Clue

Based on the Screenplay by Jonathan Lynn

Written by Sandy Rustin

May 29 @ 7PM

May 30 @ 2PM and 7PM

Mark Puglisi - Director 

Grey Burkart - Tech Director, Electrics

Carlene Hirsch - Tech Director, Scenic

Flannery Dillon - Tech Director, Costuming

Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem: MDI Drama Brings "Clue" to the Higgins-Demas Stage

BAR HARBOR, ME — Was it Miss Scarlet in the Library with the Lead Pipe? Or Professor Plum in the Conservatory with the Wrench? Mount Desert Island High School Drama is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of Sandy Rustin's Clue, the hilarious farce-meets-murder-mystery based on the classic Hasbro board game and the screenplay of the iconic 1985 movie by Jonathan Lynn. 

Directed by MDI Drama veteran director Mark Puglisi, this high-energy production invites audiences to remote Boddy Manor where, on a dark and stormy night, six mysterious guests assemble for a night they’ll never forget. When their host turns up dead, the iconic and colorful cast—Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard—with the aid of Wadsworth the butler, must race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. 

Clue is a masterclass in comedic timing and physical theater that allows an opportunity for student actors to bring these larger-than-life characters to the stage. It’s a fast-paced, 'whodunnit' that will keep the audience laughing and guessing until the final curtain. 

Director Mark Puglisi chose to direct Clue "in part because the play demands a wide range of skills—from precise comedic timing to developing and committing to over-the-top characters. It’s also a fast-paced, hilarious show, which marks a change from some of the more serious productions I’ve directed in the past. This felt like the right moment to embrace something lighter. The times call for a little silliness, and Clue delivers that."

Puglisi praised the show's ensemble focus: "[The show] depends on how well the cast works together, coordinating both speech and movement with precision. At the same time, our technical elements—sound and lighting—are essential to the storytelling. The set design functions almost as a character in itself, with its many rooms appearing and disappearing just as on the game board.  Thus, the technical crew and actors have to [work] together."

Audiences have three opportunities to catch the mystery at MDI High School's Higgins-Demas Theater: Friday, May 29 at 7:00 PM and two performances on Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM.

General admission tickets are sold exclusively at the door before each performance: adults are $10 and students and seniors are $5.

Clue is guaranteed to be a comedy whodunnit that will leave both fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!

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Meet the Suspects of Boddy Manor

Who can you trust when everyone has a motive? Meet the colorful cast of characters bringing this classic "whodunnit" to life at MDI High School:

Wadsworth (Graham Carter): The stiff-upper-lipped British butler who knows more than he lets on. He’s the ringleader of the evening, keeping the guests (and the bodies) moving at a frantic pace.

Miss Scarlet (Ruby DeMuro): Cold, calculating, and used to getting her way. This DC madam is more interested in secrets than she is in dinner.

Colonel Mustard (Fenris Dubé): A pompous military man whose bark is significantly louder than his bite. He may have a decorated past, but he’s remarkably confused by the present.

Mrs. White (Fiona Lanthaume): A pale, tragic figure who has a mysterious habit of outliving her husbands. She claims to be innocent, but her "morbid" personality says otherwise.

Mr. Green (Jorge Waldrop): A nervous, rule-following fellow who is terrified of... well, everything. He’s just trying to survive the night without an accident.

Mrs. Peacock (Liana Johnson): The eccentric wife of a Senator. She loves fine wine, loud jewelry, and talking—even if no one is listening.

Professor Plum (Alix Osier): An academic with a questionable reputation. He’s quick with a quip and even quicker to defend his intellectual superiority.