REBECCA HALE
Staff Writer
This weekend, murder will run rampant in the Williams Center.
In the Horizon Room, the Interactive Theatre Society will put on “Where There’s a Will,” a student-written and directed murder mystery. Co-written by Rachel Gregg, Sam Ploetz, Tiffany Conners and alumni Shawn Hallet, the event will be a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres catered courtesy of FSA.
No one can be sure what will happen during this fiasco, but one can be sure that it will be a shocking event that will keep viewers on their toes. Attendees should come prepared for anything.
“Something really unique about the show is that everyone is going to be staying in character for the entirety of the two hours, even during intermission,” explained Conners, a senior English major, president of Interactive Theater Society and co-director of “Where There’s a Will.”
“The audience is going to have chances to interact with every single person; they can go up and talk to these people and get their questions answered, and the characters are going to know how to respond,” Conners said.
The show starts with the reading of Marcus Mobass’ will, where it all begins, and everyone is looking to inherit his fortune. Then, chaos ensues.
“Everyone is doing so well. I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing this cast is,” said Conners.
“Especially considering we’re trying to put this together in two weeks, that is amazing,” continued Gregg, a senior video production major and co-director.
Conners also added, “Most everyone in the show is not a theatre major.”
During intermission, viewers will have the ability to guess the murderer and correct answers will be put into a raffle. At the end of the Sunday show, a winner, who will receive a valuable grand prize, will be drawn from the raffle. The winner does not need not be present at the time of the drawing in order to claim their prize.
“It’s been a lot of fun; it’s a really good script. I especially like a lot of the interactions the characters have in the first act,” said Mattew Rudoy, a sophomore English adolescent education major, who plays the role of Alphonse Murdock.
“No one really knows who he is at the beginning of the show,” noted Rudoy about Alphonse, “but there are a lot of really big personalities.”
The show will be comedic as well as tragic; however, Gregg said, “There are some really heartfelt moments; there’s a lot of emotional moments — it’s not just straight slapstick.”
The show will be approximately two hours and will play on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 presale, and $8 at the door.
Connors stated, “It’s gonna be a night of laughter, surprises and bloodshed.”