A Deadly Habit, or The Superbowl Massacre
by Tom Chiodo

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Highlights

60 mins 1980s Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

A sports widow is “mad as hell” and she's not going to take it any more!

The football commissioner mysteriously resigns.

A cheerleader stages her own kidnapping.

A referee is up to his ears in drug deals and bad calls.

This deadly game goes into overtime for an intricate scheme of revenge and coverups that invites a lot of audience participation.

Press Reviews

"Super Bowl Sunday was never like this!! Great fun for sports fans and foes."

— New York Newsday

Characters

Character
Jim “Porky” Nasium

Referee. Former Steeler's football coach. Boisterous. He sports a big paunch and carries a little whistle.

Bunny “Bleachers” Nagursky

Wild cheerleader in pigtails and pompoms. Man in drag. 40 years old. From Pennsylvania.

Madame Shushatski

Wrinkled French ballet mistress. Speaks broken French and German. Carries a ballet baton at all times. Whacks people and objects with baton to emphasize statements. 40 years old. Plays ancient.

Mrs. “Chicky” Knute Rockne

Penniless cocktail waitress. Adorable and foul-mouthed. Wife of the late Knute Rockne. Secretly bitter since losing her husband’s pension from the professional football league. 70 years old.

Mrs. Tess Bumblegardner

Food editor for Better Homes and Gardens. She is a sharp, organized writer. She knows about family life, food and politely advises people on how to run their lives. As a food editor, she knows the ingredients to everything, including murder. She never misses a trick and always has a note pad in hand. Colorful and quirky dresser. Large woman. Jessica Fletcher type.

Commissioner Danforth Bush

National Football League commissioner. He started out in the minor leagues and sleazed his way up to the top. Plays tough and conservative with all but himself. 60 years old.

Bobby “The Buns” Butkis

Handsome football player.  Expected to this year's #1 draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys, the lowest ranked team this past season. Plays quarterback. Ballet dancer.BUNNY “BLEACHERS” NAGURSKY and MADAME SHUSHATSKI are both drag roles played by the same man.

Sheela Slutsky

Aggressive housewife from the Bronx. Anti-sports. Pro-bitch and moan. Late thirties.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573691980
ISBN-10 0573691983

A Deadly Habit, or The Superbowl Massacre is a comedy play written by Tom Chiodo and published by Samuel French .

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