On March 14, 2014, friends, family, and neighbors got together at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School (OHCHS) to watch the Drama Class perform Murder at the Bistro. This play is a short murder mystery, which involves a lot of interaction with the audience.
“We looked for a short play with the right amount of characters to match the size of our class. This play had loads of humor in it and it was age appropriate,” explained Cynthia Kugell, the Drama teacher.
“I am part of the Project Grad committee and I have a daughter that is graduating this year. Last year the Drama class worked with the OHCHS Library on a fundraiser for their department,” said Kugell. “Our drama class needs to do some type of production as part of the curriculum and a Murder Mystery benefit was a great fit.”
The audience turnout was greater than the class had expected. They had over 100 tickets to sell and had an audience of 75. The money raised from the Mystery Theater production was donated to Project Graduation.
“The audience was great! They were very involved and I appreciated that they were kind to the students and generous with their "dollar bills" when it came time to answer questions,” explained Kugell. “ I felt that everyone had a good time and enjoyed the show.”
To increase the profit for Project Graduation, the actors went around to every dinner table with a list of questions that they would answer if the table paid a dollar.
Although this was a short play with a decent size audience, Kugell hopes that there will be a time when her class can put on another play.
“We had three returning students from last year’s class, so I am hoping for more seasoned actors to make next year’s performance even better,” said Kugell, her enthusiasm bubbling over. “Keep an eye out for another great Murder Mystery Dinner performed by a new group of drama Students in March of 2015!”
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