culprit? Would they ever be caught? This was the mood surrounding Berkeley Institute's annual drama production of "Who Dunit?'' last month.

Under the direction of drama teacher Jocelyn Wiley and the patronage of Bermuda College writer-in-residence Florenz Maxwell, the performance was held in the school auditorium on the evenings of March 20 and 21.

The drama unfolded with the slaying of famous murder mystery author Alexander Arlington (Ryan Howard) in his own home.

Having been murdered while the lights were out, Alexander then found himself at the Gates of Heaven without a clue as to "whodunnit''.

But Archangel Michael (Yannis Williams), along with angels Muriel (Adwina Wescom-Trott) and Isabelle (Christine Taylor), allowed Alexander to return to Earth and investigate his own murder -- before it happened again.

Once home, Alexander discovered that almost everyone in his household had a reason to kill him.

His gardener and butler Harry (Tristan Richardson) were terribly afraid that Alexander was going to tell the police about his criminal past. Andrew (Tony Thompson), Alexander's gambling nephew, owed money to the mob and would have loved to cash in on his uncle's wealth, especially since Flo (LaTanya Parsley), a gangster's girlfriend, had arrived in town to warn him that the mob was on his heels.

Alexander's long-time secretary, Miss Jenkins (Tiffani Stevens), seemed ready to take over his job in order to make a future writing her own novels.

And Vivian (Nishanthi Bailey), Alexander's much younger fiancee, along with her "big hunk of muscle'' George (Khere Shae James) could have done without his interference.

It did not take Alexander long to find out that the only faithful friend he had was the cook Annie (Shamir Howes).

To his despair, Alexander could not figure out who murdered him, despite his many theories.

Once back at the Gates of Heaven, archangel Michael decided to tell him the truth -- hidden by the darkness, both Vivian and George commited the crime with a Chinese dagger.

Although the play was a success, it could not have been performed without the help of the dedicated crew: stage manager Seldon Woolridge, stage crew Maurico Bradshaw and Sharifa Richardson, assistant director Alandra Swan, spotlight operator Khalid Pitcher, costume designer Kimberley Smith and hairdresser Kamala Simons.