Find out whodunit, support your local library
Darlington County residents will have two chances to find out whodunit this month while supporting two libraries in the Darlington County Library System. The Lamar Branch will hold a Murder Mystery Dinner fundraiser on Oct. 21; the Society Hill Branch will hosts theirs on Oct. 28.
The Will of the Duchess will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in Lamar. The proceeds from the evening will support their children’s reading program.
In Society Hill, guests will have a chance to take part in a play written by library staff.
“We will have a character-driven, narrator-driven play and at the end we will find out who the murderer or murderess is,” said Branch Manager Charlene McDonnaugh. “Parts are still available and it is a very interesting and fun activity.”
Proceeds from the Society Hill fundraiser will go toward expanding the meeting room at the library.
The play has nearly three-dozen characters to choose from.
“Everybody that is at the dinner has an active part in it,” McDonnaugh said. “We have 32 active parts; the lady’s parts are going fast but the men have not stepped up yet.”
‘The RIP’d Page’ features a wide variety of characters from all types of literature.
“This is a literary murder mystery so the characters can be found in anything from comic books all the way up to Shakespeare,” McDonnaugh said. “It is a brand new play that myself and two ladies from another library have written so it is going to be our debut.”
Tickets for adults are $10 in advance for both dinners. The night of, at-the-door, price is $12. Children six and under are $5; any children under two will be admitted free.
For more information, call Lamar Library at 843-326-5524 or Society Hill Library at 843-378-0026.