on Couch: Rosanna Husted, Carol Clark, Anna Smalley, CeCe Smalley; Standing: Dick Hull, Melody Stevenson, Jamy Shaffer, Rose Doctor, Dennis Jackson, Grant Smalley, James Greear, Deano Smalley.
HICKSVILLE — A homemade Mexican dinner will be a highlight when the Hicksville Village Players perform the comedy mystery “Death and Taxes” at St. Michael’s Catholic Church on Antwerp Drive in Hicksville.
The next time you feel as though your elected lawmakers have more on their plates than they can handle, just be glad you aren’t a resident of Hendricks, where the village council has assembled to look for a murderer. The meeting takes on the feel of a jury rather than a typical council session as members of the cast try to figure out who did it and why.
In “Death and Taxes,” it becomes clear that the killer is likely one of the people assembled there, especially since everyone has seen the recently-deceased IRS employee in town — and each and every one of the people there seems to be hiding something.
Mayor Kathleen Lyles (Melody Stevenson) attempts to maintain control of the council as well as of the other strange town characters who become a part of the mystery. Suspects include newspaper editor Eddie King (Grant Smalley), who seems to know more than the average reporter could contribute; the mayor’s secretary Lydia (Rosanna Husted); gung-ho sheriff Wesley Thorne (Jamy Shaffer); sarcastic Carl Johansen and his bickering sister Mattie (Deano Smalley and Anna Smalley); nosy neighbor Cora Sedgewick (Cece Smalley/Carol Clark); country doctor Efrem Bishop (Dick Hall); drama teacher Evelyn Martindale (Rose Doctor); and her assistant/gofer/slave (James Greer). News reports on the murder are provided by announcer Dennis Jackson.
This will be a dinner theatre, with a homemade Mexican fiesta starting at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, June 16, 17, 23 and 24. For those wanting to see the show only, doors will open at 7 p.m., with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. A show-only matinee will be Sunday, June 25 at 2 p.m.
Telephone 419-212-2096 for dinner reservations. Those attending the show only may purchase tickets at the door.
