The Wartburg Players, a student-run theater organization, will perform Craig Sodaro’s “Murder by the Book” March 18 and 19.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. nightly in McCaskey Lyceum. Free-will donations will be accepted.

The play follows the events unfolding at the renowned Raven Society’s annual meeting, where mystery writers gather to determine the best mystery book of the year. With such a prestigious prize at stake, each member attends the meeting disguised as a famous author.

The society’s deliberation is interrupted when a correspondence arrives, announcing that each member of the society will die … by their own words. The authors – from Louisa May Alcott to William Shakespeare – will race the clock to find the killer.