'Offbeat' murder mystery 'Lucky Stiff' to take Civic Theatre stage
LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette will be putting on "Lucky Stiff," based on Michael Butterworth's novel "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo."
The performances will run Nov. 10-13 and 17-19.
According to the play's description, "Lucky Stiff is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds and a corpse in a wheelchair. The story revolves around an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn or else his uncle's gun-toting ex."
Civic Theatre's production of "Lucky Stiff" is directed by Brian Kocher with music direction by Lisa Tally.
Tickets may be purchase ahead of time online. For more information, visit www.lafayettecivic.org/lucky.
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