Austin Playhouse Holiday Card for The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig, December 13 - January 13, 2013

December 13 - January 13

Our 2012-2013 Season opens with a brand new comic murder-mystery by Ken Ludwig! It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays. 
 

Starring Joey Banks, Mary Agen Cox, Boni Hester, Huck Huckaby, Molly Karrasch, Jason Newman, Lara Toner, and Cyndi Williams.

Upcoming: The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig, Austin Playhouse at Highland Mall, December 13 - January 13

December 13, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Our 2012-2013 Season opens with a brand new comic murder-mystery by Ken Ludwig! It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.

Starring Joey Banks, Mary Agen Cox, Boni Hester, Huck Huckaby, Molly Karrasch,

Jason Newman, Lara Toner, and Cyndi Williams.

Directed by Don Toner with costumes by Diana Huckaby, sound design by the Gunn Brothers, and lighting design by Don Day.

Austin Playhouse Season Ticket holders may make reservations now.

Single tickets go on sale Monday, November 27th.

What: The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig

When: December 13, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Times: Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 5pm

Where: Austin Playhouse at Highland Mall

6001 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX 78752

How Much: $28 Thurs/Fri, $30 Friday/Saturday

$35 Opening Night with post-show reception, Friday December 14th

All student tickets are half-price!

Info/Tickets: (512) 476-0084

Website: www.austinplayhouse.com

Highland Mall Map

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Upcoming: Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin, Austin Playhouse, May 6 - June 3

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Born Yesterday

by Garson Kanin

May 4 - June 3

Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m.

Austin Playhouse temporary facility, 1801 1/2 Simond Street, Mueller Development (click for map)

Starring Andrea Osborn, Michael Stuart, Benjamin Summers, Brian Coughlin, Hans Venable, Dirk van Allen, and Mary Agen Cox

The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote, Austin Playhouse, November 19 - December 18

This is a memory play, an exercise in yearning -- not only for the principal character Carrie Watts, but also for playwright Horton Foote and for the audience. Where are they, those vanished earlier times, and what were they really like? Depending entirely on her son and her daughter-in-law in their apartment somewhere in the Houston of 1953, Carrie Watts longs to return to her home, a house somewhere in rural Texas at a crossroads with the melancholy, ironic name of "Bountiful."

The place still exists, as we learn while following Carrie's great escape, but as she inevitably discovers, there's no longer much of "home" about it, other than the sagging structure of the homestead.

Christopher Loveless's images make the point powerfully. In the publicity photo Carrie and her bags sit before a light-filled rural road -- as out-of-place and as photo-shopped as a 19th century portrait taken before a painted backdrop. In performance all that light and liberty disappears, for director Toner situates these actors in a virtually featureless black box, provided with minimal props and simple furnishings. The concept is so stark and featureless that the Playhouse lists no credit for stage design.

The story is intimately tied to the simple human ity of the characters and the authenticity of the voices given to them by the cast. The accents, rhythms and the perceptive costuming by Buffy Manners situate them in that specific moment in urbanizing Texas as director Toner and the cast deliver Foote's simple, powerful parable.

Read more and view additional images at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . .