Welcome to the opening night of "The Murder at Haversham Manor," where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that cant play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), everything that can go wrong does go wrong during this 1920s murder mystery play. Will these accident-prone performers beat the odds and make it to their final curtain call? Find out with this Olivier Award-winning comedy."The Play That Goes Wrong," by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer, play beginning January 26, 2022 in FST's Gompertz Theatre.
Pictured (Left to Right): Gil Brady as Chris, Jacqueline Jarrold as Sandra, Freddie Lee Bennett as Trevor, Timothy C Goodwin as Jonathan, and Jordan Ahnquist as Max. Photo by John Jones.
News About The Play That Goes Wrong at Florida Studio Theatre
By nature, musicals are vastly more popular than plays. They have a natural ability to engage an audience and if there are any lulls in the action, you have a high-flying musical number to bring the show back to life. A play has no safety nets. The actors must be dynamic and make genuine connections in order for thee beauty of a show to be felt.
Florida Studio Theatre announces today that it is postponing opening its Mainstage production of The Play That Goes Wrong by two weeks due to COVID-related complications and delays in the rehearsal and tech process. This update follows an initial announcement made by the theatre on January 17, when it first postponed the opening of the production by one week.
Florida Studio Theatre will produce the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong, by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer. This fast-paced comedy follows the opening night of an amateur theatre troupe's production of a 1920s whodunit, “The Murder at Haversham Manor.”
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is Sarasota’s contemporary theatre. Founded in 1973, FST has grown to a village of five theatres located in the heart of Downtown, Sarasota. Each theatre is small in size and large in impact — providing intimate and engaging settings for high-quality, professional performances. Today, FST has established itself as a major force in American Theatre. FST is the largest subscription theatre in the state of Florida and among the largest in the country,* serving more than 230,000 live attendees each year across its diverse programs: Mainstage, Cabaret, Stage III, Children’s Theatre, FST School, New Play Development, and FST Improv.