The Grainger-Hill Performing Arts Center will launch its Mystery Theater Series, “A Dinner to Die For,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Olivia's at Frenchman's Creek. The $40 ticket cost per person includes the meal and performance. Wine and beer are extra.
Area actors will present a historical murder mystery staged during the Civil War period and based on facts about Kinston's Sugar Hill, complete with period costumes. Emcee is Alison Merritt and the narrator is Wilbur King.
Characters include Anne Johnson, the Madam; Nora Parker, Sugar Hill girl; Thomas Bailey, Sheriff; Bill Taylor, forger; Teresa Sumner, land owner's wife and principal playwright; Dedra Houston, slave; Lysa Mackey, whiskey woman; Stephen Alford, CSS Neuse sailor; Katie Griffith, whiskey woman's daughter; and Ann Brinson.
Rotating monthly at area restaurants, the Oct. 11 show will be at King's Restaurant. The Nov. 8 performance will be at the Kinston Country Club. A performance, with date to be announced, will be held at Chef and the Farmer.
Reserve spaces by calling Barbara Smith at 252-521-4513 or check the Grainger-Hill PAC website, ghpac.com, for more information. A portion of the theater events is tax deductible since Grainger-Hill is a nonprofit organization. Make checks payable to Grainger-Hill PAC.
‘A Dinner to Die For’
6:30 p.m. Friday
Olivia's at Frenchman's Creek
Cost: $40 ticket per person, meal and performance; wine and beer extra
Reservation: 252-521-4513 or ghpac.com