BLACK COMEDY/THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND

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BLACK COMEDY/THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND 

April 19 – May 5, 2024

Peter Shaffer/Tom Stoppard

Directed by Jessica Franz-Martin

Black Comedy (Act I): Lovesick and desperate, sculptor Brindsley Miller has embellished his apartment with furniture and objects d’arte “borrowed” from the absent antique collector next door, hoping to impress his fiancée’s pompous father and a wealthy art dealer. The fussy neighbor, Harold Gorringe, returns just as a blown fuse plunges the apartment into darkness and Brindsley is revealed. Unexpected guests, aging spinsters, errant phone cords, and other snares impede his frantic attempts to return the purloined items before light is restored.

The Real Inspector Hound (Act II): Feuding theatre critics Moon and Birdboot, the first a fusty philanderer and the second a pompous and vindictive second stringer, are swept into the whodunit they are viewing. In the hilarious spoof of Agatha Christie-like melodramas that follows, the body under the sofa proves to be the missing first string critic. As mists rise about isolated Muldoon Manor, Moon and Birdfoot become dangerously implicated in the lethal activities of an escaped madman.

Season Ticket | $70 (Nearly a 20% Savings)

Adults| $20

Seniors (55+)/ Students/Military | $18

Children (12 and under) | $16

Groups (8 or more) | $16 each

Prices do not include taxes and fees added at checkout

Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm

Sunday matinees begin at 2:00 pm