Whodunit? A murder mystery at Old Rochester
Tenley Lane, Gianna Anunziato, Amanda Tomasso and Lincoln Fauteaux are shocked at what they find on stage. Photos by Mari Huglin
The cast explores who keeps murdering cast members throughout the show. 
Raegan Correia checks on a lifeless body.
Charlotte Cook and Amanda Tomasso.
Tenley Lane, Charlotte Cook and Lincoln Fauteaux find another dead body. 
Amanda Tomasso smiles between takes. 
Phoenix Willis (left) and Olivia Lane (right) arrest the director Tessa Ripley (center). 
The group plans what to do next. 
Amanda Tomasso and Lincoln Fauteaux. 
Charlotte Cook is shocked. 
Tenley Lane and Lincoln Fauteaux argues. 
Luca Cabral watches the drama unfold.
Tenley Lane, Gianna Anunziato, Amanda Tomasso and Lincoln Fauteaux are shocked at what they find on stage. Photos by Mari Huglin
The cast explores who keeps murdering cast members throughout the show.
Raegan Correia checks on a lifeless body.
Charlotte Cook and Amanda Tomasso.
Tenley Lane, Charlotte Cook and Lincoln Fauteaux find another dead body.
Amanda Tomasso smiles between takes.
Phoenix Willis (left) and Olivia Lane (right) arrest the director Tessa Ripley (center).
The group plans what to do next.
Amanda Tomasso and Lincoln Fauteaux.
Charlotte Cook is shocked.
Tenley Lane and Lincoln Fauteaux argues.
Luca Cabral watches the drama unfold.
MATTAPOISETT — Grab your Sherlock caps and magnifying glass to solve the crime within a crime at the new Old Rochester Regional High School fall comedy play.
Running over the weekend of Nov. 20 to Nov. 23, this play within a play will explore who keeps murdering the cast of a murder mystery play.
Brayden Fanti, the director, explained that “It's not a morbid show. It is a very goofy one.”
Removing the bodies, hitting marks and remembering lines are all difficult, but have slowly come together throughout the months of practice for this cast.
His favorite part of the play was seeing students explore the two characters they represent.
“[The cast] have characters that they're playing and then they are also dropping characters sometimes. You're going to see the two different personalities and seeing the two big differences come to life has been a lot of fun,” Fanti said.
Charlotte Cook of Marion, a senior and leading actress, is excited for the community to see their hard work come together, having been working on the play since August.
“It's so wonderful being able to be my character and making connections while acting but also making connections as my own person as well. It's just so fun seeing everything come together,” said Cook.
Mara Donnelly, a sophomore from Rochester, finds it difficult to practice comedy without an audience, but ready to experience the laughs on opening night.
“It always gives us that energy when the audience has that energy. If they're laughing with us, then we have more energy for our show,” said Donnelly.
Cook mentioned that the technical aspects of the show are complex as well, adding a layer of challenge.
“I would say the hardest part working on this would definitely have to be dead bodies. Not to say it's a spoiler but it's a murder mystery,” Cook said.
Fanti reiterated the fun of the play and said, “Coming here [the audience] will leave with a smile. It sounds, just by the title, like it'll be like a mysterious dark play, but it's really not, it is a lot of fun and it's just a way to escape for an evening.”
Student and senior admission will cost $10. General admission will cost $12.
Showtime will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 through Nov. 22. The matinee on Nov. 23 will begin at 2 p.m.The play will take place in the auditorium at Old Rochester.
