'Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks' Performed at Westborough Library

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In the town of Fall River, on a scorching hot day in August 1892, two people were viciously murdered. Spinster Lizzie Borden was accused, tried, and acquitted for the ax murders of her father and stepmother. For more than 100 years, this true unsolved mystery has remained a captivating part of American folklore.

That’s the description of Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks, a production by Fran Baron to be performed by the Delvena Theatre Company on Tuesday, July 14, at 7 p.m. as part of the adult summer reading program at the Westborough Library.

An edutainment production, according to the announcement, the show features Lynne Moulton and Joseph Zamparelli, Jr. in multiple roles including a mock trial that invites the audience to participate by questioning Lizzie and deciding her guilt or innocence. Did she or didn’t she? You be the judge at the Westborough Public Library on July 14.

Lynne Moulton (pictured) has performed several roles for Delvena Theatre including her IRNE nominated Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Sissy in Piece of My Heart and also for numerous other theatre companies in the New England area.