The Play:

One murder, ten suspects. Who killed Mysterious Host? Could it be Respected General? What about Wealthy Dowager? Or maybe it was Santa Claus. The mystery unfolds as Inexplicably Omniscient Inspector takes on the most thrilling and baffling murder case in the history of thrilling and baffling murder cases.  https://www.playscripts.com/play/1518

The Author:

According to us- He's AMAZING! He really understands middle school humor (and we say that with love!) He works with schools to provide word choice and casting flexibility that will ensure any school can do his shows and also honor copyright. He makes sure everyone has a place and knows how to write a real ensemble piece!

According to his own website! https://jonathanrand.com/bio

Jonathan Rand is among the most popular contemporary playwrights writing today, his stage plays having been performed over 26,000 times in theaters across 67 countries.

According to an independent survey of American schools, Jonathan’s one-act comedy Check Please was the #1 most-produced short play every season for the last 17 years.

A four-time Heideman Award finalist, his work is published by Random House, TRW Plays, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Dramatics magazine, and Macmilllan.

Jonathan also served as CEO and co-founder of Playscripts, a publishing and performance licensing company for new stage plays and musicals, serving tens of thousands of theater groups with an exclusive catalog of over 2,700 titles by over 1,500 writers. It was featured by NPR for “bringing the business of theater into the 21st century” and ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies. (Playscripts was acquired in 2014.)

Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and hails from Jacksonville, Florida.

The Class:

This class is awesome.

They researched dozens of plays and chose 2 to read. After reading the 2 shows they chose this one. Then they designed sets and presented their designs to Ms. Wiig and administrators. 

Then they auditioned.

Now they are rehearsing and building their show. 

They ROCK! 

Lewis and Clark is an International Baccalaureate School, and we strive to support and nurture the whole student. Our department uses the 
creative, visual, and performing arts as a platform to teach kids about community, confidence, communication, and teamwork. We are proud of all the ways our students come together to enrich our school and our world.