Basically, it's a play being written right before your eyes -- sort of. The premise is that a retiring police officer has decided he's going to go off into a life of ease, and how he's going to do that is by writing a murder mystery like Agatha Christie.

What you're seeing before your eyes is what's happening in his head.

This is truly an ensemble show. There's not a lead who has to carry the story, so it's a chance to really showcase all of our actors and actresses.

This is a good starter show for some of these kids who've never been onstage before, and we have several who are first-timers, but they're having fun with the roles and characters. It's not Shakespeare, but that's OK with us.

The important thing is with police manpower - if it can give them a different set of eyes, if it can make them aware of a sensitive situation as it happens, if it allows them to prevent something from happening, it makes downtown a safer and more secure environment.

You just engage the residents to be the eyes and ears of the police department.