Shakespeare, the greatest playwright who ever lived, meets the greatest mystery he never solved – the assassination of poet, playwright and spy Christopher “Kit” Marlowe. After six years, Kit’s ghost is back, with one command for his successful friend and rival – find the killer! Reluctant sleuth Will Shakespeare must follow the trail from London’s darkest gutters to the halls of power to solve this original “true crime” mystery.
A World Premiere from John Stephens, New York Times best-selling author and writer/producer of television hits “Gotham,” “Gossip Girl,” “Gilmore Girls,” “The O.C.,” and “Pennyworth”
The play is inspired by the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe, one of England’s greatest playwrights and the subject of one of literary history’s most enduring unsolved mysteries.
While Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were real-life contemporaries, Killing Kit imagines Shakespeare as an unlikely detective investigating Marlowe’s murder.
Killing Kit is a brand-new play making its world premiere at Arizona Theatre Company.
