SHOW DATES:

February 3, 4, 10, 11

7 p.m. nightly

At the BridgePointe Hotel & Marina, New Bern, NC


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   Artemus Ward is the irritable head of the Ward Books empire. Well, he was. Now he’s sitting dead at his table in the Manor Restaurant. Now let’s meet the other folks in the place:

   Alexis, his daughter, runs around endlessly quoting Emily Dickinson. She’s a widow five times over, and her every mate was found dead at the dinner table. Her  brother Reginald is a cold, scheming fellow who wants to lock her up and take over the business. Then there’s the conniving lawyer Eileen Morrow who has her eye on Ward Books’ millions.

   And what about these others in the place? Jeannie Dell, owner of the Manor, her business hopelessly in debt. Bernie, the useless nephew of Artemus Ward. What about the mysterious coroner, Dr. Bullfinger, who conveniently showed up? Or Major, the cut-throat reporter friend that Dr. Bullfinger has called in to help solve the crime?

   Who did it? Why? How? Can you solve the crime?

   Welcome to the deadliest dinner in New Bern – Athens of the South’s newest mystery dinner theater production, Bill Hand’s “Murder in the Manor,” slated to perform at the BridgePointe Hotel and Marina, New Bern, on February 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. Flounders of New Bern is the caterer.

   As always, guests have an opportunity to take their own try at solving the crime and a prize goes to the closest guess wins a prize. The characters in the show visit the tables between scenes, answering questions to help guests in their sleuthing work.

   Dinner and show costs $30; show only is $15. All dinner tickets must be purchased at least one day in advance. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more, for active military, seniors 65 or older and for youth 16 or under.

   “For this production, we’re reviving the first mystery play I wrote,” Hand said. “The show has been performed numerous times over the years, and always with success. It’s a lot of fun and we have a really good cast.”

   Performing are: John Leahy as Artemus Ward; Eddie Moore as Bernie Jones; Sue Baldwin as Eileen Morrow; Beth Gosnell as Jeannie Dell; Jeffrey Haight as Reginald Ward; Sara Hand as Alexis, Bill Hand as Dr. Bullfinger; and Noah Fisher as Major.

   Doors open at 6:30. Tickets are available through the Bank of the Arts, 317 Middle Street, New Bern; by phone at 252-229-4977; or through the company website at athensmysterydinners.yolasite.com.

Meet our suspects!

ALEXIS. People worry about Alexis, the five-times-widowed young lady (every husband meeting his demise at the dinner table) who goes about endlessly quoting Emily Dickenson and never, ever sipping from or putting down that eternal glass of wine... 

REGINALD. Poor Reginald wishes only for power and the ability to make writers' lives miserable... if only dear old Dad had made him acquisitions editor instead of his crazy sister Alexis. If only dear old Dad hadn't made him a lowly salesman and actually expected him to work! If only dear old Dad was out of the way...

JEANNIE DELL. She loves her Manor restaurant but has no head for business: she's in debt up to her ears and the Manor has been sold to Artemus Ward in a tax sale for a song. What would she do to get it back...? 

BERNIE JONES. Happy-go-lucky if not overly bright, poor Bernie is a loser who will never make it out of the mail room! He's the son of Artemus's worthless sister who spends her days scheming to get a few easy bucks from her brother. Is Bernie more of the same?

EILEEN MORROW: What do you get for the girl who has nothing... and, by definition never can? Want is an almost goth-like, lively little girl with dreams of grandeur and an imagination that is out of this world.

ARTEMUS WARD. The cantankerous publisher of Ward books doesn't trust his clan, but his well-founded suspicions didn't keep him from winding up dead. Who did the deed...? 

MAJOR. He's a cut-throat reporter out for a story that will get him into the big-time... and he's been haunting the Ward family in the hopes this eccentric family would provide his fame-fodder! But does he have other motives as well...? 

DR. BULLFINGER. Pathologist, neurologist, DMD, DMZ, MVP. He's the coroner, a position he won unopposed, and he can't wait to do an autopsy and solve the crime! How did he get to the Manor so conveniently, and who is this reporter he has tagging around...?

 
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