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Inspector Pratt (Daryl Branson) questions the weekend guests at Old CountryManor House as to their whereabouts during the murder. Pictured from leftto right, Margaret Craddock (Nancy Patton), Colonel Charles Craddock (DonKraus), Dorothy (Natalie Dollison), Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington (Krystal Ja-kowsky), Bunting (Frank Adams) and Inspector Pratt (Daryl Branson).

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Anew play by Moon Theatre Co.is sure to leave audiences gig-gling, if not chortling out loud.

Murdered toDeath, open-ing this Friday

is an AgathaChristie spoofset in an Eng-lish Manor.

The playstars all theusual suspects,including abumbling in-spector, an hon-est constable, adrunken butler,a rich aunt, adoting niece, aconniving artdealer, a blond

strumpet, a Colonel and his proper

English wife and the town meddler.There is murder, mayhem and even alove affair in Murdered to Death.

This production includes severalactors who are new to the Moon The-atre Co. including Natalie Dollison,

who recently moved to Colorado fromLaramie, Wyo., where she helped foundCentennial Community Theatre andAlbany County Theatre.

I like doing comedy the best. I likebeing silly, said Dollison, who perfectsher comedic chops as Dorothy, the dot-ing niece in this production.

No such play would be completewithout a Frenchman, and the part ofPierre Marceau is played delightfullyby Jay Jakowsky. His real life wife,Krystal Jakowsky, portrays the strum-pet, Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington.Both actors are new to the MoonTheatre Co. The two met on the set ofOnce upon a Mattress at the Long-

mont Theatre Co.Murdered to Death features a Miss

Marple-type character, Jane Maple,played by Marion Bennett, well-knownto Northern Colorado theater audi-ences. Bennett has been acting for 40

years, most frequently with the Long-mont Theatre Co., but she has been ina number of Moon Theatre productionsas well.

Ms. Maple is a very sharp lady,said Bennett. She has this faade asbeing a sweet little thing, but shessharp as a tack and I like that.

Don Kraus and Nancy Patton playColonel Charles Craddock and his wife,Margaret. Both portray these veryBritish characters with ease. TommieBrassell, as Mildred, the rich aunt andowner of the manor, also seems com-fortable in her position as lady of thehouse in Murdered to Death.

Bunting (Frank Adams), the drunk-en butler, is a bit like a character froma Monty Python skit, and ConstableThompkins (Scott Rochat) is spot on asthe straight man, although hes greatwith sight gags as well.

No Agatha Christie story is completewithout an inspector, and Murderedto Death features one whose inepti-tude knows no bounds. Daryl Bransontackles this character with zeal. Havingonly started acting seven years ago,Branson has become well-acquaintedwith all aspects of the theater, andsometimes directs productions for theMoon Theatre Co., as he will duringDelval Divas, on stage at this Janu-ary at the Rialto Theater in Loveland.

Murdered to Death is on stage atthe United Methodist Church at 8209th Street in Berthoud. It runs Oct. 18,19, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m., with Sun-day matinees at 2 p.m. on Oct. 20 and27. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8for students and seniors. Immediatelyfollowing the Oct. 18 show, audiencemembers can meet and greet the actorsduring a gala event. Go to MoonThe-atre.wordpress.com for more informa-tion.