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Ring in the holidays with a hilarious seasonal twist on the classic English murder mystery. Austin Powers meets The Sopranos by way of Agatha Christie to produce a merry, mod, madcap mystery “thrilla.” Former mob boss Mickey Detoro has invited gangster couple Tony and Donna Bonifacio to a holiday party at the once magnificent Thrilla mansion (voice of Camilla Thrilla by Doris Roberts). But how will they recognize Mickey, who’s been in witness protection and undergone plastic surgery, and why has he asked them to use assumed names? Meanwhile, the villa is filled with actors who think that Tony and ...Read More
Ring in the holidays with a hilarious seasonal twist on the classic English murder mystery. Austin Powers meets The Sopranos by way of Agatha Christie to produce a merry, mod, madcap mystery “thrilla.” Former mob boss Mickey Detoro has invited gangster couple Tony and Donna Bonifacio to a holiday party at the once magnificent Thrilla mansion (voice of Camilla Thrilla by Doris Roberts). But how will they recognize Mickey, who’s been in witness protection and undergone plastic surgery, and why has he asked them to use assumed names? Meanwhile, the villa is filled with actors who think that Tony and Donna are paid audience members at their ‘60s mod murder mystery party. Then the dreidel song plays and the first body falls. But wait. Why has everyone gone off script? And why is a real cop knocking at the door?
“This play is going to be so much fun for the audience,” enthuses director Gary Lee Reed. “Whodunnits are complex to begin with, but Anna has created a play within a play within a play that is wild and crazy, with the actors playing layers upon layers. Usually murder mysteries have an element of seriousness since a prerequisite is someone getting killed for real—so a murder mystery farce is a pretty unique concept.”
Villa Thrilla runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m., Oct. 18 through Nov. 23. Tickets are $32. Atwater Village Theatre is located at 3269 Casitas Ave. in Los Angeles, CA 90039. On-site parking is free. For reservations and information, call 800-838-3006 or go to www.VillaThrilla.com
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