Casting Announced For 'SHEAR MADNESS', Opening 1/09

Casting was announced for Shear Madness, which will begin performances at Town Square Las Vegas in January 2009.

The cast will feature Enoch Augustus Scott, Robin Long, Tracey Adams, Joe Ditmyer, Chris Tarjan, and Nicholas Caruso. Christie Maturo is the understudy/assistant stage manager.

Why over 8 million people around the world have seen Shear Madness, the uproarious whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A mixture of improvisation and up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. The play is delightfully different every time you see it.

Shear Madness marked its 10,475th performance with its 25th anniversary celebration on Monday January 31, 2005, this summer 2008 that total will surpass 12,000! SHEAR MADNESS is the comedy whodunit which holds a guiness book record as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd longest running play in the history of American Theater.

Set in presents day Las Vegas, armchair detectives help to solve the scissor-stabbing murder of a famed concert pianist who lives above the salon.

* Shear Madness has been seen by more than 8.3 million people around the world and by more than 1.6 million in Boston!
* There have been 58 productions of Shear Madness worldwide and it has been translated into 11 foreign languages!
* This uproarious whodunit is the longest running play in the history of the American Theatre!
* There have been more than 48,000 performances of the play around the world!

Shear Madness has used the following on stage during its uproarious 27-year run at the Charles Playhouse:
One Perfect Script
17 Barber Chairs
80 Blow Dryers
110 Actors
225 Bottles of State Blood
165 Hair Brushes
1,100 Cans of Hair Spray
5,000 Ounces of Shampoo
1,300 Bottles of Nail Polish
20,000 Tic Tacs
4,000 Ounces of Conditioner
1,200 Emery Boards
11,000 Cans of Shaving Cream