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Myra Thornhill, portrayed

by Jessica Bell, sulks as

she tries to formulate a

plan to get money out of

Baldpate's safe.

even Keys to

Baldpate

An old inn, a vanishing corpse, and a single key?

What could these three things possibly have in common? Ac­

tually quite a lot, as it turns out. The spring play, The Seven

Keys to Baldpate, a mystery by George M. Cohan, contained a

little bit of everything, from gun slinging to murder to a mad

hermit. The main character, William Magee, played by Josh

Galster, is an eccentric author who takes on a deal that if he

can write a book in twenty-four hours in an old inn, he will be

awarded five thousand dollars. He is given a key to the inn,

called Baldpate, and he begins his novel.

He has been promised that he will not be

bothered during his time at the inn and

that the key he has been given is the only

key in existence to the inn. However, he

soon discovers that more than one kev ex-

J

ists and that he will be hard pressed to get

the novel finished within the time period.

Soon he finds himself in the middle of a

drama that unfolds around him. Mysteri­

ous people come in and out of Baldpate

as they please, many of them connected in

some way. They all have one thing in com­

mon though-they all think that they own

the sole "key to Baldpate." The cast of The Seven the play was Mr. Patridge's

Keys to Baldpate was entrance on the stage.

made up of a variety of Dressed in the garb of a

students. Among the police officer, he received

cast were two seniors and cheers and clapping as he

one professor: Mr. Frank made his appearance.

Partridge. A highlight of

^ campus life