Show 56 #4 MURDER ON RESERVE 2019

Murder On Reserve – The Show and it’s Performances

Vancouver Premiere

FAST FACTS:

Murder On Resere Deal
SHOW TIMES:

Evening Performances at 8 pm:
Thursday to Saturday
Matinee Performances at 2 pm:
Jan 27  & Feb 3

SHOW RUN:

Jan 19 to Feb 9,2019

  • The Director’s Talk is Friday, January 25
  • The Preview is on Friday, January 18 – it is the final dress rehearsal.
LOCATION:

1370 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC.  Next to the on-ramp to the Arthur Lang Bridge by Marine Drive and Granville.

TICKET PRICING:

Tickets are $25 for adults or $22 for seniors & students, with a special every Thursday 2 for $37. Preview performance $15.

Tickets can be reserved by calling the Metro Box Office 604 266 7191 

BOX OFFICE WINDOWS HOURS:

Wed – Sat 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm & 1 Hour before each show.
Box Office Phone: 604 266 7191

604 266 7191 voicemail or Contact Us form below can be used at other times.

LICENSED LOUNGE HOURS:

Performance Evenings – 7:00 – 11:00 pm
Performance Matinees – 1:00 – 5:00 pm

PARKING:

There is plenty of easy parking – in the parking lot, on the street, even ‘All Evening Parking’ for $4 at the Value Liquor Store Lot just up the street from Metro – 1450 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6P 5Z9

BUS ROUTES:

We’re close to the Marpole bus loop and on the #10 route. Check out www.translink.ca for transit directions.

CONTACT:

Metro Theatre via the contact form at the bottom of this page for more information, publicity photos, and arrangements for interviews.

Show Pictures:

Mudeer On Reserve | Read Through
Muder On Reserrve | Directors Guidence
Murder On Reserve Discussion
Murder On Reserve Mascot
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Muder On Reserve in Sweaters

Press Release: Murder On Reserve

Metro Theatre is excited to debut the Vancouver Premiere of MURDER ON RESERVE –  a comedy mystery written by Thomas Hischak and directed by Don Briard on our stage January 19 – February 9.

Murder On Reserve

Things are a little too quiet, even for the Reference Section of the public library.  Crotchety old Faulkner Seaton has been strangled while the dusty old library was open. Most puzzling of all is the fact that nobody in the place saw or heard a thing.

Murder On Reserve Books

The big city cops are called in. Their investigations reveal a motley crew of oddball suspects, a very limited set of motives and little evidence.   The characters are familiar —no mobsters or spies; no famous sleuth; no tycoons or famous authors—just people you might know. Seaton, had terrorized generations of  young people, and was thoroughly disliked by everyone—but why was he killed in such a public place?  What motive could possibly justify such a risk?  And why didn’t the town have anywhere to get a decent cup of coffee?

Director Don Briard comments “The core of Murder on Reserve it is about the characters and their evolution from ordinary to vivid, believable and interesting suspects. It develops as the cops set a trap to catch the murderer that results in a thrilling and revealing conclusion.”

Tickets are $25 Adult or $22 Senior/Student with a special 2 for $37 every Thursday.

Cast and Production Team

The Murder on Reserve Cast
CAST

Wiley Myers…………………….John Destry
Kelly Perkins…………………….Syrah Khan
Fern Mansfield……………..….Maria Baker
Judith Karr………………………..Joan Koebel
Ethan Binnie…………………….Don Briard
Inspector Trigg………..……….Bill McNaughton
Lt. Elizabeth Roberts…..…….Kathleen Driscoll
Roy Templeton……………..….Richard Guenther
Mrs. Chesley…………………….Helen Volkow

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director……………………………..….Don Briard
Production Manager…………….Joan Koebel
Stage Manager…………………….Chrysta Webster
Asst Stg Mgr………………..……….Heather Wester
Set Designer……………………..….Don Briard
Lighting Designer……………..….Jamie Horsley
Sound Designer……………………Don Briard
Properties……………………..……….Chrysta Webster
Board Operator…………………….Leslie Thompson
Technical Director………………….Jamie Horsley
General Manager…………….…….Les Erskine
Photography………………………….Tracy-Lynn Chernaske
Head Carpenter…………………….Robin Richardson
Scenic Painting………….………….Tracy-Lynn Chernaske
Set Decoration………….………….Tracy-Lynn Chernaske
Graphic Design…………………….Barbara LaBounta
Wardrobe Manager…..………….Sean Ullmann

The Story

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The death of Falkner Seaton in the reference section of the Sanford Public Library is the most exciting thing to happen there “since they put in carpeting two years ago”.

The death of the irascible Seaton is clearly mourned by no one in the small town. Inspector Trigg and Lieutenant Roberts, from St. Louis, brought in to handle the investigation, are faced with the problem of untangling the events and personalities.  Seaton, a retired teacher who had terrorized generations of Sanford’s young people, was thoroughly disliked by everyone—but why was he killed in such a public place?  What motive could possibly justify such a risk?  And where could  Inspector Trigg get a decent cup of coffee?

Interview after interview reveals a picture of life and relationships in the small town.  Ethan Binnie, the martinet who has run the library for over twenty years warred with Seaton over his violation of the rules, but would Binnie kill to enforce them?  Judith Carr, Binnie’s assistant, would clearly do anything to make life smoother for a man whom she has silently adored for so long, but would she go that far?  Mrs. Chesley, Sanford’s resident gossip is happy to tell all she knows or suspects, including hints about Fern Mansfield’s family.  Wiley Meyers, the town character and sometime drunk, appears good natured, but is there more to him than dreams of travel to exotic  locals?  Roy Templeton, the town’s real estate developer is characterized as a “smiling piranha”, but is his urging of Trigg not to upset the town based on more than sensitivity? Personalities become clear, but hard evidence and motive remain elusive.

Inspector Trigg is forced to come up with a desperate plan to smoke out the killer, but will it work, or will he and Roberts be condemned to stay in Sanford drinking bad coffee?

Director’s Talk

Don Briard Director | Murder On Reserve

Don Briard and the cast of Murder on Reserve WILL HOST AN INFORMAL CHAT immediately following the show on Friday, January 25, 2019. They will be discussing:

The three types of mystery:

  1. the who-dun-it,
  2. the police procedural
  3. and the thriller.

Which one is Murder on Reserve and what are the elements that make it work.