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Aurora, New York – The Aurora Free Library Preservation Committee will present its spring fundraiser, “Reserve Two for Murder.” This interactive theatre production will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 pm in the Morgan Opera House, Main Street, Aurora. A dessert and coffee reception will follow the performance. All proceeds will benefit the Aurora Free Library’s “Raise the Roof” campaign.

“Reserve Two for Murder” opens with a play within a play set five hundred years in the future. As this play unfolds, the theater is suddenly plunged into darkness and an actor is shot and killed by someone in the audience. Weird, chilling developments begin to take place, including a second murder, a vanishing corpse that reappears in the auditorium’s rear, and the disclosure that operatives of a spy ring are present.

The mystery is finally unraveled by two detectives who have come to see the performance: Sergeant Kennedy and his proverb-spouting assistant, Sam Lee. Much of the action takes place in the auditorium with occasional help from the audience.

Under the guidance of Wells College Assistant Professor of Theatre Siouxsie Grady, “Reserve Two for Murder” is cast with seven Wells students and professor emeritus Alan Clugston. The play is being directed by Rachel Snyder ’11 and Jillian Kline ’09. The players are donating their time and acting expertise for this cause.

Other supporting sponsors of the fundraiser are three of Aurora’s restaurants – the Aurora Inn, Pumpkin Hill Bistro, and the Fargo Bar & Grill. Patrons are encouraged to make it a true night on the town by enjoying dinner at one of these fine establishments before the performance.

The Aurora Free Library Preservation Committee’s “Raise the Roof” campaign is a three-phase construction project aimed at improving the building’s physical facilities. The $166,000 roof repair project will be completed this month, thanks to many generous donors and support from Senator Michael Nozzolio, Assemblyman Gary Finch, and a NYS Library Grant, along with local foundations: Fred L. Emerson, Columbian, D.E. French, Stanley W. Metcalf, and the Osborne Memorial Association.

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