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All performances are held at the Broadway Playhouse, a 62 seat intimate blackbox theatre located at 526 Broadway in Santa Cruz (inside the Santa Cruz Art League). Because of our limited seating capacity, advance tickets are strongly recommended. Please plan accordingly as there is no latecomer seating at this facility.
Broadway Playhouse - 526 Broadway in Santa Cruz
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NOW PLAYING at the Broadway Playhouse
THE DEADLINE
by Don Zolidis directed by Dylan Seales
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
Eight accomplished crime novelists are summoned to a remote island off the coast of Maine for what they believe is an exclusive writing retreat: the “Deadline Challenge.” Each must complete a new chapter of their novel within twenty-four hours, with a million-dollar prize awaiting the best submission.It quickly becomes clear that the invitation was a ruse. One of the writers will be murdered before sunrise—and the killer is among them. The true contest is not literary merit but the perfect crime: whoever orchestrates an undetectable murder and weaves it seamlessly into their manuscript walks away with the fortune. What follows is a taut, darkly comic game of suspicion, misdirection, and escalating paranoia as alliances fracture and motives multiply. Zolidis cleverly toys with every classic trope of the country-house mystery while keeping the audience guessing until the final curtain.A sharp, fast-paced homage to Agatha Christie with a wicked contemporary twist—ideal for mystery aficionados who enjoy watching the genre devour itself.
Saturday, December 6 at 7pm
Sunday, December 7 at 2pm & 6:30pm
Tickets $15