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Case 03
Open Investigation · Case 03
The Weight of Opening Night
Veteran42 min
Hours before opening night, artistic director Celeste Marchetti is killed onstage when a counterweight batten drops from the fly loft. Everyone backstage has already decided it was an accident. It wasn't.
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The Brief
Aldwynne Playhouse, final technical rehearsal, forty-five minutes before doors. A counterweight batten dropped from the fly loft and killed artistic director Celeste Marchetti instantly. The building is old, the rigging is older, and by morning the story backstage has already settled: a tragic accident. You have one night, backstage, before the board meets and the story — and everyone in it — moves on without the truth.