University Theatre’s upcoming production of The Game’s Afoot opens Friday night in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio. The play is set with in the home of Broadway star William Gil lette, who is famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage, but who finds himself in a real murder mystery. The show provides an abundance of sus pense and comedy for a wide array of audiences.
“We select ed this play because it had ex cellent roles for our students, was a light-hearted comedy/mur der mystery, and we also presented the other play in Ken Ludwig’s catalogue about the same subject years ago called Postmortem,” director John McIlwee said.
The play takes place on Christmas Eve in 1936 as Gillette (played by Christian O’Neal) invites his fellow cast members for a weekend cel ebration in his castle in Connecticut. Yet as an unknown murderer lurks the castle’s halls, Gil lette must assume the guise of Sherlock Holmes him self in order to unravel this mystery.
“This cast is working beautifully together to create a highly enjoyable visit to Gillette’s world and a glimpse at an early 20th century icon,” McIlwee said. “It is always a good experience for me, as a director, to have such en thusiastic and talented young actors from colleg es across the campus who are dedicated to bringing qual ity entertainment to University The atre’s audiences.”
The Game’s Afoot will be playing from Nov. 8-24, every night at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday mati nees at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.ncsu. edu/theatre
