Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes guests from the Paradise Community Theatre to highlight the upcoming production of Kill Me, Deadly with Zeke Brooks and Kandi Lingle. A play with romance, intrigue, and murder, this detective noir is a smart parody that will keep you guessing until the end!

https://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org/theater

Kill Me, Deadly

Presented by Paradise Community Theatre

By Bill Robens

Directed by Patrick Braucher

Charlie Nickels has a hard life as a gumshoe in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, and things are only made harder by the murder of a client and the theft of her 300-carat diamond. With the help of his wisecracking secretary, Ida, Charlie seeks out the many suspects. Packed with romance, intrigue, and murder, this detective noir is a smart parody that will keep you guessing until the end!

Performances:

February 20*, 21, 27, and 28 at 7:30 PM

February 22 & March 1 at 2:00 PM

*ASL Interpreted Performance

Tickets: Member: $19.50, Non-Member: $21.50, Student: $15.50 (Includes a $1.50 Processing Fee)

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes guests from the Paradise Center for the Arts: Julie Fakler, Executive Director and Will McIntyre, Performing Arts & Education Director. We’ll preview upcoming events and discuss the Arts & Nature membership option.

https://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes director Susan Dunhaupt and actors from the Northfield Arts Guild production of Little Wars. In this drama Agatha Christie, Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker, Alice B. Toklas, Lillian Hellman and more are together for the dinner party of your dreams.

https://northfieldartsguild.org/northfield-arts-guild-66th-theater-season/

LITTLE WARS*

Written by Steven Carl McCasland

Directed by Susan Dunhaupt*

THIS PLAY CONTAINS MATURE MATERIAL AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES.

JANUARY 30TH – FEBRUARY 8TH, 2026;

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS AT 7:30 PM, SUNDAYS** AT 2:00 PM

Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield, MN

France, 1940. Tensions are high. The booze is flowing. War is coming. The coolest women on earth are having the what-if dinner party you always imagined. Together they’ll drink, scoff and face their demons. Someone has a secret. All of them have confessions. Join Agatha Christie, Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker, Alice B. Toklas, Lillian Hellman and more for the dinner party of your dreams. Called “brilliant”, “mesmerizing” and “astonishing” by New York critics.

**THERE WILL BE A POST-SHOW ‘TALK BACK’ AFTER THE FIRST SUNDAY MATINEE ON FEBRUARY 1ST

THIS AMATEUR PRODUCTION IS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH NICK HERN BOOKS.