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Deathtrap

The cost of tickets for a single show is $17.00 for youth, students (any age) and seniors (55 years and older) and $19.00 for adults (19 to 54 years of age). 

There will be a $2.50 transaction fee per purchase.

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Genre: Comedy/Drama

Cast: Three males and 2 females

Sypnosis:

A play within a play, it holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway. 

Sidney Bruhl is a playwright who is most famous for his mystery thriller "The Murder Game." Following the debut of the latest of a series of flops, the once-successful playwright’s last several productions have flopped at the box office.  To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwriting for Sidney's review and advice. The play, "Deathtrap," is a five character, two act thriller so perfect in its construction that, as Sidney says, "A gifted director couldn't even hurt it." Using his penchant for plot, and out of his desperate desire to once again be the toast of Broadway, Sidney, along with his wife, Myra, cook up an almost unthinkable scheme: They'll lure the would-be playwright to the their home, kill him, and market the sure-fire script as Sidney's own. The plan quickly spirals out of control. Shortly after Clifford arrives, it's clear that things are not what they seem! Indeed, even Helga Ten Dorp, a nosey psychic from next door, and Porter Milgram, Sidney's observant attorney, can only speculate where the line between truth and deception lies.