The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Book, Music and Lyrics by
…Rupert Holmes

Directed by Michael J. Mirra
Choreographed by Jessica Bittner Markus
Musical Direction by Kurt Kelley

WHODUNNIT?! … YOU DECIDE!
This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of an unfi…nished Charles Dickens mystery novel. The story itself deals with John Jasper, a choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper’s nephew, young Edwin Drood. Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve — but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit? The giddy playfullness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one of DROOD’s most talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious of finales!