If you like to laugh, then Mundelein Theatre has the show for you. “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940” is a fun, silly, comical whodunit that will keep you guessing as to the identity of the killer at the center of its murder mystery plot.

The show runs on Thursday-Saturday, February 3, 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. There is a 3:45 p.m. matinee on Friday, February 4. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. The matinee performance on Friday is only $2 for MHS students. Additionally, there will be a performance on Saturday, February 5 at 2 p.m. featuring the understudy cast of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.

Tickets can be purchased at www.mundeleintheatre.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, 30 minutes prior to each performance. All those entering Mundelein High School are required to wear a mask.

Written by John Bishop and originally opening on Broadway in 1987, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is a fast-paced show set in a mansion with numerous secret doors and passageways. The plot centers around a backers’ audition for a Broadway musical that’s being held at the upstate home of a wealthy theatre patron. The previous musical the backers’ audition’s director and creative team produced became famous when three female dancers in the show were murdered by a killed dubbed “the Stage Door Slasher.”

As the team rehearses songs and scenes with the cast, a snowstorm rages outside the house, the phone lines and electricity go out, and the cast of eccentric characters - some of whom are using secret identities - start getting bumped off while trying to determine just who amongst them is the killer.

“This show is huge fun,” said Director Jonathan Meier. “With all of the uncertainty in the world now, we thought a good old-fashioned whodunit comedy would be something the community would really enjoy right now.”

The cast is led by seniors Hailey Lindenbaum (Ruby) and Kessler Young (Eddie). Others in the cast are Douglas Campbell (Ken), Madeline Demuth (Elsa), Max Dunlap (Kelly), Taylor Gates (Bernice), Abbey McFarland (Helsa), Hadyn Nuttall (Nikki), Jack Salit (O’Reilly) and Violet Wark (Marjorie). The understudy cast consists of Alexander Benassi, Jake Canela, Aldre Delos Santos, Lia Kagan, Julia Myrant, Graham Ney, Rey Palacios, Darby Schwerman, Marissa St. Clair and Adriyana Tesimu.

MHS staff member Jeff Harding is the associate director. The assistant directors are Josh Jaffe, Katie Myrant and Sam Roberts. The stage manager is Addison Salski. The assistant stage manager is Gloria Cruz Cisneros.