2019-09 Murder and Merry Men (R-ACT)

Director: Janet Lynn Hutchinson
Assistant Director: Conrad Bianco
Costumes: Misa McAnallen
Tech (Lights and Sound): Donna Glaab
Producer / Marketing / House Manager: Carey Hutch

It is 1193, and Richard the Lionheart, King of England, has been captured on his way home from the Crusades and is being held prisoner. His ransom has been stolen and its couriers murdered. Who could have performed such a crime, a crime that would keep England’s king a captive when she needs him most? Was it his hypochondriac brother, Prince John, who wants the throne of England for himself? Was it Robin of Loxley, the dashing outlaw known as Robin Hood? Could it be Robin’s right hand man, Little John, who is tired of living in Robin Hood’s shadow and wants to turn the spotlight on himself? Maybe it was Wilma Scarlet, Merry Woman and medieval feminist who wants more rights for women? Or was it the Lady Marion Fitzwalter, King Richard’s ward and a woman who is tired of having decisions made for her? Perhaps it was Maid Marion’s gentlewoman, the Lady Audrey, a woman who collects secrets as some people collect stamps? Could it have been Eleanor of Aquitaine, the powerful Queen Mother who loves her power? Or, is the fat Franciscan, Friar Tuck, a suspect or a detective?