• Sunday, Aug 18, 2019 / 3:00pm
• Sunday, Aug 18, 2019 / 7:00pm
• Tuesday, Aug 20, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Wednesday, Aug 21, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Thursday, Aug 22, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Friday, Aug 23, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Saturday, Aug 24, 2019 / 5:00pm
• Saturday, Aug 24, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Sunday, Aug 25, 2019 / 3:00pm
• Sunday, Aug 25, 2019 / 7:00pm
• Tuesday, Aug 27, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Thursday, Aug 29, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Friday, Aug 30, 2019 / 8:00pm
• Saturday, Aug 31, 2019 / 5:00pm

Set in a local hair salon, "Shear Madness" is a hilarious whodunit with "you" as a central character and jokes and lines as up-to-date as the morning's news. When the beauty parlor's landlady is murdered at the outset, a blend of mystery and improvisational theater ensues, with audience members called upon to make sense of the clues, question the actors and ultimately solve the crime. This award-winning Boston institution, ongoing at the Charles Playhouse since 1980, boasts new clues and ripped-from-the-headlines humor every night, resulting in rollicking repeat visits, and has spawned 50 different productions in cities as far-flung as Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Tel Aviv, Melbourne and Johannesburg.