WHS Company Stages Mystery Comedy

The curtain goes up on Friday, November 20 for “This Murder Was Staged,” the latest production from Weston High School’s theater group, Company.

You have two chances to see this “fast-paced, backstabbing, backstage comedy”:

Friday, November 20 at 7:00 pm, and Saturday, November 21 at 3:00 pm. Tickets are available here.

The story

On the opening night of a new mystery play, just at the moment the murder is to be solved and the real killer revealed, the dead body of the play’s director falls onto the stage.

Instantly, the theater becomes an active crime scene, and everyone — everyone — is a suspect, because everyone has a motive to want the demanding director dead.

It’s up to an intrepid detective to crack the case, as unexpected twists, colorful characters, and plenty of laughs keep you guessing.

The play was written by Patrick Greene and Jason Pizzarello. Earlier this month, Mr. Pizzarello paid a visit to Company’s cast and crew. You can read all about it here in an article by Zain Chaudhry, class of 2027.

Cast & crew

In the cast of “This Murder Was Staged” …

Sofia Abreu (‘27), Abby Ackerman (‘30), Lucas Buckmir (‘30), Surayya Chaudhry (‘27), Milo DeWilder (‘28), Nikki Egmond (‘30), Emily Kapner (‘28), Mili Neave (‘29), Victoria Overton (‘30), Elizabeth Piekarski (‘28), Simon Quinn (‘28), Asa Rosengarten (‘29), Olivia Skidd (‘28), Amelia Stein (‘30), Alex Terenzi-Klein (‘29), Butchie Winkelman (‘27), Ian Zarco (‘28).

The Crew:

Stage Manager: Eleni Perez Christoforidis (‘28).
Assistant Stage Manager: Marlowe Soloshatz (‘30).
Poster/Playbill Art: Nevaeh Cruz (‘27).
Crew members: Victoria Abreu (‘29), Owen Anderson (‘29), Ted Austin (‘30), Caroline Bautista (‘27), Zain Chaudhry (‘27), Jude Goertz (‘29), Giselle Gordon (‘30), Lena Lim (‘27), Marcus Mittleman (‘28), Ana Parker (‘30), Grant Paul (‘27), Christopher Piazza (‘28), Madison Rivera (‘28), Eli Schlechter (‘27), Olivia Skidd (‘28), Riva Talekar (‘30).