Bishop Noll students rehearse for the fall play, “Murder’s in the Heir.”
BNI Drama Club to present murder mystery and one-act
The Bishop Noll Drama Club and Thespian Troup have been hard at work on two shows that will both open in November.
First is the fall play, “Murder’s In The Heir,” an interactive murder mystery where the audience chooses the murderer each night from nine possible endings.
“First of all, it’s a comedy,” said Kevin Burgun, a Bishop Noll English teacher and the play’s director. “We wanted to do something that was fun and high energy. This is really a callback to murder-mystery stories like ‘Clue.’ Almost everyone is a suspect, and they are all a little … I’ll say larger-than- life.”
Old Simon Starkweather (Michael Fugger) has called his heirs to his mansion on a dark and stormy night to talk about his will. And his 50 billion dollars. By the end of the first act, someone has been murdered and the suspects are all trapped in the house.
Intrepid detective Mike Davis (Hayden Kammer) must figure out who the culprit is before the storm is over and they get away. The play will keep the audience laughing and guessing until the end.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Nov. 11, 12, 18, 19 and 2 p.m. Nov. 13 and 20.
Adults tickets cost $8. Students and seniors are $5. Tickets are available at the door and are general admission.
While all of craziness of a mystery story is played out on the main stage, the Thespian Troupe has also been working on its one-act, “A Lupita Brown Thanksgiving.”
Six students will perform this original one-act, bilingual, dramatic comedy at Bethel College on Nov. 19 as part of the regional Thespian conference and competition.
“We are excited to be traveling a show. It’s a great experience for the students,” said Burgun, the one-act director. “Basically we have a 35-minute show. We perform it as part of the conference. Five other schools will also perform that day. A series of judges will choose which two shows they feel should go to state and perform.”
“A Lupita Brown Thanksgiving” tells the story of third-grader Lupita, who finds herself sitting on the bench outside the principal’s office with the other “bad” kids. Lupita has never been there before, and the other third-graders with her soon realize that maybe she shouldn’t really be there at all.
“The greater Noll community can’t see this show at the moment,” said Burgun. “However, we really want to find a way to perform it at some point where our community can see it. Say a prayer for us on November 19!”