Lindsay Carpenter:
15 Jun. 2023
“
This play is incredibly fun. It balances a large cast and lots of characters with a really compelling and cohesive arc. I found it entertaining and satisfying. ”
Sink! A Titanic Murder Mystery by
We begin on the Titanic. An ideal setting for a murder mystery, don't you think. First class. A widow, a magnate, young lovers, a grifter, a confirmed bachelor, a spiritualist and editor (Tennessee Blossom, close personal friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), along with the White Star staff are in a room when one of them ends up dead. The iceberg is a convenient distraction. Then, the captain's orders:...
We begin on the Titanic. An ideal setting for a murder mystery, don't you think. First class. A widow, a magnate, young lovers, a grifter, a confirmed bachelor, a spiritualist and editor (Tennessee Blossom, close personal friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), along with the White Star staff are in a room when one of them ends up dead. The iceberg is a convenient distraction. Then, the captain's orders: no murderers are allowed on the lifeboats. The game afoot: a mystery that must be solved before the ship goes down...
And then, something starts to shift: the characters begin to sing. We learn we are actually backstage at a Broadway show based on a Titanic. And one of the actors ends up dead. It's a noir.
And then the perception of reality starts to shift again.
On the surface it’s a traditional locked-room mystery. Below that, the play seeks to examine the construction of murder mysteries themselves, the drive to stage and imagine murder, even how issues of class connect. We intentionally evoke, reference, call into question, and/or subvert Sherlock Holmes, film noir / The Maltese Falcon, Columbo and Murder She Wrote, Clue, even the true crime media like the Serial Podcast.
It's a night to remember.
And then, something starts to shift: the characters begin to sing. We learn we are actually backstage at a Broadway show based on a Titanic. And one of the actors ends up dead. It's a noir.
And then the perception of reality starts to shift again.
On the surface it’s a traditional locked-room mystery. Below that, the play seeks to examine the construction of murder mysteries themselves, the drive to stage and imagine murder, even how issues of class connect. We intentionally evoke, reference, call into question, and/or subvert Sherlock Holmes, film noir / The Maltese Falcon, Columbo and Murder She Wrote, Clue, even the true crime media like the Serial Podcast.
It's a night to remember.