He joined the society for extra credit on his electronics module in order to pass his degree.” Joseph Anthony Byrd plays the requisite corpse. It’s funny.Īlso featured are Bartley Booz as the butler, a mellifluous voiced Peyton Crim, Akron Watson as Trevor, “the Cornley Drama Society’s lighting and sound operator, and later the stage manager. But increasingly the stage manager grows to like the limelight, and when the lead eventually comes to and wants her part back, Annie is loathe to cooperate. As stage manager Annie (Kai Almeda) reluctantly takes over for the eager leading lead (Mara Davi) who’s been knocked out cold and can’t go on. And from there it further unravels in myriad ways.Īn excellent cast of actors plays a not-so-great cast of actors taking a stab at doing a 1920s murder mystery similar to Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” Kennedy Center cast members include players who have previously performed in “The Play That Goes Wrong” – hugely successful runs on Broadway, the National Tour, the recent Chicago production, and the current Off-Broadway production.Īlex Mandell gives a memorable comic turn as giggly Max. The hijinks begin even before the play begins, including a couple of staged disagreements in the aisles of the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.
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