Friends of the Library to host murder mystery dinner theatre

Help figure out who offed tyrannical billionaire Simon Starkweather as the Friends of the Randolph Public Library host Murder’s in the Heir, a fun, comedic, audience participation murder mystery dinner theatre at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 17, at Pinewood Country Club.

Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased at the Asheboro Public Library or at Brightside Gallery, and cover the cost of dinner and the show. A cash bar will be available for beer and wine.

The event is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Library.

Where there’s a will there’s a relative, as the saying goes, and when Starkweather’s eccentric heirs learn they may be disinherited, the old man is not long for this world.

It falls to Starkweather’s grandson, Simon III, and a detective to solve the mystery. But the play’s unique ending actually uses secret ballots collected from the audience at intermission to determine the killer.

Characters such as Starkweather, Simon III, detective Mike Davis, befuddled niece Fiona, playboy Jordan, Southern belle Paula, attorney Lois van Zandt and various servants will be played by Asheboro City, Randolph County and home school students under the direction of English teacher Devan Ward.

Sponsors of the event include Asheboro Elastics, Chick-fil-A, Carolina Custom Finishing, Randolph Oil, Dr. James Rich, Electra Finish Inc., Cynthia Pierce, Brightside Gallery, Pugh Funeral Home, Commonwealth Hosiery, Burge Flower Shop and Timken.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro. Brightside Gallery is located at 170 Worth Street.