'Three Murders and It's Only Monday' by Phoenix Stage Company

Phoenix Stage Company has produced many a fine comedy and just as many marvelous mysteries. With their latest show, ‘Three Murders and It’s Only Monday,’ the PSC has combined both with a piece written by Pat Cook. Ed Bassett directed nine talented local actors who cover 14 roles in a clever play full of plot twists peppered with lots of laughs.

Phoenix Stage veteran Tim Phillips leads the cast wonderfully as a private eye named Harry Monday investigating three murders at the Peaceful Pines Sanitarium. “It was the kind of night when you caught yourself holding your breath for no reason at all,” he says to the audience. A slew of mourners of various occupations show up as Monday tries to figure out who killed an old sea captain, a ventriloquist and a tramp. The lawyer Lilly Dramkean holds the wills of two of the deceased and a sultry soon-to-be heiress named Tara has the gumshoe befuddled.

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‘Three Murders’ continues at the Clockwork Repertory Theatre in Oakville through March 12, 2016 Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm.

Pictured: The cast of ‘Three Murders and It’s Only Monday’ Photo courtesy of Phoenix Stage Company