The Smell of the Kill
by Michele Lowe

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Synopsis

A full length dark comedy for a six member cast, 3 women and 3 male voices offstage.

Length approximately 70 minutes.

Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three miserable, unloving husbands - and chill.

That's the recipe of Michele Lowe's tantalizing new comedy that had Broadway audiences cheering.

The Smell of the Kill revolves around Nicky, Debra and Molly who have tolerated one another during once-a-month dinners for years.

While their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room, the women exchange confidences for the first time revealing that all three marriages are on the brink of disaster and all three women are facing the challenges of their lives.

Nicky's husband has been indicted for embezzlement, Molly's husband is stalking her and Debra's husband is leaving her for another woman.

When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faced with a life-or-death decision - should they leave the men out in the cold - permanently - or let them thaw?

One by one the women make their choices with more than a little help from one another.

Publication

Year 2002
Pages 83
Language English
ISBN-13 9781583421451
ISBN-10 1583421459

The Smell of the Kill is a play written by Michele Lowe and published by Dramatic Publishing (2002).

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