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Murder Runs in Our Family

a comedy
Inspired by the Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides
 
Synopsis
A political candidate returns to the family home to see his sister. He hopes he can avoid revealing their mother’s horrific secret.
  
Characters
KRIS, a mature woman [Chrysothemis]
FORREST, a mature man, Kris’s elder brother [Orestes]
CLYTIE, a senior woman, their mother [Clytemnestra]
 
Setting
The hallway of a house in Argus, California
 
Time
Night. The present 

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, California
​June 26, 2022

​​Cast: Michelle Lily (Kris), Mark Jeffries 
(Forrest), DeBorah Elizabeth (Clytie)​
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Video of Michelle Lily (Kris), Mark Jeffries (Forrest) and DeBorah Elizabeth (Clytie)​

(online reading)
Tiger's Heart Players
New York, NY
​June 19, 2022

​Cast: Linda White (Kris), Robert Chambers (Forrest), Alisa Zebrina (Clytie)​​
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Alisa Zebrina (Clytie), ​​Robert Chambers (Forrest) and Linda White (Kris)

(online reading)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
March 23, 2022
​

​Cast: Susan Courtney (Kris), Hank Fandel (Forrest), Lin Snider (Clytie)​
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Susan Courtney (Kris), Hank Fandel (Forrest) and Lin Snider (Clytie)​

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
June 8, 2021

​Cast: Carmen Noemi Guzman (Kris), 
Raymond Alvin (Forrest), Rosina Fernhoff (Clytie)​
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Raymond Alvin (Forrest), Carmen Noemi Guzman (Kris) and Rosina Fernhoff (Clytie)

(online reading)
Beware the Ides of March
Caravan Productions
Bromsgrove, UK
March 15, 2021

Cast:
Karen Campbell (Kris), Graham Forbes (Forrest), Zena Joanne (Clytie)​
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Karen Campbell (Kris), Graham Forbes (Forrest) and Zena Joanne (Clytie)​

(online reading)
Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
February 28, 2021

​Cast: Marge McGugan (Kris), 
Rick Bergmann (Forrest), Diane DiLillo Gutierrez (Clytie)
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Diane DiLillo Gutierrez (Clytie), Rick Bergmann (Forrest) and Marge McGugan (Kris)

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Digital Dionysia
Third Citizen Theatre Company
Salem, 
Massachusetts
​December 22, 2020


Also screened in Leto - the Mothers
March 3-10, 2021

Cast: Demetra Tseckares (Kris), Chris Erath (Forrest), Roberta Morris (Clytie)

Directed by Emily Grove

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Video of Demetra Tseckares (Kris), Chris Erath (Forrest) and Roberta Morris (Clytie)

(online reading) ​
Writing Doesn't Have to Be Lonely

Northampton, UK
​October 15, 2020

Cast: Caroline Nash (Kris), Al Holloway (Forrest), Sue Whyte (Clytie)
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Al Holloway (Forrest), Caroline Nash (Kris) and Sue Whyte (Clytie)

Playwright interview about Murder Runs in Our Family on Stage Explorations