The Play That Goes Wrong at Center Stage Theatre

Center Stage Theatre in Shelton will present “The Play That Goes Wrong” April 19-28, 2024.

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter! 

Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields, the production will be the first at Center Stage Theatre directed by Betsy Kelso, an alum of the theatre’s Youth Connection program and co-creator of The Great American Trailer Park Musical.

View the full schedule and purchase tickets at centerstageshelton.org.

Center Stage Theatre is an inclusive and intergenerational community-based theatre providing high quality and affordable performances, educational programming, volunteer opportunities and community collaborations.  Located in Shelton, Connecticut, the theatre produces five full scale productions a year including its annual summer musical featuring high school and college aged actors, as well as year-round theatre education for students grades K-12, summer camps and limited-run special events.  Celebrating its 19th season in 2024, Center Stage Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization attracting actors, crew members and audiences from throughout Connecticut and was named “Best Community Theater” by Connecticut Magazine’s “Best of CT 2022” round-up.  For more information, visit centerstageshelton.org, or the theatre’s Facebook orInstagram (@centerstageshelton) channels.

Authors

• Henry Lewis
• Henry Shields
• Jonathan Sayer