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Accused!
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Just as the Lady Detectives have accepted a new murder case, a dead body turns up in the parlor of the Hunter Lodging House. And the evidence points to Victorian Lady Detective Katie Smalls herself as the prime suspect. The trail of clues leads our intrepid detectives into a murderous web of anarchists and religious fanatics in their most daring caper yet!
SF/Arts Curator Insight
When the Victorian Lady Detectives set out to solve a crime in this comic murder mystery by local writer Patricia Milton--part of a series--one of the lady detectives herself becomes a prime suspect. The intrepid sleuths find themselves in a “murderous web of anarchists and religious fanatics.” Kimberly Ridgeway directs this latest world premiere for the new-play company Central Works.
Jean Schiffman
Contributing Writer, Theater
For over three decades Central Works has filled a special niche for theater artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, producing more new plays by local playwrights than any other company in the region. “The New Play Theater” utilizes three basic strategies: some are products of the Central Works Method, some are developed in the Central Works Writers Workshop, and some come fully developed.
For over three decades Central Works has filled a special niche for theater artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, producing more new plays by local playwrights than any other company in the region. “The New Play Theater” utilizes three basic strategies: some are products of the Central Works Method, some are developed in the Central Works Writers Workshop, and some come fully developed.