Trixie True
by Kelly Hamilton

Name: Trixie True
Brand: Kelly Hamilton
SKU: 9780573681653
Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 mins1940s/WWIIStrong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers find 'Trixie True' to be an entertaining and delightful play, appealing especially to fans of Nancy Drew. Many appreciate its humor and cleverness, surpassing expectations as a mere spoof.

Highly entertaining and funnyEngaging for Nancy Drew fansA mild note on occasional slow parts

Synopsis

Hack writer Joe Sneed has been ordered by his boss, Miss Snood, to grind out yet another mystery about Trixie True, “America's foremost amateur sleuth.”

Trixie, beloved of America’s teens, is able to solve capers that baffle the FBI, and Joe is sick of her.

So, he begins one last mystery – which will finish off Trixie for good.

The bulk of this clever show, then, becomes “The Mystery of the Tapping Shoes,” in which Our Heroine is called on by the FBI to break a Nazi spy ring.

Turns out, the spy is Madame Olga, Trixie's tap dance teacher, who tries to blow up Trixie by planting a bomb in her tap shoes.

When this fails, Olga puts Trixie in a submarine with a bomb and sets it on a course for the Statue of Liberty.

At this point, Joe realizes he has to save Trixie to save his job, and his romantic chances with Miss Snood.

Of course, he finds a way for Trixie to save herself.

There isn't a theatre audience in America who wouldn't love this show!

Press Reviews

"A cleverly camp celebration of some of the greatest pulp fiction ever written (the Nancy Drew mystery series)."
— New York Daily News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Miss Snood/Olga Miss Snood is a brisk, efficient business tycoon in her early to mid-thirties. Stylish, tailored, she has something tof a Joan Crawford quality, and wears her hair tightly knotted in a snood. Madame Olga is a blonde, Germanic beauty in the height of her sensuality, a Marlene Dietrich type.	female	—	Miss Snood is a brisk, efficient business tycoon in her early to mid-thirties. Stylish, tailored, she has something tof a Joan Crawford quality, and wears her hair tightly knotted in a snood. Madame Olga is a blonde, Germanic beauty in the height of her sensuality, a Marlene Dietrich type.
Al/Wilhelm Al is a snappy go-getter, Joe's office assistant. As Wilhelm, he is Olga's sinister military aide. Late 20's to early 30's.	male	20s	Al is a snappy go-getter, Joe's office assistant. As Wilhelm, he is Olga's sinister military aide. Late 20's to early 30's.
Trixie True Blonde, America's foremost amateur sleuth; pretty, perky, eighteen.	—	—	Blonde, America's foremost amateur sleuth; pretty, perky, eighteen.
Dick Dickerson Boyishly handsome, eighteen, captain of the football team.	—	—	Boyishly handsome, eighteen, captain of the football team.
Laverne Eighteen, a gangling tomboy, the more aggressive of Trixie's chums.	—	—	Eighteen, a gangling tomboy, the more aggressive of Trixie's chums.
Maxine Plump, giggily, eighteen, reluctant when it comes to adventure.	—	—	Plump, giggily, eighteen, reluctant when it comes to adventure.
Bobby Eighteen, bright as a penny, energetic, a go-getter.	—	—	Eighteen, bright as a penny, energetic, a go-getter.
Joe Sneed A hard-boiled, rough-hewn, down-on-his-luck hack writer in his mid to late thirties.	male	—	A hard-boiled, rough-hewn, down-on-his-luck hack writer in his mid to late thirties.