The Catamounts: The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen, 8 pm

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Carsen Theatre, Jan 26 – 28, 8 pm
The Catamounts proudly present the regional premiere of 2011′s Joseph Jefferson winner for Best New Work, The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen, by Emily Schwartz. This pitch-black comedy resurrects what was once the most famous criminal investigation the world had ever known: the tale of Dr. H. H. Crippen, England’s most notoriously inept cellar murderer, the first criminal ever to be apprehended with the aid of wireless technology. Part Vaudeville, part Grand Guignol, this factual (and fanciful) turn of the century tragedy splits the homicidal homeopath into three parts, Public, Private, and Fantasy, as it teaches a marvelously macabre lesson in how NOT to rid yourself of a wife. Ages 12+.