Fieldtrip to Derby Dinner

A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman's murder, and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends. (from the back of the playbook)

We doen't have a group picture because it was raining to hard to get one outside the theatre. Eight of us went to Derby Dinner to enjoy this 'crime drama.' Asia and Emily thought it was the best play we have ever seen at Derby Dinner. The guys thought it was pretty good, much better than they expected. It is a different kind of mystry because the audience knows most of the 'who done it' details right up front. The suspense comes in to play because you want the main character, a blind woman, to figure out she is in grave danger before it is too late. As a viewer you start to put yourself in her shoes, what you do if you were blind and in a tough spot. The lady is smart, and with the help of a child she thought she didn't like, she stays safe and defeats those who hurt her. It was a great example of how not to let handicaps change how you live your life.