By John Drinkwater

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The Minnedosa Drama Club will present “Let's Murder Marsha” on Nov. 24, 25 and 26. Written by Monk Ferris, this comedy farce is based in present day Manhattan, where the central character, Marsha Gilmore, reads murder mysteries like “The Creeping Slasher”.

She begins to believe that the novel content is taking place in her own life and her disapproving husband and others decide to ‘not get mad - but even!’ The director, Mary Dalton, explained, “There are seven in the cast - four men and three women and this will be our fourth major production. We have also presented comedy sketches in the spring, usually in June. With musical productions available in the surrounding communities, we decided to concentrate on comedy dinner theatre... This is a great comedy with plenty of slapstick and will have the audience rolling in the aisles!” 

The play will be staged at Minnedosa Community Conference Centre and tickets are still available.