Trick Or Treating In Cumberland Oct. 30

Trick or Treating for Halloween will be held in Cumberland on Saturday, October 30 from 5-7 p.m.

 

 

Cumberland Firehouse Theater To Present

 Eat, Drink, And Be Murdered

Wrap your presents and put on your party hats, because the Cumberland Firehouse Theatre is about to unveil a mystery dinner show about an 80th birthday party attended by two feuding Irish families trying to get their hands on the Wild Irish Rose Whiskey recipe.

Penned by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, the show, Eat, Drink and Be Murdered, takes place at an 80th birthday party, where the McFaddens and the O’Rileys have congregated to honor the family matriarch, Grandma Rose. Trouble is, the two clans have hated each other for decades. The hatred escalated when Rose, an O’Riley, married Finian McFadden and gave him the O’Riley’s secret whiskey recipe. Now the McFaddens are filthy rich and the O’Rileys are forced to work for them at the Wild Irish Rose Distillery.

Audience members will get to cheer and boo as the two feuding families go after each other. Besides Grandma Rose, they’ll meet Conor, Rose’s ruthless son, who runs the distillery; Seamus O’Riley, Rose’s nephew, who works as foreman and dreams of taking over; Father Mike O’Riley, a priest with a lot to hide; Cathleen, Conor’s wife, who has secrets of her own; Hannah O’Riley, Rose’s bitter, old-maid sister; and Nurse Kelly, Rose’s mysterious caretaker.

The plot twists and turns even more when it’s revealed that the cunning Grandma Rose has kept one whiskey ingredient secret all these years. Every week, she goes to the distillery and, behind locked doors, adds the ingredient to the mix.

Will Grandma Rose divulge the secret ingredient? And if so, to which family? What are Seamus and Father Mike plotting? Why is Cathleen under Grandma’s thumb? Does Conor have even one decent bone in his body? And who the heck is Nurse Kelly and shy does Rose love her so much?

Keep your eyes and ears open because someone will meet an untimely death tonight and it’s up to the audience to solve the crime! Prizes will be awarded to the first people who correctly guess the murder and motive.

The curtain rises on Dec. 3 & 4. Proceeds from the dinner theatre event will benefit the Cumberland Fire Dept.

What can you expect from a an audience participation murder mystery? Fun the minute you walk in the door! Doors open at 5:00 , when you’ll get a chance to mingle with the cast as they drop hints about themselves and the show and give you a chance to ask questions. During the play, you’ll enjoy a delicious pork loin dinner with all the fixin’s while the cast keeps a low profile.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $15/ticket before Nov. 15 and $18/ticket after that. For information and reservations, call Brent Paulsen at 712-249-5888.

 

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