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Bancroft Theatre Guild hosts second murder mystery

August 25, 2016

By Sarah Sobanski

“Who hasn’t been to a wedding and thought, you know what, someone here should die?” asked Bancroft Theatre Guild president Kevin Newman. “Usually it’s the best man, or one of the groomsmen, or the creepy ex boyfriend or girlfriend that showed up with someone else — everyone wants someone to die at a wedding. Not everyone is happy by the end of the night, especially the in-laws, neither of them are happy.”

On that note, the Bancroft Theatre Guild and Bancroft Curling Club will host interactive murder-mystery dinner A Grave Wedding Aug. 27 at the Bancroft Curling Club. The event will star the president himself, Dawn Newman, Clorissa Newman, Kristena Schutt, Jacquie Armstrong, Andra Kauffeldt, Stewarts Ruttan as the wedding party and attendees and Brian Goodwin as the investigating officer.

“The base is the Graves family owns a successful chain of marinas. Another company has come in, and it’s undercutting them. I can’t tell you who dies, yet, but someone who is part of a different family is undercutting them and really hurting their bottom line,” explained Newman.

All proceeds will go to the club and the guild. Along with the show and dinner, there will include a silent auction. Newman said everything is up for grabs. The goal is to support giving back to the community.

“Anything that comes goes back out. The local organizations and businesses have been so generous to us. These businesses give us some amazing silent auction items for this. Choices [Thrift and Gift Shop] gave us a wedding dress, and it’s a really beautiful wedding dress. You can go and see this dress on Kristena, and if you like it you can buy it. The pearls, the historic, authentic heirloom family jewels of the Graves family are also available for purchase,” he said explaining how the community has come together for the event.

Dinner starts at 7 p.m. Saturday night. Those looking to attend can get tickets by emailing bancroftguild@hotmail.com.

         

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