The Denver Center Theatre Company is excited to announce the full casting and creative team for the world premiere production of The Suffragette’s Murder by Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway’s The Cottage). The Suffragette’s Murder will begin performances in the Kilstrom Theatre on February 7, 2025.

One of the most produced playwrights in American theatre, Sandy Rustin, had audiences raving at the Denver Center Theatre Company’s 2023 Colorado New Play Summit (CNPS) with their world premiere production The Suffragette’s Murder. Sandy’s success keeps on rising with her play The Cottage directed by Jason Alexander recently debuting on Broadway and her popular adaptation Clue launching a new tour in 2024.

“The Suffragette’s Murder was an immediate favorite of audiences at the 2023 Colorado New Play Summit, and I am thrilled that we have the opportunity to work with Sandy on this production that is engaging and topical,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman. “The Suffragette’s Murder is a hilarious farcical who-done-it that becomes an examination of the early women’s suffrage movements”

For information on The Suffragette’s Murder, visit denvercenter.org. As the DCPA works to modernize the use of technology to better serve patrons, all DCPA ticketing (online, phones and in-person) will be unavailable the week of January 6.

The Suffragette’s Murder will feature Megan Hill (The Ants, Geffen Playhouse) as Mrs. Alma Mayhew, Gareth Saxe (Hotter Than Egypt, DCPA) as Mr. Archibald Orton, Matthew Boston (The Lehman Trilogy, DCPA) as Mr. Albert Mayhew, Rowan Vickers (TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, First National Tour) as Mr. Leopold Albright, Linda Mugleston (Sweeney Todd, DCPA) as Mrs. Miriam Adams, Annie Abramczyk (falcon girls, Yale Repertory Theatre) as Miss Mabel Adams, Curtis Wiley (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, Broadway) as Mr. Tennyson Jennings, Kevin Isola (Brooklyn Boy, Broadway) as Constable, Diana Dresser (Anna Karenina, DCPA) as Mrs. Alma Mayhew/Mrs. Miriam Adams Understudy, Mike Peebler (“Yellowstone” on Paramount) as Mr. Archibald Orton/Mr. Leopold Albright/Constable Understudy, E. Clayton Cornelius (Ain’t Too Proud, National Tour) as Mr. Tennyson Jennings Understudy, and Chloe McLeod (A Christmas Carol, DCPA) as Mrs. Miriam Adams/Miss Mabel Adams Understudy.

The Suffragette’s Murder will be directed by Margot Bordelon (The Lehman Trilogy, DCPA) with scenic design by Reid Thompson (The Lehman Trilogy, DCPA), costume design by Beth Goldenberg (Data Arena Stage), lighting design by Marika Kent (Sweeney Todd, Portland Center Stage), sound design by Sinan Zafar (What the Constitution Means to Me, Broadway), dramaturgy by Leean Kim Torske (Hamlet, DCPA), casting by Grady Soapes, CSA (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA), Laura Schutzel, CSA (History Brothers, Broadway), assistant directing by Christine Kahane, and stage management by Malia Stoner (A Christmas Carol, DCPA) and Sage Hughes (Hamlet, DCPA).

SANDY RUSTIN is one of the “most produced playwrights” in America (American Theatre Magazine). Sandy’s comedy, The Cottage marked her Broadway debut last year. Her stage adaptations of Clue and Mystic Pizza will tour the U.S. in 2025. Her recent adaptation of Dear World was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Sandy’s production, Now Never Knows Tomorrow, is in development with Grammy Award-winner, Edie Brickell. She has written for Disney, STX Entertainment, Primary Wave Music, and Mattel. Other works: Loch Ness, Rated P…for Parenthood, Elijah, Struck, Always Something There, and more. Love to Evan, Isaac and Charlie. www.sandyrustin.com @sandyrustin_

ABOUT THE SUFFRAGETTE’S MURDER
Feb 7-Mar 9, 2025
Kilstrom Theatre
Directed by Shelley Butler
World Premiere

On the morning of July 5, 1857, an eclectic group of tenants bustle about their Manhattan boarding house, arranging the final details of a clever scheme they hope to pull off in the name of the budding women’s suffrage movement. As they prepare to host an important secret gathering, they receive an unexpected visit from a constable. One of the tenants has been murdered.

The odd bunch must then band together in an elaborate ruse to throw the constable off their scent. His investigation, however, reveals much more than murder motives and rabble-rousing. It becomes an examination of early American suffrage movements, the struggle to define “a woman’s place,” and the political systems that have historically sought to snuff out feminist voices.

The Suffragette’s Murder, a farcical who-done-it by Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway’s The Cottage) and a runaway audience favorite at the 2023 Colorado New Play Summit, makes its highly anticipated world premiere at the Denver Center next winter!