“Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks,” or did she? Experience one of the original true-crime ‘whodunits’ performed by local teens in Applause! Cary Youth Theatre’s production of Lizzie Borden of Fall River October 20-22 at the Cary Arts Center. Featuring characters adept at hiding the truth, and encouraging audiences to come to their own conclusions, the thriller runs Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 22 at 3 p.m.

Lizzie Borden of Fall River is a dramatization of the 1893 court case in which Lizzie, an intelligent, confident woman and model citizen, becomes the key suspect in the brutal murder of her father and stepmother. Rather than highlight the actual crime, Tim Kelly’s script focuses on events leading up to and after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Borden.

Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased at the door prior to each performance, as available. Advance tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $5 for children 5 and younger. All tickets at the door are $10. Tickets can be purchased:

• At the downtown box office at the Cary Theater, Tuesday-Friday from 11a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.;
• At the Cary Arts Center on Mondays from 4-8 p.m.;
• Anytime online at www.etix.com;
• Through the eTix phone center, 1 (800) 514-3849, Monday through Friday 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–8 p.m., or Sunday noon-8 p.m., or;
• At the door the day of the show, assuming availability. All tickets at the door are $10.

For more information, check out “Applause” at www.townofcary.org or call (919) 469-4069.