[0:05] [Music] [0:10] play is called a murder is announced and [0:13] it's based on Agatha Christie story in [0:15] this we have such a great cast of people [0:17] that pull these characters to life and [0:20] they all become intertwined in this [0:22] mystery that they have to figure out who [0:24] done it Miss Blacklock owns the home [0:26] where the action takes place and she has [0:29] several borders when the announcement [0:31] comes out in the newspaper that a murder [0:33] is going to happen it states that it's [0:35] going to happen in her home that evening [0:38] it's so fun to do a murder mystery [0:41] Agatha Christie was terrific at drawing [0:43] different kinds of characters kind of [0:45] archetypes but you've got all these [0:47] different kinds of people [0:50] interacting and of course you're not [0:52] sure who the murderer is or if there [0:54] even is a murderer but every single one [0:57] of the characters has a good reason to [0:59] kill somebody else the announcement in [1:01] The Gazette what does it mean you have [1:04] seen that miss marel is a character that [1:07] shows up in a couple of eath Christi's [1:10] books but specifically in a murder's [1:12] announce she is a friend of bunny and [1:15] Miss Blacklock and comes over to drop [1:17] off some beautiful violets for bunny a [1:20] lot of people are probably familiar with [1:21] her she's a classic Agatha chrisy [1:24] character she is an older lady who loves [1:28] to solve crime and she's really good at [1:31] it she gets invited to this party that's [1:33] going to happen at 6:30 and she shows up [1:35] to what seems like a mystery she can't [1:38] help herself and she has to investigate [1:41] with Miss marel she always shows up [1:43] unexpectedly you know if you ever [1:45] watched murders she wrote it's a lot [1:48] like that Jessica Fletcher has a lot of [1:50] people who get murdered in her life so [1:53] does miss marle our cast of characters [1:55] has some really big personalities and we [1:57] find out information about all of them [1:59] along the way so you never know who's [2:02] hiding a secret it's called to be a mad [2:04] man or a mad woman I think Agatha [2:07] Christie Mysteries still resonate with [2:09] modern audiences because everybody [2:12] fancies themselves a detective a little [2:15] bit and everybody likes to guess uh [2:18] guess the end and usually in Agatha [2:20] Christie you can't until she reveals it [2:23] all she understood human nature she also [2:26] had a pretty interesting life herself [2:29] but there was a the point where she [2:30] actually went missing herself and was [2:33] like oh my gosh what's happened to [2:34] Agatha Christie and really she just [2:36] snuck away I think to write a book or [2:38] escape a husband something we have a [2:40] tremendous cast lots of people who are [2:44] you know all Community people here in [2:46] the Twin Cities thank you so much for [2:48] supporting life theater we really [2:50] couldn't do it without you please come [2:52] and enjoy a murderers announced from [2:53] February 14th to February 23rd thank you [2:56] and I hope you enjoy the show [3:03] [Music]