Cast front row from left: Kaitlyn Binegar, Natalie Plastow, Brady Gross, Taylor Bartley, Hannah Delp, Jane Katherine Hanes, Carissa Urschalitz. Back row from left: Ellie Nieveen, Eva Callens, Landon Twombly, Jeremy Gross, Carter Twombly, Ryan Gross, Josh Gervasi, Brighty Walters.

By TIM YOCUM
Drama Director, Lakeland Christian Academy

WINONA LAKE — Lakeland Christian Academy’s theatre department will present “Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery” Nov. 5-7. This is a comedy by Brian D. Taylor.

With a fun play-within-a-play plot that challenges both the mind and the metaphysical, this comic mystery is certain to entertain. The players at The Murder Mystery Playhouse are rehearsing a new show, “Putting a Little English On It.” It’s a not-so-good attempt at a British murder mystery, complete with cheesy dramatic music and British accents. As expected at the final dress rehearsal, the lights go out and a character dies onstage — only this murder wasn’t in the script!

The authorities are quickly called, and soon the company finds themselves replaying the death scene. When yet another person dies at the end of the scene, the cast finds themselves replaying the same scene over and over for other investigators, a theatre critic and even the playwright himself. But every time they get to the end of the scene, someone else becomes a victim. The actors are left scratching their heads at the strange circumstances and also worried that they could be next. It all culminates in a wild surprise ending in which the actors must work together to defeat the guilty party before it’s too late for them all.

Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-7. Tickets will be sold at the door; adults $6, students and senior citizens $4 and preschoolers are free. LCA is located at 1093 S 250 E., Winona Lake. For more information, call (574) 267-7265.