Making A Killing
by John Nassivera

Name: Making A Killing
Brand: John Nassivera
SKU: 9780573608476
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

Present DayInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Mystery

Synopsis

A Broadway playwright, his conniving producer and his actress wife hatch a plot to guarantee their new play will be a success; they fake the suicide of the playwright on opening night!

They then high tail it up to Vermont where the playwright hopes to disappear, as he hates the public spotlight anyway.

However, after a few weeks the playwright decides he no longer wants to participate in the scheme.

Maybe his wife and his producer who are having an affair will have to kill him for real!

Also on the scene is the playwright's feisty agent, who uncovers the plot and then helps her client deal with his most difficult artistic challenge: foiling his producer and wife!

ThemesDrama Dramatists Theater

Press Reviews

"A magnificent mystery thriller . . . wonderful entertainment."
— Bennington Banner

"Absorbing,"
— Schenectady Gazette

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Marty forty-five. Working on almost as many ulcers. A pathological achiever. A successful businessman, but you would never know it by his attitude toward himself or others. Terribly hard-nosed and to the point, but not obnoxious in any way. The kind of roll-up-the-white-sleeves, get-down-to-business, pushy manner that passes for nice in New York.	male	—	forty-five. Working on almost as many ulcers. A pathological achiever. A successful businessman, but you would never know it by his attitude toward himself or others. Terribly hard-nosed and to the point, but not obnoxious in any way. The kind of roll-up-the-white-sleeves, get-down-to-business, pushy manner that passes for nice in New York.
Ted thirty-five to forty. The polar opposite of Marty. Terribly insecure, self-decrecatory, and almost an emotional parasite. Alcoholic, or so close to it he might as well be. A burden to himself and his friends, and yet there is still something - something way down that makes him likeable. A fine sense of humor has survived, and there's still a bit of sparkle left in the eyes - just abit, and not always.	male	—	thirty-five to forty. The polar opposite of Marty. Terribly insecure, self-decrecatory, and almost an emotional parasite. Alcoholic, or so close to it he might as well be. A burden to himself and his friends, and yet there is still something - something way down that makes him likeable. A fine sense of humor has survived, and there's still a bit of sparkle left in the eyes - just abit, and not always.
Marge thirty-five to forty-five. A two fisted New York businesswoman with a mouth like a sailor. Very aggresive, very quick - scares off men, animals, and trucks when she wants to. The kind of person who freely finishes your sentences for you. All this, but with a proverbial heart of gold. She has preserved her calm, warm side as well - but uses it sparingly, to say the least.	female	—	thirty-five to forty-five. A two fisted New York businesswoman with a mouth like a sailor. Very aggresive, very quick - scares off men, animals, and trucks when she wants to. The kind of person who freely finishes your sentences for you. All this, but with a proverbial heart of gold. She has preserved her calm, warm side as well - but uses it sparingly, to say the least.
Estelle thirty-five going on forty-five. Sophisticaled, beautiful, well dressed, well spoken, well heeled. A consummate actress, on stage and off - in fact, she's never off. Feelings shown would seldom be her real ones - if she has any real ones.	female	—	thirty-five going on forty-five. Sophisticaled, beautiful, well dressed, well spoken, well heeled. A consummate actress, on stage and off - in fact, she's never off. Feelings shown would seldom be her real ones - if she has any real ones.