The Xavier Stage invites the Xavier University community to witness its suspense-packed season preview, Misteryo on September 3, 7:30 p.m. at the XU Little Theater.

Misteryo is TXS’ detour from its original plan of staging the absurd. The company feels that it has to prepare first its artists as well as its audience. Staging mystery theater play is a convenient resort that serves as a better transition before leaping to and engaging with the absurdist’s constructs. Misteryo holds audiences in suspense. A careful rendition of “who has done it” and inquisition leads the audience in finding out who the murderer is and who’s next—a gripping technique that glues the audience makes Misteryo a terror delight.

Agatha Christie, Frederick Knott and Joseph Kesselring were transformed into the Mindanao milieu. This move aims at approximating their plots into our contemporary murder mystery possibilities. All the productions in this season are written in the Cebuano language and admission is free. The following productions loom this 4th season:

Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians
Translated By Don Pagusara
September 20-30, 2014
“One Little Indian Boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.”

Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace
Adapted by Roger Garcia
December 15-18, 2014
“Two old sisters serve wine to their house guests.”

Frederick Knott’s Dial M for Murder
Adapted by Don Pagusara
February 23-28, 2015
“Man plans to kill his adulterous wife.”