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You think it’s easy to write a murder? Just ask the Marquis Crossing Ladies Society for the Arts. They decide to do just that, especially when they find out they have to pay royalties to do someone else’s play. “Anybody can write a murder,” Emma tells the others, and Opaline immediately begins to try to strangle the other members “just to figure out how to do it.” The ladies soon find themselves writing an “operatic murder mystery dinner theater with possible audience participation,” providing no one sells fruit to the audience. Then two actual convicts on the lam decide the best place to lay low is with the ladies, who drag them into the play. A wise-cracking farce where no one can tell the loaded guns from the unloaded ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Edward Bloom has lived a full and fantastical life, populated by witches, giants, and mermaids, marked by true love that stops time in its tracks, and framed by heroics that push the limits of believability. His adult son, Will, is no longer amused by his father\u2019s fantastical tales, insisting on a rational rather than a fantastical account of one\u2019s life. When Edward\u2019s health declines, and Will learns that he and his wife, Josephine, will have a son of their own, Will decides to find out his father\u2019s \u201ctrue\u201d life story, once and for all. <\/span>Big Fish<\/em> is a heartfelt, powerful, and truly magical musical about fathers, sons, and the stories that we use to define our identities. With spine-tinglingly beautiful music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, and a funny, heartwarming book by John August, <\/span>Big Fish<\/em> is a magnificent \u201cbig fish\u201d of a tale, itself — spectacular, fantastical, and overflowing with love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.<\/em>\u00a0follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats, but the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory \u2014 or suffer the consequences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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December 6th and 7th @ 7:30p
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John C Dean Memorial Theater
673 Penfield St. Beecher, IL 60401<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Live Radio play is a live action stage play that depicts a recreation of an old time radio program complete with characters, costuming, live sound effects (foley table), and so much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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