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)
Moving Parts
Paris, France
October 29, 2023

Cast: Chiara Maxia (Kris), Matthieu Vinel (Forrest), Sanja Jancovic (Clytie)

Directed by Stephanie Campion

Chiara Maxia (Kris), Matthieu Vinel (Forrest) and Sanja Jancovic (Clytie)

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

Cast: Michelle Lily (Kris), Mark Jeffries (Forrest), DeBorah Elizabeth (Clytie)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

Playwright interview about Murder Runs in Our Family on Stage Explorations