NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

7/06/2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES -The Wild West murder mystery Murder Rides Again will be presented by the Northwestern Summer Theatre July 26-29 and August 2-5 and 9-12 at 6 p.m. in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. Tickets are $20, which includes a four-course meal along with the show. Scott Burrell is the director.

The audience is an important part of the play, interacting with the cast to solve the mystery. In Murder Rides Again, the townsfolk of Groaners Gulch, Nev., have gathered once more for the annual chili cook-off when trouble starts. Will the sheriff save the town from outlaws or vice versa? The audience is invited to become a patron of Miss Liddy's saloon and participate in solving this mystery.

Members of the cast will be the waiters for dinner. Audience members receive "bribe money" to entice the suspects to give them better clues and a clue dossier which contains riddles and puzzles to help solve the mystery. An audience member who solves the mystery will receive the "Super Sleuth Prize."

Burrell said Murder Rides Again is by Jim Dabb, who also wrote Death by Disco, which was performed by the Northwestern Summer Theatre last year.

"It's a cheesy comedy in a Western setting that calls for a lot of improvisation by the cast and interaction with the audience," he said. "It has a marshal, a sidekick, a gunfighter and a saloon owner named Miss Liddy. The play is tongue in cheek and very funny."

The cast includes Eric Duhon of Lake Charles as Fester, Rebecca Russell of Alexandria as Miss Liddy, Jeremy Williams of Baton Rouge as Clancy Berringer, Robert Richoux of Covington as Marshall Duke, Kyle Accord of Roswell, Ga., as Miss Prunebacher and Van White of New Llano as Johnny Bingo and Bonnie Bingo.

For more information on the Northwestern Summer Theatre, call (318) 357-4483 or (318) 357-6891.

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