The Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center will continue its monthly Mystery Dinner event, “A Dinner to Die For,” with a Friday performance at King’s Restaurant on U.S. 70 East.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
The $40 ticket cost per person includes the meal, consisting of roast pork with chutney sauce, string beans, potatoes, spiced apples, assorted desserts, tea and coffee. Wine and beer are extra.
Area actors will present the historical murder mystery, staged during the period of the Civil War and based on facts about the Kinston’s own Sugar Hill. It will be complete with period costumes.
The 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.
The show is being held monthly at area restaurants.
The Nov. 8 performance (also at 6:30 p.m.) will be at the Kinston Country Club, and a later event (time and ticket price to be announced) is planned at the Chef and the Farmer.
To reserve spaces for this unique event call Barbara Smith (252-521-4513), Alison Merritt (252-560-8515) or check the Grainger Hill Web site at ghpac.com for more information. A portion of the theater events is tax-deductible, since Grainger Hill is a nonprofit organization. Checks may be made payable to Grainger Hill PAC.
