The Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center will continue its monthly mystery dinner event, “A Dinner to Die For,” with a 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 performance at the Picnic Basket on Heritage Street in Kinston.
The $40 ticket cost per person includes the meal and production. 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.
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 March event will be a 1 p.m. lunch and show at the Queen Street Deli, Queen Street. Tickets are $30. The theater’s final showing this season will be at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at the Chef and the Farmer. Tickets are $65, which include dinner and the show. Wine and beer are extra.
Reservations are required. 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, www.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.
