On the Stage

JUDGE STORY'S THEATRICAL TROUPE presents:
Murder at Café Noir
A comic tribute to the Bogart Movies of the 1940's by David Landau

November 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 2004
Fridays & Saturdays - 6 pm Social Hour - 7 pm Dinner & Show
Sundays - 5 pm Social Hour - 6 pm Dinner & Show

The Cottage on Broad
410 Broad Street
Story City
Reservations: 515-773-4376
www.cottageonbroad.com
Tickets: $30 includes dinner & show.

This forties detective story come to life features Rick Archer, P.I., out
to find a curvaceous runaway on the forgotten island of Mustique, a place
stuck in a black-and-white era. The owner of the Cafe Noir has washed
ashore, murdered, and Rick's quarry was the last person seen with him. He
employs his hard-boiled talents to find the killer. Was it the French
Madame and club manager, the voodoo priestess, the shyster British
attorney, the black marketeer or the femme fatale? The audience votes
twice on what they want Rick to do next and these decisions change the
flow of this comic tribute to the Bogart era.

Cast List:
Rick Archer, P.I. - Robby
Madam Toureau - Marla
Sheila Wonderly - Andrea
Anthony Cairo - Clay
Marie LaRue - Veronica
Simon Gutterman - Adam
Thursby/VanGilder/Rigfield - Lars

Director - Jena

"Mystery theatre at its finest." - Sun Times, Portland.
"Aptly tongue-in-check [with] clever punch lines and occasional song
interludes." - Washington Times.
"Fast and funny satire." - L.A. Times.
"This whodunit is darn good - it's the kind of show that lingers on your
mind, like a dame's perfume." - Maryland Journal.
"A feast for connoisseurs of mystery." - Orange County Daily Pilot.
"Riveting." - Daily Pennsylvanian.
"It's as close as you'll ever get to stepping into Bogey's shoes at the
Blue Parrot." - Boston Herald.