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    Breese, Illinois 62230 (618) 526-2866

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Clinton County Showcase

Director: Dustin McSparin Home: (618) 526-7704

Based on the Emmy award-winning show by Reginald Rose.
Adapted by Sherman Sergel.

* Produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

SYNOPSIS:
A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man; of a man we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it does become, with each juror revealing his own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. The jurors' final verdict and how they reach it—in tense scenes that will electrify the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats—add up to a fine, mature piece of dramatic literature.
 

The Clinton County Showcase
Dinner Auction:

A Red Carpet Event

WHO? You and your guests
at only $15 per person

WHAT? Enjoy a fun evening with dinner, a dance, and silent and oral auctions

WHEN? Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
5 pm to midnight

WHERE? Breese KC Hall

WHY? For Avon Theatre renovations

To purchase tickets or to make a donation:
- visit State Farm Insurance in Breese,
- call Leann Klostermann at 526-4870, or
- call Lynn McSparin at 526-7704.

Please make your advanced reservations and

donations by Wednesday, Sept. 17th.

Tickets will not be sold at the door.

2008-2009 OCTOBER PLAY
Rehearsal for Murder

Director: Rob Otrembiak Home: (618) 523-9907
Performance Dates:
October 17,18,19, 24,25,26, 2008
 

Rehearsal for Murder
Adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke
Based on the hit television play by Richard Levinson and William Link, Emmy-award-winning writers of the 'Murder She Wrote' and 'Columbo' series

* Produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

SYNOPSIS:
This is a thrilling "theatrical" mystery in which the theatre becomes the set for the play. The playwright turns on the stage work light and prepares for the first reading of his new play. The actors, producer, director and others connected with the show come onto the stage, and under their humorous (and utterly real) theatrical talk, tension grows. We discover that everyone connected with this play was involved with another play by the same playwright. At its opening night, exactly a year ago and in this same theatre, the beautiful leading lady, who was also the playwright's fiancée, was murdered! As these people start with the new play, startling connections to the murder begin to unfold. The growing tension reaches the boiling point with surprising revelations, countered by others even more surprising. The dazzling, yet basically logical twists build to a climax and solution that are theatrically stunning!

Update from Rehearsal for Murder

Clinton County Showcase is a non-profit community arts group (Breese, Illinois) dedicated to promoting art, music, and theatre events. Our goal is to provide a creative artistic outlet for our youth as well as adults. To that end we have established the following Scholarships to be presented annually.

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