By CHARLES LUDLAM
Directed by EVERETT QUINTON
November 11 - December 19, 2009

Boasted as "A hearty mixture of thrills, laughter and extravagant showmanship" by Village Voice, The Mystery of Irma Vep is sure to have folks laughing and gasping in the aisles. Lord Edgar Hillcrest has taken on his second wife, Lady Enid, after his first wife, Irma Vep, met her untimely demise when attacked by a werewolf! Murder and mayhem ensue as this definitive spoof on Gothic melodramas pulls us laughing along at a breakneck speed.

Bruce R. Nelson and Clinton Brandhagen

"The split-second timing essential in a successful farce can be felt at every twist and turn." -The Baltimore Sun

"The Mystery of Irma Vep is the most fun you can have indoors right now without having to go to confession immediately afterward." -Baltimore City Paper

"Absolute comic mayhem." -WYPR

"If there was ever a theatrical production that fully represented the significant value of live theater, Everyman Theatre’s production of Charles Ludlam’s The Mystery of Irma Vep would be the perfect example" -Baltimore Gay Life