Theatre of Death

October 15, 2015 through November 8, 2015. To purchase tickets go to www.MBSProductions.net or call 214-477-4942. Just in time for Halloween and Día de los Muertos. Seven short plays, dating from the Middle Ages till the present day all dealing with death. Some are funny, some scary, and others just plain weird. And the entire show will be done by candlelight! Fasten your seatbelts for an extraordinary theatrical experience that will give you chills, thrills, and many laughs. Presented at the Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison TX 75001. We will have 2 special shows: Halloween Night, October 31, 2015 8PM. All audience members will receive a trick or treat bag. Audience members who come in costume will receive a special gift. There will be a costume contest at intermission. Dia de los Muertos, November 1, 2015 2 PM. Dia de los Muertos refreshements will be served at intermission. The Plays: The Mask, by Lope de Rueda, circa 1550. This bawdy comedy is about simpleton who goes to his boss to show him what he thinks is an unusual mask he found, only to discover that it isn’t a mask, but something else quite gruesome. Little does he know that his boss is the murderer. Romance of Count Alarcos, Anonymous 14th Century. A King discovers an indiscretion between the Princess and Count Alarcos, who is now married. Enraged, the King forces the Count to pay the price of this indiscretion by ordering him to commit a murder or be killed. The Fool, Juan Matos Fragoso, circa 1660. A couple get run out of town for their petty crimes. They attempt a new con on unsuspecting travelers: one will pretend to be dead, and the other will ask for alms in order to pay for the burial. They keep screwing it up, until a witch arrives. The end result of this comedy is shocking. The Haunt, Mark-Brian Sonna, 2015. A husband and wife have a late night discussion about her infidelity. Are they telling the truth to each other or are they lying? Or is one or the other plotting a murder? And if so, who's? A Date with Mick, Thomas Bertino, 2015. A casual hook-up between two seeming strangers becomes a game of cat and mouse as one gets tied to a chair and the other tries to extract a confession about an incident from their past. 13 Minutes, Alejandro de la Costa, 2004. Four strangers wake up in a room with no doors. In order to survive they have 13 minutes to kill one of the people in the room or they all will die. Will they ever agree? Romance of the Departed Husband, Anonymous 14th Century. A maid tells the story about her mistress who is awaiting the return of her husband. The maid receives some tragic news about the husband. Because her mistress is in a fragile mental state, the maid devises a plan to break the news gently to her, with unexpected and tragic results.