BRINNON — The Brinnon Community Theatre will present a pair of plays, “Cafe Murder” and “Silver Tongue Slicker of Sassafras Flat,” starring three generations of local residents, today and Sunday at the Brinnon Booster Club.
Admission is $5 to each show, and curtain times are at 7 p.m. tonight and at2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday.
To warm up the audience, Dennis Todd will play a 130-year-old pump organ.
It’s “an organ that has come back to life with this very talented musician,” said Robin Lakenes, director of the show.
“Cafe Murder,” the first of the short plays, is a comic mystery about Rosemary, an unbearable hypochondriac.
Her sisters all gather for Rosemary’s birthday party, though they are dreading the evening.
Cast members include Kathi Mueller, Dennis Todd, Katherine Nydegger, Rhonda Nydegger, Zach Zelen, Abby Zelen, Shannon Bishop, Lacey Bishop and Adam Berry.
“Silver Tongue Slicker of Sassafras Flat” is a Western melodrama with a slick-talking villain who tries to bilk women out of their money.
“It is complete with all the touches that make melodramas fun,” said Lakenes, adding that the bad guy thinks he has the perfect scam going.
The “Silver” cast features Mueller, the Nydeggers, Meghan Draper, Jodi Jaske and Ruby Murray.
This Brinnon Community Theatre production coincides with the town’s annual Loyalty Days celebration, which is today.
Mueller has written a special piece to be read during the intermission between plays.
“It’s sure to warm your heart,” Lakenes said.
The Brinnon Booster Club is located at 151 Corey Lane.
More information is available at 360-531-1545 and robinonyew@live.com.