Padua Performing Arts Presents Fall Play ‘That’s the Spirit’

Padua Franciscan Performing Arts presented That’s the Spirit by Tim Kelly as the Fall Play in 2024. The production ran from Thursday, November 7 through Sunday, November 10, 2024.

That’s the Spirit is a spoof of a murder mystery. Psychic Jenny Davenport is discovered murdered in a lodge, which formerly belonged to well-known “illusionist” The Great Marvel. Another psychic, Claire Voyant, recruits a unique cast of characters, including Bella Donna and her ventriloquist dummy, Chester, Anne Boleyn (and her terrible fear of axes) and Ernst Slater (the man with x-ray eyes) to help find Davenport’s missing “magical book.”

Along with a niece, hermit, walking lampshade and “ham actor,” the cast delivers a unique combination of fun and scare in this comedic play.

The production was directed by Miss Elizabeth Malloy ’11.