Glensheen
book by Jeffrey Hatcher
music and lyrics by Chan Poling
directed by Ron Peluso
June 20–July 14, 2024
A CRACKLING MUSICAL WITH A WICKED EDGE
Content warning: Strobe lights and dialogue referencing suicide.
1977. An heiress, kind and generous, is found dead in her bed. Her night nurse, lying lifeless on the staircase. A robbery? A clumsy break-in? A conspiracy? A scandal! The Congdon family tragedy splashed across the headlines of every newspaper in Minnesota. But what really happened on that fateful night at the Glensheen Mansion? Whodunit?
Witness this dark musical that tackles the tale with wicked dialogue and evocative music.
Read/Listen/Watch:
- History Theatre's murder musical Glensheen keeps fans coming again and again (Star Tribune)
- Top 10 reasons to attend Glensheen (Cherry and Spoon)
- Seven killer reasons why the musical 'Glensheen' slays (Star Tribune)
- Glensheen musical recounts double murder at the mansion (Northern News Now)
- Mainstage murder mayhem with Jeffrey Hatcher (Twin Cities Theatre Blog podcast)
- MPR Feature: Glensheen: Murder and a musical
Read the Rave Reviews:
- 'Glensheen' is still wickedly funny (Play Off The Page, 6/25/24)
- Glensheen murder musical the complexity of true crime takes center stage (Twin Cities Geek Review, 6/24)
- Darkly comedic take on a homegrown murder (Talkin' Broadway, 6/25/24)
- Hit murder musical 'Glensheen' entertaining as ever (Pioneer Press, 7/14/23)
- Return to Glensheen at History Theatre (thestagesofmn.com, 7/14/23)
- 'Glensheen' epitomizes tragedy plus time (Pioneer Press, 7/14/22)
- Minnesota True Crime Musical returns (thestagesofmn.com, 7/11/22)
- "Glensheen" is as funny and fascinating as ever (Pioneer Press, 7/10/19)
For rights to future productions of Glensheen, please contact:
- Jack Tantleff, Paradigm | 140 Broadway | New York, NY, 10005 | (212) 897-6400 | jtantleff@paradigmagency.com
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