GILT Presents An Old Fashioned Family Murder

Listen to an interview with cast members.

Grand Island Little Theatre announces the spring show of the 2025-2026 season, “An Old Fashioned Family Murder”, a comedic murder mystery by Joe DePietro. Show dates are April 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30PM and April 12 and 19 at 2PM at College Park Auditorium, 3180 West US Highway 34, Grand Island.

A murder. A mystery. A mother. It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion of elderly Colonel Claythorne, and the pompous murder-mystery author Arthur Whittington is holding court with the Colonel’s family: his eldest daughter, Clarice, who is cold and glamorous; Clarice’s attractive fiancé, Jasper; Claythorne’s youngest daughter, Dotty, who is a big fan of Whittington’s; and Mrs. Shirley Peck, an unassuming but keenly observant visiting widow. When Whittington shares the news that the Colonel has modified his will to cut out one of his daughters – though which daughter won‘t be revealed until the Colonel’s death – tempers flare. By the time Mrs. Peck’s son (junior) Detective Paul Peck arrives at the house, there’s been a murder, and everyone is a suspect. With backstabbing, love, and Mrs. Peck’s mother-knows-best advice complicating the investigation, it soon becomes clear that nothing – and no one – is what it seems.

Cast members are Scott E Miller as Arthur Whittington, Julie Miller as Mrs Peck, Jeremy Johnson as Detective Peck, Kristen Dagostino as Dotty Claythorne, Laura Fentress as Clarice Claythorne and Nick Roush as Jasper Jamison.

Directors are Jeri Lorenz and Norbert Wenzl. Jeannee Mueller Fossberg is Producer. Marilyn Williams is Stage Manager.

Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for students 12 and under, includes tax and processing fee, and can be purchased by calling the Grand Island Little Theatre box office at 308-382-2586, at the door or online through link available on Gilt’s website www.githeatre.org.

Student tickets MUST be purchased at Grand Island Little Theatre. Box office hours are Monday through Thursday 9AM to 1PM. Group discounts are available. 

This show has some adult language and themes of violence. Check information on the web site at www.githeatre.org.

Sluggers Bar and Grill is the show sponsor. There will be a cash only bar at the Friday and Saturday night shows both weekends. No bar at the Sunday shows.