Main Street Theater presents “Trifles”
Murder mystery “Trifles” premieres with Community Players Inc. next week at Main Street Theater and will have audiences guessing until the final act.
Set in the early 1900s, this dramatization tells the story of a farmer mysteriously strangled in his sleep. The play is “less of a ‘who-dun-it’ and more of a ‘why-dun-it,” director Tammy Vinson said.
During the investigation of a murder, male and female roles are examined in this based-on-a-true-story 1916 case by Susan Glaspell. While the menfolk search for a motive, the women relegated downstairs solve the mystery and, in fact, conceal the killer.
With a cast of five actors in one act, the short play also features a musical prelude by local teen Kiara Stowater.
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David Woody takes on the role of Sheriff Henry Peters, a no-nonsense lawman. Pip Bickford portrays county attorney George Henderson, a haughty politician. Lloyd Turney plays nosy neighbor Lewis Hale, and Jenifer Lucas plays his wife. Correna Korth rounds out the cast as the Sheriff’s wife.
“This cast is incredibly talented,” Vinson said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better group.”
Vinson will have her directorial debut as Trifles after 30 years of acting with Main Street Theater.
“This play will remind audiences sometimes the trifling things are the big things in life– and in death,” Vinson said.
Performances of “Trifles” run from June 24-26. Tickets can be purchased at communityplayersinc.com
Photos by Christian Dicus
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