WINONA LAKE - Lakeland Christian Academy's drama department will present "Ax of Murder" tonight and Saturday.
This is an audience interactive murder mystery in two acts by Pat Cook.
Everyone has heard of a haunted house. Probably even a haunted theater. But a haunted play? Could it be haunted by the spirit of a man who died recently at the theater? No, it's not possible.
At least, that's what theater director Bonnie Bagwell tries to convince the other members of the troupe as writer Colin Chambers hints at the trail of horror that has cursed his script, "Ax of Murder."
Unfortunately, curiosity gets the best of the actors and, despite Colin's adamant warnings, they open the script and start reading the play. It soon becomes apparent the play is mirroring their theater and even the specific actors.
"The play changes with each performance," Colin intones, though he's not taken seriously. But when a police sergeant shows upon cue stating he was called in on a murder, people begin to wonder. Wonder turns to fear when someone is murdered onstage. And it seems as if no one could have done it. No one, that is, except perhaps a ghost.
Performances are today at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door - adults are $6, students are $4, and preschoolers are free. LCA is at 1093 S. CR 250E, Winona Lake.
