Casey O'Brien and Amanda Caldwell from WEDDINGS ARE MURDER, stopped by News15 First at 4 to share the details of their latest play at Cite des Arts.
Casey O'Brien and Amanda Caldwell from WEDDINGS ARE MURDER, stopped by News15 First at 4 to share the details of their latest play at Cite des Arts.
Join us for the first show of Cité des Arts’ 2024 theater season, the riotously funny WEDDINGS ARE MURDER by Eileen Moushey, and directed by Sandra Broussard and Shane Guilbeau. The show will open on Friday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m., with an opening night “wedding reception,” featuring music, themed cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres. The show then runs February 24, March 1 and 2 at 7:00 p.m. and February 25 and March 3 at 2:00 p.m. General admission tickets are $25 and opening night tickets are $35. Tickets are on sale now at www.citedesarts.org.
Everything is going wrong for Bruce and Tina’s wedding. The wedding was supposed to take place on Valentine's Day, but it fell on Ash Wednesday. The church flooded so they have to get married in a theater. The groom’s snobbish, aristocratic mother, Sylvia, registers her disapproval of the nuptials by wearing black. The judge hired to perform the ceremony is drunk. The wrong tux was delivered to the bride’s father, Jackie. The photographer is an old boyfriend of Tina’s. Bruce’s old girlfriend interrupts the wedding. The family maid uses the ceremony to declare her love for the groom. The cake is a mess. Tina’s dress came from the costume shop after hers was ruined in the flood. She breaks the heel from her shoe as she comes down the aisle. The wedding napkins read “Bruce and Tuna.” A stranger shows up in time to die.
WEDDINGS ARE MURDER by Eileen Moushey is produced by special arrangement with Mysteries by Moushey.
Cité des Arts is a non-profit organization that supports community-based theatre and arts endeavors. Cité des Arts began operation in 2000 and has experienced community support and engagement through the years. We are always looking for ways to expand our patron and user base. We offer open, accessible and affordable space
for grassroots development of theatre and other arts. Cité des Arts commits to being a grassroots incubator of equity, diversity and inclusivity in the arts and culture. These fundamentally human values support the arts as a communal act opening a window into our shared reality. We commit ourselves to giving equal and affordable access to create and consume art that builds and sustains the diversity of voices in our community.
