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Moose Murders

  • Arthur Bicknell
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 4M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573619380

The wealthy heirs of a wealthy but ailing old man named Sidney Holloway have purchased the Wild Moose Lodge in the Adirondacks as a place for daddy to live out his last days. During an innocuous game of "murder" suggested by one of the clan, mousey young Lorraine Holloway is murdered for real.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre
The wealthy heirs of a wealthy but ailing old man named Sidney Holloway have purchased the Wild Moose Lodge in the Adirondacks as a place for daddy to live out his last days. During an innocuous game of "murder" suggested by one of the clan, mousey young Lorraine Holloway is murdered for real. Who done it? Could it have been the legendary "Butcher Moose" which haunts the mountains? Or, is it a member (or members) of the eccentric Holloway family itself? 

Before dawn breaks, there are a series of disclosures which lead to the murder of more than one of the cast of loonies as well as to the awful truth behind the "Moose" murders. Produced to infamous acclaim on Broadway starring Holland Taylor.

Premiere Production: Moose Murders was originally presented by Force Ten Productions Inc. at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. It was directed by John Roach.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Features Children, Roles for Children

SNOOKS KEENE - lead, 40-45, half of "The Singing Keenes," off-key and overly enthusiastic, tough, funny.
HOWIE KEENE - 40-45, Snooks' husband, sings ok, bling, warm, gentle, comic timing.
JOE BUFFALO DANCE - 50s, a mock American Indian.
NURSE DAGMAR - 30 and over, big, powerful, beautiful, gorgeous body, exotic.
HEDDA HOLLOWAY - lead, 50-55, impressive WASP matriarch, the "eye of the storm," always in control, disarmingly eccentric.
NELSON FAY - lead, 30s handsome, ingratiating, manipulative yet appears trustworthy.
STINKY HOLLOWAY - 18-20, Hedda's son, quite a bit grotesque, "in lust" with his mother, should be physically striking; chubby or very skinny.
LAURINE HOLLOWAY FAY - 30s, Nelson's wife, plain and not very bright, dead pan.
GAY HOLLOWAY - 12, Hedda's youngest child, precocious tap dancer, Shirly Temple clone.

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The wealthy heirs of a wealthy but ailing old man named Sidney Holloway have purchased the Wild Moose Lodge in the Adirondacks as a place for daddy to live out his last days. During an innocuous game of 'murder' suggested by one of the clan, mousey young Lorraine Holloway is murdered for real. Who done it? Could it have been the legendary 'Butcher Moose' which haunts the mountains? Or, is it a member (or members) of the eccentric Holloway family itself? Before dawn breaks, there are a series of disclosures which lead to the murder of more than one of the cast of loonies as well as to the awful truth behind the 'Moose' murders. Produced to infamous acclaim on Broadway starring Holland Taylor.

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