Fulton Theatre Opens SLEUTH This Month

The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre is proud to present the classic stage mystery Sleuth, October 3 through October 29. Join us and get caught up in the game that is sure to have you asking yourself where does imagination end and the reality begin?

Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer where it first opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in Manhattan on November 12th. Directed by Clifford Williams, the Broadway production received nominations for Best Lighting Design and for Best Direction of a Play, while receiving the Tony Award and Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Play. Starring Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter in the original cast received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. Sleuth ran for a total of 1,222 performances, where in 1972 Shaffer adapted his play for film. Since then the classic has been revived on screen in 2007 and 2014.

A Tony Award-winning mystery thriller. Andrew Wyke, acclaimed detective story writer, invites his wife's lover and adversary to his English home for the deal of a lifetime. A plot which involves a jewelry heist, insurance fraud and the ultimate revenge turns into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. This stirring whodunit, often referred to as one of the greatest stage thrillers, will keep you guessing until the end!

The Fulton Theatre's production stars Warren Kelley as Andrew Wyke. Fulton audiences have seen Warren as Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black and Charlie in The Foreigner. Last Spring Warren was at Walnut St. Theatre playing Truman Capote in The Gift. This coming winter he will go to Riverside Theatre in Florida to play The Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Other credits include: To Kill a Mockingbird as Atticus, Spamalot as King Arthur, The Merry Wives of Windsor as Master Fold, Art as Yvan, Oliver! as Fagin, Inherit the Wind as Brady, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Vanya.

Also starring is Michael Zlabinger as Milo Tindle. Off-Broadway: Like Money In The Bank (Theatre Row), The Subtle Body (59E59), Desperate Writers (Union Square Theatre). International: European premiere of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Vienna's English Theatre, dir. Pam MacKinnon). Regional: Orin in Little Shop of Horrors (Dante Hall Theater); world premiere of Lee Blessing's A View of the Mountains (NJ Rep); Other Desert Cities (Pioneer); The Columnist (Florida Studio); Ah, Wilderness! (Baltimore Centerstage); Hamlet (Shakespeare Theatre); Iago in Othello (NCSF); Splitting Infinity (Geva); Torvald in A Doll's House (NC Stage); Hamlet (Long Wharf).

Rounding out the cast in alphabetical order are; Jack Edwards (Police Constable Higgs), Jerry Marr (Detective Sergeant Tarrant), Albert Reid (Inspector Doppler).

The creative team for the production includes Andrew Kindig (Director), WilLiam James Mohney (Scenic Designer), Josh Schlader (Lighting Designer), Anthony Lascoskie, Jr. (Costume Designer), Matthew Moran (Sound Designer), Katelin Walsko (Props Designer), Rebekah Church (Production Stage Manager), and Chris Loreto (Production Assistant).

With special thanks to our Series Sponsors, Fox Chapel Publishing and Groff Funeral & Cremation Services, and Series Co-Sponsors Pour and Wacker Brewing Company.

New York Casting is done by Bob Cline Casting. Interviews are available with the cast and/or director based on availability. Production photos are available upon request. Performance Schedule follows at the end of the release.

Single ticket prices are $35, with Student Rush available. Fulton Theatre performs in its home, the national historic landmark Fulton Opera House located at 12 North Prince Street in Lancaster, PA. For more information or to purchase tickets call 717.397.7425 or visit theFulton.org.

About Fulton Theatre:
The Fulton first opened its doors in 1852. 165 years later, this national historic landmark theatre continues to entertain, educate and delight audiences, bringing live theatre, music, and more than 120,000 patrons into downtown Lancaster annually. Since its inception, some of the brightest stars of theatre, music and film have appeared on its stage, including Sarah Bernhardt, Mark Twain, Lionel Barrymore, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, W.C. Fields, George M. Cohan, Treat Williams and Lancaster's own Jonathan Groff.

Today, under the leadership of Executive Artistic Producer Marc Robin, the Fulton Theatre produces a mix of comedies, dramas and musicals, employing the talents of professional directors, designers, actors and playwrights from across the country. The Fulton also offers classes for children, teens and adults as well as numerous community engagement programs across the region.

Sleuth
The Fulton Theatre
Performance Schedule
October 3 through October 29, 2017

Tuesday October 3, 7:30 PM
Wednesday October 4, 7:30 PM
Thursday October 5, 7:30 PM
Friday October 6, 8:00 PM
Saturday October 7, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday October 8, 2:00 PM

Tuesday October 10, 7:30 PM
Wednesday October 11, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Thursday October 12, 7:30 PM
Friday October 13, 8:00 PM
Saturday October 14, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday October 15, 2:00 PM

Tuesday October 17, 7:30 PM
Wednesday October 18, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Thursday October 19, 7:30 PM
Friday October 20, 8:00 PM
Saturday October 21, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday October 22, 2:00 PM

Tuesday October 24, 7:30 PM
Wednesday October 25, 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Thursday October 26, 7:30 PM
Friday October 27, 8:00 PM
Saturday October 28, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday October 29, 2:00 PM