Staff Reports
SAFFORD – Don’t miss opening night Wednesday, Nov. 13, of the Safford High School Bulldog Theater Company’s production of “Murder’s in the Heir” an audience-interactive murder-mystery comedy” by Billy St. John.
The production will be held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Nov. 13, 14, and 15, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the David M. Player Center for the Arts at the high school at 980 S. 14th Ave.
This is the second production in as many years for the Bulldog Theater Company under the guidance of math teacher Tamra Tilton. Get your tickets online here.
About the Production
Turn the game Clue into a play and you have the masterfully entertaining Murder’s in the Heir. Almost every character in this hilarious mystery has the weapon, opportunity, and motive to commit the unseen murder. And it’s up to your audience to decide who did it!
Each of the heirs to the tyrannical billionaire Simon Starkweather has the means and the motive to do away with him. Starkweather gathers his family and employees to announce the contents of his will. His lawyer, Lois van Zandt, reveals that he has bequeathed vast fortunes to his befuddled niece Fiona, her playboy son Jordan, his great-niece Paula (a Southern belle), and his grandson Simon III, as well as to his many servants.
Then Lois delivers the bombshell! Within hours this will become invalid. Of course, the rejected heirs are not pleased, so it’s not surprising when they roam the old mansion carrying such items as an ax, a gun, and poison.
Predictably, the lights go out, and Simon is discovered murdered. Simon III is determined to find his grandfather’s killer, with the help of detective Mike Davis. The play’s unique ending, utilizing secret ballots gathered at intermission from the audience, determines the killer in this Billy St. John maze of murder.
So, come out to the David M. Player Center for the Arts starting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, Thursday, Nov. 14, and Friday, Nov. 15 for a funfilled, exciting murder mystery theater.
