"Bone Chiller" is a show which was written by Monk Ferris. It combines both comedy and murder mysteries all together. It brought audience both laughs and surprises in the past few days in our school's Black Box Theater. I'm really glad I was able to see this show and really enjoyed it.
This show started with people coming on to the stage which was inside a house. They were there because they wanted to figure out Josiah Travers' will and who would eventually get his money. These people are not just family members, but also some odd people who didn't even have relationship with Josiah. Travers' will finally was revealed to those people and surprisingly, it was a puzzle containing pictures, symbols and words in it. Jerry led the way to try to solve the puzzle but they all were stuck in some very important sentences. They know that Travers' death was not a suicide but a murder, and his will refer that the murderer was among the people in the room. However, Mauve, the butler seemed to know who the murderer of Travers was, but then she was murdered after a sudden off of light. At the time people there were still trying to solve the puzzle, another murder happened on the cook, Lucretia. The murderer tried twice to kill Pippi and Jerry but failed. Lastly, the murderer or I should say the "murderers" came out: it was the lawyer and the policeman.
This ending was very surprising, but actually not really for me. During the break before Act One and Act Two, I asked my neighbors who they thought the murderer was and they all talked about how strange the leaving of the girl in a green dress was and probably the butler did not even die. After a while, a thought just somehow came out of my mind: the murderer was either the lawyer or the police. I didn't have any explaination for my guess, but I just felt a little bit weird at the appearance of the policeman and the behavior of the lawyer. However, I did not expect that the "murderer" was not only one person, but both of them.
This play was probably my favorite among those three plays we had in this year. Although the language was still difficult for me, I could follow along with the story line. I like the feeling how the truth of a mystery was exposed at the ending. I also like how the light was changing and all actors and actresses were at the best conditions of acting. Just like in the Spelling Bee, my favorite character among them was the one who Julia Rafferty played. I love the way she acted and how she interpreting the personality of her character. I also love her Russian accent. It was hilarious! I think she really did a great job.
One thing that I think the show can be improved is that maybe the parlormaid, Pippi, should speak in a lower voice and a more calm way. I really was shocked by her scream and I don't know if this should be an important part of the show or not. Her acting kind of took people's attention from the main story line.
In all words, I think this play is a real success. I love it, an I really hope there could be more plays as interesting as this exhibited to our audience.
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