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Bone Chiller!

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7w, 4m, 2any gender (adult)

Monk Ferris

Thirteen people gather on Friday the 13th at the Travers mansion in New York for the reading of Josiah's will. The audience will have a ball trying to untangle the puzzle faster than
the hapless characters. By the final act, revelations are exploding as
surprise piles upon surprise and gasps alternate with howls of laughter.

Bone Chiller!

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 4m, 2any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Thirteen people gather on Friday the 13th at the Travers mansion in New York for the reading of Josiah's will, which is a wall chart rendered in the form of a rebus (a part word, part drawing puzzle) that almost defies solution. Instead of designating an heir, it offers the estate to anyone who can solve the will! The lights keep going out and people keep getting murdered. The audience will have a ball trying to untangle the puzzle faster than the hapless characters. By the final act, revelations are exploding as surprise piles upon surprise and gasps alternate with howls of laughter.
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Performing Groups

JERRY DELVIN - a soon-to-be groom...with an odd job
CONNIE TRAVERS - his soon-to-be terrified fiancee
BUZZY BURDETT - their very baffled buddy
THEODOSIA TRAVERS - Connie's stepmother
FLAME FONDUE - a kindergarten teacher?!
ZITA VAN ZOK - a very unorthodox lady's-companion
MAUVINS - the Travers' family butler
ADLER SHERIDAN - the Travers' family lawyer
KISSY TRAVERS - Connie's excitable teen-aged sister
ELOISE AINSLEY - Theodosia's highly agitated sister
PIPPI - the Travers' family maid
LUCRETIA - the Travers' family cook
"DAN DENTON" - a friend of Flame's...or is he?

ADLER can be changed to a woman, into ADDIE, and LUCRETIA can be changed into a man, into LUCENTIO.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting The parlor/library of the Travers family mansion in New York City.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Monk Ferris

Monk Ferris
Monk Ferris is one of several pen names for prolific playwright Jack Sharkey (1931-1992). Mr. Sharkey was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 t ...
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