Cloudcroft, NM

CLOUDCROFT LIGHT OPERA COMPANY

presents

THE LODGE MURDER MYSTERY

DROPPIN' LIKE FLIES


	NOVEMBER 4,5,6 2005 Written & Directed by Arlan Ponder & Robert Wright
THE WINNING DETECTIVES Photo courtesy of Dave Schultz

CAST OF CHARACTERS
T. Ertle Knitt, Esquire played by Ken Kern	Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, COO of operation for MangleMar Publishing/Coordinator of Event	Monty Knirr played by George Mitchell	Professor of medievil criminal law with a focus on the Spanish inquisition from Columbia University.
Mia Sma Wallace played by Taryn Foster	Interpol Detective - Hot and sexy with enough swagger to make even Kojak smile.	Drucilla Killman played by Sandi Lawrence	Reporter for TrueCrime Magazine based in Paris. Similar to Solider of Fortune. Whole interest in reenacting big name crime scenes using passersby.
Robby Bane played by Robert Wright	Freelance tabloid journalist involved in Page 3 girl scandal, who wrote papers on Jack the Ripper, wears a kilt.	Romy Holiday played by Patricia Drake	Wrote books on Locusta the Poisoner - First documented serial killer.
Felonius A. Salt played by Larry Drake	Professor of physhology at NMMI and makes R. Lee Erny look like a panty waste.	Bobby "Big Chill" Hacker played by Arlan Ponder	Former football player turned writer, wrote on David Parker Ray and Henry Lee Lucas.
Cory Knerr played by Mike Mishkin	Professor of pathology at Cal State-Chico. arrogant and shallow, see's himself superior to other professors.	Jenny Side played by Viola Penner	Trust fund daughter, summer in the Hamptons, winters in Aruba. Has written on "organized killers".
Dee Kay played by Taryn Foster	Professor of women's studies with a focus on female serial killers at Howard Payne University.	Hue Clever played by Pat Rand	Divorcee who hates pearls and home-cooked meals. Hates people named Walter, Theodore, Eddie, Betty and Monty. Has written numerous articles on Juarex disappearances.
Lucy Al Abi played by Pat Mishkin	Flighty, spacey, New Age. Psychic who claims to channel serial killers and then writes about them.	D. S. Troy played by Tim Sullivan	Student criminologist at Alamogordo Junior College. Family owned ranch near Trinity Site. Writes a popular Vampire-hunters series, where the protagonist is thought to be a serial killer because no one knows victims are vampires.
	Betty Knorr - Professor of abnormal psychology at Villa Phi University in Fargo, ND.

A SERIAL THRILLER? or DROPPIN' LIKE FLIES

Murder Mystery

     A group of serial killer enthusiasts have gathered together at The Lodge in Cloudcroft to write a highly anticipated book on serial killers. The publisher, T. Ertle Knitt with MangleMar Publishing, coordinated the four-day meeting which was to feature an agenda filled with lectures and discussions from police, psychologists and other professionals.

     The event would culminate with Knitt announcing the roundup of the killers and the title of the book on Saturday night. With the announcement of the order, the killers - many of whom were still living - would be thrust into the spotlight again. Bringing notoriety and potential lucrative Hollywood movie deals to the authors.

     Each author has written at least one article or paper on some of the serial killers around the globe. Contrary to what they think many authors haven't done the research on their "subjects" like they should have. They have relied instead on news reports, secondhand reports, flight of fantasy and other sources to produce their writings. With this failure to do good research someone was bound to leave out details or get things wrong.

     Betty Knorr was found dead Thursday night after midnight. She was found dead in her room on the fourth floor. There were "signs" of an obvious struggle in her room.

     Thursday night the village's lone law enforcement Officer B. Phife was found folded up and stuffed in an industrial clothes dryer located deep in the bowels of the The Lodge. Signs of a struggle were once again found at the crime scene.

Good luck on your detective work !!