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The Cornley Drama Society is presenting its newest production, THE MURDER AT HAVERSHAM MANOR, but things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show — an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Select Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30 pm
$65 Adult
$55 Seniors 62+
$55 Students/under 25
Single tickets incur $5 service fee per ticket
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RUSH TICKETS: On sale at the door, when available, starting 1 hour before showtime.
Approximately 2 hours including one 15-minute intermission
This production features the use of fog/haze, flashing lights, and loud noises, including gun shot sounds.
June 14, 2026 | 2:30-6:30 pm
Parents can join us for the matinee performance and register their Pre-K to 5th grade children for onsite child care with Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA Teaching Artists during the show. Just $20 with sibling discounts! (Limited capacity and all children must be registered in advance. Show ticket sold separately.)
June 14, 2026 | Following the matinee performance
Free and open to all patrons.
June 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Discounted $20 tickets are available for the June 17 performance to current students with a valid student ID (to be checked at the door) — just use promo code 29PLAY at checkout.
June 26, 2026 | Happy Hour @ 6:30 pm, Show @ 7:30 pm
Patrons under 30 years old are invited to purchase discounted tickets, which include 1 drink coupon, exclusive access to our mezzanine for mingling, and a seat for the evening’s performance.
June 28, 2026 | Following the matinee performance
Many things can make a play go wrong, but what or who, exactly, makes a play go RIGHT? Join Keegan production staff members from across multiple seasons for a post-show discussion about the backstage jobs and artists — often the unsung heroes of the theater — who make the show “go right!”
Broadway World Review
“Refreshing summertime theatrical fun! Director Michael Innocenti moves this play along with fierce speed and dexterity as the stage comes alive with both verbal and physical comedy, pratfalls, and farcical high jinks… [it] takes off like a burst of comedic fireworks.”
DC Theater Arts Review
“Keegan’s spiffy production offers a frothy antidote to the heavy cultural battles playing out across the DMV this summer. Duck inside Keegan’s delightful aerie on Church Street, cool off, and enjoy a generous helping of the very best kind of human folly.”
Hill Rag Review
“It takes a dynamic cast to handle this much sustained and energetic action. Director Michael Innocenti has done a bang-up job of wrangling [these actors]. Without exception, everyone excels at making a series of catastrophic mistakes look utterly professional.”
Metro Weekly Review
“Keegan Theatre’s spirited cast embraces every onstage disaster with expert comic timing and unwavering commitment… the timing and execution of the play’s many mishaps are hysterically on-target, as is the precise choreography of the cast’s gag-a-minute slapstick, swooning, and swordplay.”
Darren Badley, he/him (Trevor) Previous shows include: The Keegan Theatre: Midiculous (Mr. Robinson); NextStop Theatre: Footloose (Cowboy Bob/Bickle); Rorschach Theatre: So Late Into the Night (U/S Ghoul & Walter); Workhouse Arts Center: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Frederic/King Louis), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster), The Who's Tommy (Specialist); Little Theatre of Alexandria: Memphis (Ensemble); InterAct Story Theater: KidStory Theater Festival (Company). EDUCATION: George Mason University, BA in Theatre Performance '23. Thank you to friends and family for the constant support!
Rebecca Ballinger, she/her (Dennis) Previous shows include: Keegan: The Outsider, Shakespeare in Love; Irish Rep: The Honey Trap; Solas Nua: Summertime, The Honey Trap (Helen Hayes Awards nomination), The Playboy of the Western World; Constellation: Head Over Heels, Desperate Measures (Helen Hayes Awards nomination); Faction of Fools: How the Sausage Gets Made, The Moors (Helen Hayes Awards nomination); 1st Stage: A Civil War Christmas, The Member of the Wedding; NextStop: POTUS…, The 39 Steps, Beehive; Adventure: Make Way for Ducklings; Studio: Problems Between Sisters, Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Next Project: Labor. RebeccaBallinger.com
Jimmy Bartlebaugh, he/him (Max) Previous shows include: Keegan: Seussical (Wickersham Brother); Imagination Stage: Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh), A Year with Frog and Toad (Swing); Adventure Theatre: You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown), Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Luke/Ares).
Jared H. Graham, he/him (Jonathan) is a DMV based performer, educator, administrator, and director. Jared holds an MFA in Physical Theatre from the Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy and a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Memphis. He is the Director of Production and Education for the Keegan Theatre and has appeared on several local stages. Previous credits in the DMV area include Keegan Theatre: Noises Off, N, An Irish Carol; NextStop Theatre: Frankenstein; Solas Nua: The Honey Trap; 4615 Theatre: Macbeth, Dinner, Betrayal; Adventure Theatre: The Fisherman and his Wife; PG County’s Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing; Chesapeake Shakespeare: Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet; Olney Theatre Center/ National Players: Othello, The Great Gatsby, Alice in Wonderland; Brave Spirits: As You Like It, The Changeling, The Duchess of Malfi; Rainbow Theatre Project: Blue Camp; Spooky Action: Sonnets for an Old Century, The Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers; and The Team Room Foundation: The Team Room.
Leah Packer, she/her (Sandra) is grateful to return to The Keegan Theatre. Previous shows include: The Keegan Theatre: Everything is Wonderful (Miri); Washington Stage Guild: Shaw’s Shorts (Teresa/Mary); Smithsonian Discovery Theater: Seasons of Light (Ensemble), Mother Earth & Me (Ensemble); PG County Shakespeare in the Parks: The Comedy of Errors (Swing); InterACT Story Theatre: Monsters of Seahorse Island (Hydrillis/Mayor); Capital Fringe Festival: Wannabe (Winner - Best of Fest 2024); Adventure Theatre MTC: The Fisherman & His Wife (Maura). Member of the AJT (Alliance for Jewish Theatre). Always for Poppy, the true “No. 1 Actor,” music man, and dreamer of impossible dreams. Forever and ever, Poppy. Website: www.leahpacker.com, Instagram: @leahpacker._
Matthew Pauli, he/him (Chris) Previous shows include: NextStop Theatre: Native Gardens; Solas Nua: Playboy of the Western World; Avant Bard: Ada and the Engine; Faction of Fools: Love like Tuesday (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Actor), Merchant of Venice, Our Town (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Actor), Titus Andronicus, The Lady Becomes Him; Constellation Theatre Company: School for Lies, Metamorphoses, Blood Wedding; Everyman Theatre: Nude with Violin, Light Up the Sky; The Hub Theatre: Act a Lady; Imagination Stage: Balloonacy, Corduroy, Rumplestiltskin; Pinky Swear: The Last Burlesque; 1st Stage: Noises Off; We Happy Few: The Duchess of Malfi; Flying V: The Poet Laureate and the King of the Sea. Tours: Big Apple Circus 2003-2006. www.matthewpauli.com
Jackson Saunders, he/him (Robert) Previous shows include: Adventure Theatre MTC: Dragons Love Tacos (Man in Suit), Frosty the Snowman (Swing). A recent graduate of the National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts, his credits there include: Sylvia (Greg), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander/Oberon), Try Hard (David), The World We Live In (Vagrant/Female Cricket/Ensemble), and A Christmas Carol (Scrooge/Bob Cratchit/Ghost of Christmas Future). He has also performed in devised works including The In-Between, Thank You, Everything Connects, and The Show. Jackson thanks his family and friends for their unconditional love and support.
Martina Schabron, she/her (Annie) is very excited to be back at Keegan Theatre for this wildly funny show. Previous local credits include: Perisphere Theater: Silent Sky (Williamina Fleming), Adventure Theatre MTC: Not Your Mother’s Goose (Mother Goose), and Keegan Theatre: Everything Is Wonderful (Esther u/s). International credits include: Toronto Irish Players: The Unmanageable Sisters (Rose O’Brien) and The Hen Night Epiphany (Kelly), Netflix’s Stranger Things: The Experience (Dr. Alex Mathers, Blake Collins, Fran), as well as various stage productions in her hometown Zurich, Switzerland (Theater Einhorn Duebendorf). Film/TV credits include the lead role in the feature film Invited (105films) as well as numerous short films and both regional and national commercials. IG: @martinaschabron
Adian Chapman, he/him (Chris/Robert u/s) is a professional actor, director, and playwright living in the DMV area. He received his BA from Radford University and is Appalachian born and raised. His recent credits are: Murder on the Orient Express (Director) at Workhouse Arts Center, So Late Into the Night at Rorschach Theatre, Next to Normal at Riverside Arts Center, Seussical at Riverside Arts Center, The Shawshank Redemption at NextStop Theatre, and Head over Heels at Maryland Ensemble Theatre. You can find more of his work @adianchapman
Sam Fromkin (Jonathan/Trevor u/s) Round House Theatre: The Inheritance; Arena Stage: Death on the Nile, Exclusion; Iron Crow Theatre: How To Transcend a Happy Marriage; GALA Hispanic Theatre: Príncipe y Príncipe; The Kennedy Center: Antigone; Anacostia Playhouse: One Mo' Time.
Anthony Graf, he/him (Dennis/Max u/s) Creative Cauldron: The Turn of The Screw (Miles & Quint u/s); New Fortune Theatre Company: Public Enemy (Morten Stockmann); Catholic University: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Anatole), Anything Goes (Captain).
Karen E Kelleher (Sandra/Annie u/s) Previous performances: Keegan Theatre: Shakespeare in Love (Nurse - Helen Hayes nomination Best Supporting Performer in a Play); Creative Cauldron: The Turn of the Screw (Mrs. Grose), Disenchanted (Sleeping Beauty - Helen Hayes nomination Best Ensemble), Beauty and the Beast (Madame de la Grande Bouche), Holiday Traditions! (Solo Cabaret), There and Back Again (Solo Cabaret); Monumental Theatre: Brooklyn (Faith/City Weed u/s); DC Fringe Festival: 35MM (Photographer), Marriage, Lizards, and Love (Paula). Film and Radio: House of Cards (HBO) and Lawn and Leisure (WMAL).
Michael Innocenti (Director) is celebrating his 20th season with The Keegan Theatre as an actor, director, and designer, having worked on over 100 productions. A five-time Helen Hayes Award nominee and two-time winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Michael refuses to accept he was once one of the youngest people in the dressing room, and now somehow is one of the oldest. Previous directorial credits include: Dogfight, The Sunshine Boys, and Cabaret (5 Helen Hayes nominations including Best Musical). Select acting credits at Keegan include: Seussical, The Outsider, Yoga Play, Chicago, Parade, The Baltimore Waltz, What We're Up Against, An American Daughter, Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, A Few Good Men, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, August: Osage County, Man of La Mancha, Noises Off!, Mojo/Mickybo, Glengarry Glen Ross (US/Ireland Tour), Death of a Salesman (US/Ireland Tour). All my love to Vivi and Benny.
Sierra Young, she/her (Fight & Intimacy Director) is a Helen Hayes nominated violence and intimacy director in the DC/Baltimore area. Sierra is the resident violence and intimacy director for Baltimore Center Stage and Mosaic Theater Company, as well as the resident intimacy director at American University. She is an active member of the SAFD, IDC, and SDC. Previous Keegan credits include: The Minutes, Lizzie, Everything Is Wonderful, Hand to God, Merrily We Roll Along, and Sweat. Recent DC credits include The Motion, The Age of Innocence, JaJa’s African Hair Braiding, and POTUS at Arena Stage; Or, Dracula, and Head Over Heels at Constellation Theatre; Julius X and Twelfth Night at Folger Theater; 1776, The American Five, and Sister Act at Ford’s; Frankenstein and King Lear at Shakespeare Theatre Company; Purlie Victorious, Jonah, Paradise Blue, and The Scenarios at Studio Theatre; West Side Story and Porgy & Bess at Washington National Opera. Instagram: @sierrayoungfights Website: www.sierrayoung.org
Gabrielle Busch, she/her (Assistant Director) graduated from High Point University with a B.A. in performance theatre. While at High Point, Gabrielle was involved with stage managing, acting, and directing. Coming back to her hometown of D.C. she has her sights set high on getting involved in the theatre community as much as she can. Some projects that she has worked on at Keegan include N (Stage Manager), Yoga Play (Stage Manager), Elegies: A Song Cycle (Stage Manager), The Lifespan of a Fact (Stage Manager), Shakespeare In Love (Stage Manager), Merrily We Roll Along (Stage Manager/Assistant Director), Noises Off (Stage Manager), Falsettos (Stage Manager), Apropos of Nothing (Assistant Director), and Lizzie (Assistant Director).
Elizabeth Morton (Costume Designer) is a New York-based costume designer originally from the DMV. She received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for her work on Shakespeare in Love at Keegan Theatre. Other design credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Apropos of Nothing (Keegan Theatre); Julius Caesar (Chesapeake Shakespeare); Caesar & Cleopatra, Sofonisba (Washington Stage Guild); An English Country Christmas, Andalusian Treasures (Washington Revels); Romeo & Juliet (assistant, Folger Theatre); American Psycho (Monumental Theatre); Cyrano, Macbeth, This Inherent Echo, Our Black Death (associate), and Othello (Taffety Punk Theatre). EMortonDesign.com
Hailey LaRoe, she/her (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to return to Keegan for this fun show! Hailey is a lighting and projection designer based in the DC area since 2018, and is an MFA candidate at UMD. Recent Lighting designs include: Apropos of Nothing, Everything is Wonderful (Keegan Theatre); House of Bernarda Alba, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Botiquin de Bolaros, Las Hermanas Palacios (Helen Hayes Award winner) (Gala Hispanic Theatre); Fat Ham (American Stage); Cullud Wattah (Helen Hayes Award nomination) (Mosaic Theatre); Guards at the Taj, DROWNER, The Last 5 Years, Native Gardens (NextStop Theatre); Little Comedies, The Tale of the Fisherman, The Golden Fish (Synetic Theatre); Dragon Play, Human Museum (Rorschach Theatre). Recent Projection designs include: Trinity (Baltimore Center Stage); The Lightning Thief, Dragons Love Tacos, She Persisted (Helen Hayes Award nomination), Knuffle Bunny (Helen Hayes Award nomination) (Adventure Theatre); American Fast (Helen Hayes Award nomination), Poetry for the People (Theatre Alliance). Enjoy the show! Haileylaroedesigns.com
Brandon Cook (Sound Designer) is a local Washington DC Sound Designer and excited to return to Keegan Theatre. Recent credits include: “Look Both Ways" The Kennedy Center National Tour, “Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat" Wick Theatre, "Woman In Black" Keegan Theatre, “Book of Everything” George Washington University, ”Reefer Madness" NextStop Theatre, “Tell Tale Heart” Synetic Theatre, "Knuffle Bunny" Adventure Theatre, "Seussical The Musical” Keegan Theatre, “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing” Theater Alliance, "La Revoltosa" Gala Hispanic Theatre, "'Tis Pity She's A Whore / The Winter's Tale / Hedda Gabler” Shakespeare Theatre Company ACA Rep.
Jason Dearing, he/him (Properties & Set Dressing Designer) Previous shows include: NextStop Theatre: Dream Hou$e (prop designer); Theater J: Hester Street (prop designer); Round House: Ink (co-properties coordinator); The Kennedy Center: The Mortification of Fovea Munson (prop designer); Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell (prop master); Gallaudet University and The National Theatre of the Deaf: Deafenstein (prop master); REP Stage: The 39 Steps (prop master); The National Players: Tours 71, 72, & 73 (prop master). Jason is the full-time Prop Artisan at Olney Theatre Center. www.jasondearingprops.com
Josh Sticklin (Scenic Designer & Technical Director; Artistic Director of The Boiler Room Series; Associate Producer, Facilities Manager of The Keegan Theatre) is a true multi-hyphenate theater maker and brings that perspective to his work on all fronts. As a director, his credits include JOHN DOE, WOMAN IN BLACK, HAND TO GOD, GOOD PEOPLE, AS YOU LIKE IT, SHE SINGS LIGHT, CHILDREN OF EDEN, and CURTAINS. As a choreographer, his credits include CHESS, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, BALTIMORE WALTZ, and CAROUSEL. As a designer, his credits include SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA (Set), SEUSSICAL (Set - Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Set Design), JUNIE B. JONES (Set), YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (Set), and OTHER LIFE FORMS (Props). As an artisan/engineer he has designed notable scenic elements in LONESOME WEST, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, RIPCORD, TOP GIRLS, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, and THE UNDENIABLE SOUND OF RIGHT NOW. As an actor, Sticklin has performed in 22 productions at Keegan including HAIR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S RIOT, CUCHULLAIN, BASRA BOY, STONES IN HIS POCKETS, and AMERICAN IDIOT. He also serves as Associate Producer, Technical Director, and Facilities Manager. His leadership on energy efficiency and production quality has resulted in over $500k in upgrades for tech and the physical infrastructure. Josh is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographer Society and holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in Musical Theatre and Political Science from American University.
Zach Campion he/him (Dialect Coach) KEEGAN: Hand to God, Good People. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Heisenberg, The Gulf; Arena Stage: Angels in America-Millennium Approaches, Right to Be Forgotten, Indecent, Sovereignty, The Price, Smart People; Studio Theatre: Hand to God, Vietgone, The Remains, Terminus; Olney Theatre Center: Cabaret, Matilda, Labour of Love, The Invisible Hand, Aubergine, Annie, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd; Round House Theatre: Jennifer Who is Leaving, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Angels in America; Ford's Theatre: The Wiz; Mosaic Theatre: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World; OTHER: Certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®; member of the Studio Acting Conservatory faculty. EDUCATION: MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Performance and Production from Texas State University. voicecoachdc.com
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Emilie Knudsen (Stage Manager & Wardrobe Supervisor) is grateful to be back at Keegan for The Play that Goes Wrong! This season, she stage managed Keegan’s Everything is Wonderful and An Irish Carol and she’s been crewing at STC’s The Wild Duck, Synetic’s Antony & Cleopatra, and at George Mason’s Center for the Performing Arts. Her previous credits include Apropos of Nothing (Production Manager, Keegan), Noises Off (ASM, SM Sub, Keegan), Muffed (SM, Prologue), The Nance (ASM, 1st Stage), Merrily We Roll Along (ASM, Keegan), The Waverley Gallery (Crew Swing, 1st Stage). She has also acted as Rehearsal Stage Manager for 1st Stage’s productions of The Lake Effect, Hang, The Piano Lesson and is a scenic painter with credits from Keegan, NextStop, and New World Stage. Recently, she graduated from GMU with her MFA in Fiction Writing.
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Benjamin Broderick-Sokol (Assistant Stage Manager, Captain). Previous shows include: Keegan Theatre: Falsettos (Assistant Stage Manager); Nazareth University: The Prom (Stage Manager), The Trail to Oregon (Sound Designer), Romeo and Juliet (Assistant Stage Manager); Lumina Studio Theatre: The Electric Cave (Director, Stage Manager), Radio Days (Director, Sound Designer), The Seven Wonders (Director, Stage Manager).
Eileen Jones, she/her (Assistant Stage Manager) Previous shows include: Avant Bard: Two Gentlemen of Killarney (SM); Keegan Theater: Lizzie (ASM), GW Shakespeare Theater Company: Hamlet (SM), Romeo and Juliet (SM).
Marley Hollen (Assistant Stage Manager) is a writer from Nantucket, MA, currently studying Theatre and English at Mount Holyoke College. She has recently worked as ASM for MHC productions of Antigone and POTUS.
*The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
