Project Spotlight “Murder at the Mirage Hotel” - Events

Tuesday, Apr 8, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater
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Project Spotlight, UCF’s only student developmental theatre organization, presents an original and thrilling murder mystery play by UCF student Joseph Fields.

Tuesday, Apr 8, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater
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Project Spotlight, UCF’s only student developmental theatre organization, presents an original and thrilling murder mystery play by UCF student Joseph Fields.

Ten strangers arrive at the Mirage Hotel, seeking refuge from the blizzard raging outside. Some come for comfort and relaxation, others come for dangerous liaisons. The evening quickly turns violent when the strangers discover that their sworn enemy is also in the hotel. Suddenly, secrets and intrigue are uncovered, revealing that the strangers are more connected than they first believed.

All of this comes to a head when their enemy turns up as dead as a doornail. The guest must now put aside their differences and works together to find the killer. Ultimately, discovering more about themselves and each other throughout the process.

“Murder at the Mirage Hotel” by Joey Fields

Creative Team

Playwright: Joey Fields

Director: Lindsay Goldman

Assistant Director: Luis Montalvo

Production Stage Manager: Taylor Appleford

Assistant Stage Managers: Lila McMorris, Reymyah Mcghee

Scenic Designer: Jonas Winter

Costume Designers: Mariam Awadallah, Ana Tew

Sound Designer: Casey Berkery

Lighting Designers: Reyann Epps, Jonas Winter

CAST

Oswald Rich: Spencer G.D. Mounts

Marie Blanchfield: Olivia Koehnlein

Professor Patrick Parr: Matthew Bracker

Lisa Ann: Angelina DuBois

Debbie Smith: Ana Gomez-Lugo

Madame Eliza Margery: Nora Rudmann

Robert Goldfinch: Wyatt Hubbard

Charles Goldfinch: Jonathan Sommervil

Major Margret Macintosh: Slightly Shoemaker

Mr. Leo Lark: Branden Monge

Joyce Johnson: Rebecca Low

Virginia “Locomotive” Lancaster, U/S Joyce Johnson: Mia Rojas

U/S Oswald Rich: Sean Hawkins

U/S Marie Blanchfield: Taylor Marino

U/S Professor Patrick Parr: Mark Prosper

U/S Lisa Ann: Riley Woodall

U/S Debbie Smith: Helen Sanford

U/S Madame Eliza Margery: Liv Cruce

U/S Robert Goldfinch: Luke Grzybowski

U/S Charles Goldfinch: Zachary Walker

U/S Major Margret Macintosh, U/S Virginia “Locomotive” Lancaster: Erin Osborne

U/S Mr. Leo Lark: Tomas Principe

Content Advisory: Murder, talk of death, Alcohol and drug usage, profanity, talk of sex

Director’s Note: What do you get when 10 hotel guests get trapped inside a hotel during a monstrous blizzard, let’s find out! We all know the classic murder mystery tropes; the ones we grew up reading and the ones we read now. But we invite you to step away from those classic tropes and get to know the character’s behind them. In my opinion, the driving motivation behind the play is the idea of “loss.” The characters you see before you have all lost something; a person? A job? A friend? A piece of themself? Their mind? Through the course of the show I ask you to follow the character’s individual journeys and ask yourself, “What would you do for the people and things that you love?.” -Lindsay Goldman, Director

Act 1:

Prologue

Scene One: And Here We Are!

Scene Two: Rough Tides

Scene Three: And Then There Were Some…

Act 2: 

Scene One: What Now?

Scene Two: Cowgirl to the Rescue!

Scene Three: Get a Clue

Deliberation

Scene Four: Coup de Grace! 