Acting Can Be Murder
Written by John Gaspard
December 4, 2026-January 10, 2027
Running in Rep with Dial M for Murder
After fleeing a failed relationship in New York, actress Leah Sexton finds herself as the new Executive Director of the Como Lake Players–a small community theater nestled in a sleepy St. Paul neighborhood. The initial calm of this new position is shattered immediately when a local critic–who had just panned the theater’s latest production of Dial M for Murder–is found murdered on the show’s set. Acting Can be Murder is centered around a community theatre with a striking resemblance to Theatre in the Round Players, complete with clever in-jokes and a warm satire of local theatre makers and lovers.
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Run time: TBD
Content Notice: Murder
Audio-Described performance: TBD (email tix@theatreintheround.org to RSVP)
Post-Show Discussion: TBD
Pay-What-You-Can performance: December 14, 7:30pm
THE COMPANY
CAST
Leah Sexton –
Betsy –
Detective Mark Albertson –
Gloria –
Alex –
Joan–
Doris –
Archie –
Brian –
Police Operator –
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF
Director – Matt Anderson
Stage Manager – TBA
Assistant Stage Manager – TBA
Set Designer – TBA
Lighting Designer – Mark Kieffer
Asst Lighting Designer – Benji Mielke
Costume Designer – Colleen O’Dell
Prop Designer – Mark Steffer
Sound Designer – TBA
Composer – Robert Hoffman
Light Board Operator – TBA
Sound Board Operator – TBA
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