Efficiency generated numerous laughs amongst viewers members.
ESTEVAN – The Souris Valley Theatre is grateful for the help proven for its second annual homicide thriller dinner theatre.
Performances of Headstone Wild West occurred April 25 and 26 on the Days Inn’s Taylorton Room, with a near-capacity crowd of 90 folks attending the primary evening and 99 current the second. They dined on a roast beef supper and laughed throughout a present that provided loads of improv.
“That is the enjoyable of the entire thing,” stated SV Theatre board president Allison Holzer. “We began rehearsals … on March 10, so we did roughly eight rehearsals, however each rehearsal, the strains could be somewhat completely different as a result of they had been improvising. So even at performances, our completely different strains would come out, as a result of there was no precise script.”
The actors had their speaking factors for the present, Holzer stated, and each character had a motive for eager to kill the sufferer.
“Then the viewers has to guess who the assassin was, after which within the last huge reveal, the actors come out and so they learn a bit of paper that comes out of an envelope as a result of they did not even know who the assassin is,” stated Holzer. “They learn from the envelopes, after which we discover out who the precise assassin was.”
The assassin was the identical every evening.
The viewers had a number of enjoyable, Holzer stated, as a result of they did not know what was coming subsequent.
For the reason that theatre goes to have a few western productions this yr, Headstone Wild West was chosen for the fundraiser, and spectators had been inspired to decorate accordingly.
Solid members had been Cheri Haberstock, Kyle Whitehead, Bethany Dittman, Adrienne Dechief, James Dobos, Laura O’Hanlon, Patrick Dupuis and Crystal Ross. Ross and Dechief had been the one newcomers for this yr.
Dustin Corridor had a cameo position because the undertaker. He entered the room after the sufferer was murdered.
Additionally, Dave Elliott, who’s on the theatre’s board by his work as a member of Estevan metropolis council, volunteered for sound on the primary evening, and Paul Carroll from Bienfait had comparable duties for the second.
When the theatre held the homicide thriller evening final yr, it was for only one evening, and it offered out shortly. Much more folks wished to attend, so a second efficiency was added for this yr.
The amount of cash raised wasn’t instantly accessible, however Holzer stated it is worthwhile internet hosting the evening and constructing anticipation for the upcoming season.
The theatre has finalized its productions for this yr and plans to disclose the 2 main-stage reveals and the live shows in early Might.
