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THREE MURDERS AND IT’S ONLY MONDAY
Presented by Mason Community Players
Nov. 15-18
Mason

Directed by Becca McLaughlin
Produced by Gaylene May

Cast: Jim Cronin as Harry Monday, Jon Scheiding as Dr. Morrissey, Paula Brinkman as Beatrice Smith, Shannon Mahoney as Tara Dillaise, Dan Nieman as Larramore Mandrake, Larry Catlin as Humphrey Hopkins, Melissia Gary as Lilly: Tobias, Phil Catlin as Hans the Gardner, Jason Richmond as Thunder O’Brien & Perry Gary as The Tramp

It was the kind of night when you caught yourself holding your breath for no reason at all.” So says private eye Harry Monday as he investigates three murders at the Peaceful Pines Sanitarium. In this 1940’s film noir murder mystery comedy, even the police are getting tired of coming out and ask Doctor Morrissey if he could just phone in the details. Then when Tara, a sultry soon-to-be-heiress, shows up, Harry puts his best foot forward… right in his mouth. “Odd how relatives always head up a suspect list,” he notes as the deceased’s families arrive. Odder still when he finds out they all belong to the same family!

• Thu-Sat, Nov. 15-17 at 8pm
• Sun, Nov. 18 at 2pm

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DAMN YANKEES
Presented by Mason Community Players
July 19-22
Mason 

Middle-aged real estate agent Joe Boyd is a long-suffering fan of the pathetic Washington Senators baseball team. His wife Meg laments this (“Six Months Out Of Every Year”). After Meg has gone to bed, Joe sits up late, grumbling that if the Senators just had a “long ball hitter” they could beat the “damn Yankees”. “I’d sell my soul for a long ball hitter,” he laments. Suddenly, “Mr. Applegate” appears. He looks like a slick salesman, but he is really the Devil, and he offers Joe exactly that deal: if he gives up his soul, Joe will become “Joe Hardy”, the young slugger the Senators need. Joe accepts, even though he must leave his wife Meg (“Goodbye Old Girl”). However, Joe’s business sense makes him insist on an escape clause. The Senators’ last game is on September 25, and if he plays in that final game, he is “in for the duration”. If not, he has until 9 o’clock that night to walk away from the deal and return to his normal life.

Directed and choreographed by Laureen Catlin
Vocal music direction by Lara Turner Gonzalez
Produced by Gail Rudolph

Cast list

• Thu-Sat, July 19-21 at 8pm
• Sun, July 22 at 3pm

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