by Eddie Cope and George Rapier

Produced by special arrangement with the authors

In this delightfully suspenseful original play, mystery writer extraordinaire Agatha Christie is hired to direct a new stage “whodunit” for Broadway’s historic Monolith Theatre, penned at the not-so-delicate hand of Oklahoma oil tycoon Rip Morrison. Shortly after Agatha arrives with her devoted assistant, Stevey, and her wayward niece, Cynthia, the first read-through begins. The play’s cast includes a star-studded cavalcade of veteran Broadway stars: larger-than-life Shakespearean actor Drake McCormick, his former wife and former Broadway leading lady Zelda Albright, famous character actor and artist of great reputation Barney Greenbaum, and the formidable Broadway leading lady Eleanor Styles.

Soon after Rip and Agatha’s rather heated discussion regarding possible alterations to his "mystery of the decade," they are all surprised to learn of one murder and – very soon after – to witness a second! It seems as though Agatha’s reputation has coupled with the theatre’s “twenty year jinx,” and together they have come to life on stage! But Detective Sarah Kirby arrives to solve the case and save the day… or does she?

Over the course of two days, this cast of quirky characters manages to work out the details and unravel the mystery – with no small amount of assistance from the great Mrs. Christie! The style and format of the play are so true to Agatha’s form that the mystery maven herself would be proud to be the title character in this delightful play!

The cast includes some familiar faces, as well as some new ones. Conejo Players newcomers Camille La Fredo (Agatha Christie), Danielle Larson (Cynthia Grove-Hewitt), and Patrick Saxon (Stevey Hobbes) join recent CPT alumni Rosemary Moffat (Zelda Albright) and Amy Jennings (Sarah Kirby) and veteran CPT actors Dave Parmenter (Rip Morrison), Keith Hurt (Barney Greenbaum), and Ray Mastrovito (Drake McCormick) to bring you this delightful, murder-filled mystery.

The team behind the scenes includes Tami Keaton (Director), Arryck Adams (Assistant Director), Shawn W. Lanz (Producer), Karen Graham-Hanna (Assistant Producer), Deidre Parmenter (Stage Manager), Jeff Calnitz (Lighting Designer), Dick Johnson (Set Designer), Rachel Kroner (Costumer), and Erin Fagundes (Props).

So put on your sleuthing hat and come find out WHODUNIT!