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The Play That Goes Wrong

by HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER & HENRY SHIELDS
directed by PETER HACKETT

MARCH 13 - APRIL 14, 2024

Buckle up for a wild ride–things are about to go VERY WRONG! Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things quickly unravel from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), chaos ensues and can’t seem to stop! This Olivier Award-winning comedy has been keeping audiences in stitches across the world since 2012. Prepare for weeks of unstoppable laughter at Northern Stage!

  • Regular Tickets $19 - $69

    Prices vary based on seat location

  • Youth Tickets $20

    For 25 and under

  • Student Tickets $19

    For students of all ages

  • Preview Tickets (Mar.13-15) $34

    For "pay what you can" tickets (Mar. 13-14) please call the box office

Running time is approximately 120 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.
This show is suitable for audiences of all ages.
OR Call the Box Office at 802-296-7000

Special Events

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FRIDAY, MAR. 22
6:30PM – 7:20pm

Join fellow subscribers for complimentary drinks and snacks prior to the show!

RSVP recommended but not required. Admission is Free to all 2023/24 seasons subscribers.

SATURDAY, MAR. 23
Following the 7:30PM Performance

Join us after the 7:30PM show for a conversation with the The Play That Goes Wrong company.

Admission is Free to the Public.

SATURDAY, MAR. 30
Following the 2:00PM Matinee Performance

Join us after the 2:00PM matinee for a casual social and refreshments! We welcome all comedy and improv lovers and performers of the Upper Valley. 

RSVP recommended but not required. Admission is Free to the Public.

Meet the Cast

Cordell Cole

Robert Grove

Caitlin Duffy

Caitlin Duffy

Annie Twilloil

DOMINIC GIOVANNI

Dominic Giovanni

Trevor Watson

Andrew Gombas

Andrew Gombas

Max Bennett

David Mason

David Mason

Dennis Tyde

Jack Russell

Jack Russell

Jonathan Harris

Izzie Steele

Izzie Steele

Sandra Wilkinson

Meet the Creatives

HENRY, HENRY, and JONATHAN met while training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). All core members of Mischief Theatre, they had already worked in comedy together for several years before they started out as a writing team. The three’s first piece was THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (winner – Best New Comedy – Olivier Awards and What’s On Stage Awards). The show started out on the London and Edinburgh fringe before touring the UK and internationally and then returning to the West End in September 2014, where it is still running. It’s also playing on Broadway and heading out on a US tour in 2018 and has been performed in over 20 other countries around the world. PETER PAN GOES WRONG was the trio’s second piece, opening in November 2014 for a UK tour before a hugely successful West End season in Christmas 2015. Henry, Henry, and Jonathan recently adapted the script of PETER PAN GOES WRONG for the BBC, which was filmed with the original West End cast and broadcast to rave reviews on New Year’s Eve. They were invited back to wreak more havoc at the BBC in 2017 with CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG on BBC1. THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY marks their third writing project as a trio and earned them another Olivier Nomination. @mischiefcomedy and mischieftheatre.co.uk

Peter Hackett

Director

PETER HACKETT is the Avalon Foundation Chair of the Humanities and a Professor of Theater at Dartmouth College. His teaching and directing have taken him to England, Australia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic as well as to cities across the United States. From 1994-2004 he served as Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Cleveland Play House where he directed more than 20 productions. At Northern Stage he directed A Christmas Carol, Orwell in America (also at 59E59 Theater in New York City), The Hound of the Baskervilles, Living Together, Noises Off, Oslo, and A Doll’s House Part II.

Scenic Designer

David Arsenault

Costume Designer

Alicia Austin

Sound Designer

Mirah Kozodoy

Lighting Designer

Kat Morrill

Fight Director

Casey Kaleba

Production Stage Manager

Colt Luedtke

Assistant Director

Mandi Benjamin

Assistant director

Kate Willard

Season
Sponsor

Thank you to Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, our season underwriter since 2018.

Production
Sponsors

The Play That Goes Wrong is sponsored in part by Casella Waste Systems, Ledyard National Bank, and River Valley Club.

Series
Sponsors


Opening Nights are sponsored in part by A.B. Gile, a division of The Rowley Agency, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, and Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty.

Access For All performances are sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank.