Shear Madness is sheer fun

Theater, in general, is not an experience encouraging active participation in the action occurring on the stage. Usually, we sit back in our seats, relax, and voyeuristically observe other peoples' lives being played out right in front of us. The actors ignore us and we are happy and relieved that they don't know we're watching them. But what if theater wasn't like this? What if you could observe the scenes on stage and then actively participate in their eventual outcome? This is where Shear Madness, a murder-mystery comedy playing at the Charles Theater, steps in.