Are you a fan of metatheatricality? The classic play within a play? Then this comedy-thriller-foolishness will perfectly hit the spot for you, combining melodrama, jumpscares, spooky lighting, bad jokes and ultimately a consideration of what it’s like to be a writer, but with a bit more murder.
When he’s not brooding about his obsessive writer’s block, Sydney Bruhl collects weapons, and likes to include them in his shows, so the walls of his study are decorated with posters of his own and others’ work, as well as a hefty collection of possible murder weapons, from crossbows to stiletto knives…
Can you guess what happens next? No, you cannot! Ha! There are many twists and turns not to mention confused yet accurate predictions by a Dutch psychic, Helga ten Dorp, played to delicious mental delinquent perfection by the superb Irene Worth in the 1978 Premiere, setting Broadway’s record for the longest-running mystery thriller ever.
Come watch our fiendishly clever mystery-miscreants, our Pandemic Players, as we “Spring” a surprise or two on you!
Curtain going up at 3pm!
Deathtrap is offered free of charge as part of The Schoolhouse Theater’s series of Zoom matinees.
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