Murder Takes the Stage
by James Reach

Name: Murder Takes the Stage
Brand: James Reach
SKU: 9780573602221

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Highlights

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One Act Present Day Ensemble Cast Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

This exciting mystery can be done on a bare stage representing a Summer Theater, run by one Jane Bond, where a new play's being rehearsed to open the season.

Mitzi, Jane's eager and lovely niece, has just joined the company.

She's a crime stories addict and she's the heroine of the ensuing proceedings.

Drew Pelman, the play's author, has somehow managed to sign Hazel Laverne, glamorous theater personality, to star.

It's soon apparent Hazel's cordially detested by most of the troupe who know her professionally from the past.

During a rehearsal, a gun supposedly loaded with blanks is fired at Hazel, and she plays a very convincing death scene---for she's truly dead!

Mitzi and the local Sheriff set a most ingenious trap for the murderer.

The action's always plausible and will keep your audience thrilled.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Mitzi Bond 20; Jane's eager young niece.	—	—	20; Jane's eager young niece.
Miss Liz Truesdale 70; an old gentlewoman.	—	—	70; an old gentlewoman.
Ollie Dunning 30; a director.	—	—	30; a director.
Drew Pelman 30; a playwright.	—	—	30; a playwright.
Larry Strickland 28; an advance man.	—	—	28; an advance man.
Ellen Drake 25; an actress.	female	—	25; an actress.
Bob Rayfield 28; a leading man.	—	—	28; a leading man.
Sara Farnham 50s; a faded star.	—	50s	50s; a faded star.
Hal Rush 28; an actor.	—	—	28; an actor.
Hazel Laverne 30; a great personality.	—	—	30; a great personality.
Ann Martin 25; her secretary.	female	—	25; her secretary.
Sheriff Wiley 40; of the local police.	—	—	40; of the local police.
Jane Bond 35; runs the summer theatre.	—	—	35; runs the summer theatre.