The Tangled Skirt
by Steve Braunstein

The Tangled Skirt Book Cover
The Tangled Skirt Cover

Synopsis

Breathless from running and staggered by a startling incident, Bailey Bryce dashes into a deserted bus depot in the dead of night desperately clutching a travel bag.

He's glad to be alone; to think fast, to collect himself, to figure things out before it's too late.

But he won't be alone for long.

Enter Rhonda Claire, a stunning stranger tightly gripping her own travel bag and frantically looking over her shoulder.

She's clearly unnerved by Bailey, harmless though he may appear.

How can she trust anyone in this God-forsaken place?

And sure enough, as both anxiously await the last bus out of town, for their very own different reasons, small talk turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse as both seek advantage, trapped in their own secrets and lies, to be the last one standing when that clunker of a bus finally pulls in.

As sirens wail in the distance, Bailey becomes convinced that this woman to die for has committed a terrible crime.

And Rhonda, cool as the steel of a pistol, suspects Bailey, so comically naive at times, has done worse.

As the bus barrels toward the station, Bailey and Rhonda, torn by passion and greed, must confront each other, and themselves, as fate closes in.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 2 total roles, 1 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
2013
ISBN 10
0573700990
ISBN 13
9780573700996
Print Length
57 pages
Language
English
LCC
MLCS 2016/42462 (P)
Print
The Tangled Skirt is a American murder and mystery play written by and published by Samuel French in 2013. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573700996 and an ISBN-10 of 0573700990.

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