Middle Lake’s Bethany Pioneer Village continues to work on their basement fundraisers with their third annual Dinner Theatre.
This year’s performance had the audience guessing once again during the murder mystery, The Science of Murder.
Eight actors brought the mystery to the Village with all of them having some connection to Bethany, whether through a relative who was a resident to being a member of the staff.
Mark Schlitz led the way for the cast playing the Mad Scientist, who prefers to be called magnificent instead of mad, Dr. Mingus.
Schlitz has been acting with the crew for all three performances and he does enjoy getting to spend time with his fellow cast and crew.
Schlitz does believe in the project since he works in the kitchen at Aspen Manor and has been coming to the Village since he was a young kid with his mom when she was a part of the staff.
“Some of the residents we have at Aspen I’ve known for 15-20 years. You feel connected to them...I’d like to see this place do well,” he says.
Director Irene Giesbrecht was back leading the team, who had some challenges with getting actors on stage.
Because of last years success in choosing a crowd pleasing mystery, Giesbrecht says that made it extra challenging this year, choosing one the crowd will like even more.
Money raised will continue to go to renovating the Cellar in the basement of the Village.
Plans have been made for the final look of the facility, says Giesbrecht, and hopefully they can make those plans a reality. No timeline has been set for a finished project but Giesbrecht says she hopes they can start sometime this year.
