Ghostlight Ensemble presents the next installment of its live movie readings with Such a Lot of Guns and So Few Brains: A Live Reading of "The Big Sleep" on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Join us at 7 p.m. at Black Eagle Club (1938 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613), as we raise our glass of brandy with champagne to this headscratcher of a detective story and try to figure out whodunnit. "The Big Sleep" is a 1946 American film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as wisecracking private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and through a series of complicated plot twists leads to multiple murders. The cast is: Phillip Marlowe: Christopher Paul Mueller Vivan Rutledge: Jean E. Mueller-Burr Eddie Mars: Nick Conrad Ensemble of Characters: Don Alsafi, David Fry, Michelle Limon, Joe Page and Stacey Tappan The live reading is directed by Bob Koester. There is a suggested donation of $5 at the door, which will help Ghostlight fund its upcoming season.