MCC Thater presents 'Agatha Crispie'

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s theater department will stage “Agatha Crispie” as its spring 2019 production.

Sponsored by Kim Johnson following the unexpected death of instructor Clay Grizzle in February, the play will presented 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 25, 26 and 27, and a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee, April 28, in the Weeth Mini Theater on the MCC campus.

In the south-west of England, the unknown writer, Agatha Crispie, pens mystery stories. In vain she longs for their publication. Agatha's family despise her writing and ridicule her plots. Agatha gets a lucky break.

A body is found in the library. The police arrive as does a grey-haired, cardigan-wearing spinster with a knack for solving crimes. Suddenly the pressure is too much. Agatha disappears. Then a dapper foreigner appears. He too has a knack for solving mysteries. Then a Scotland Yard detective makes a surprise entrance.

There is a dead body, a suspect or three, amateur sleuths, red herrings and dithering cops. It's just like the life and characters of another scribbler, the slightly better-known Agatha Christie. There are surprises, mystery, drama, humor and that infernal, eternal mousetrap!