How To Get Away With The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Ashley Lauren Rogers

<10 MINUTE - A holiday play is in danger when an actor goes missing and the semi-prominent actor who has been brought in to portray Charles Dickens goes deep into "The Method," and believes they ARE Charles Dickens and cannot be reasoned with any other way. As the play's director attempts to get their production back on the rails they find there might be something sinister at play.
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How To Get Away With The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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  • Steven G. Martin:
    29 Nov. 2022
    “ This short play is genuinely chilling.

    Ashley Lauren Rogers pulls in the audience will the initial comic overtones -- a possibly drunken actor doing line work, a frustrated director, an at-risk performance. But then Rogers leaves the slightest trail of details and an audience will put them together to figure out not only what happened, but how and why. And it's all understated.

    "How to Get Away with the Mystery of Edwin Drood" is chilling. Funny, yet chilling. ”
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    21 Jan. 2019
    “ A super hilarious short play that leaves so much room for actors to play. I saw it performed live and laughed throughout! ”

Development History

  • Commission
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    Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
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    2018