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
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
Digital Dionysia
Third Citizen Theatre Company
Salem, Massachusetts
December 22, 2020
Cast: Demetra Tseckares (Kris), Chris Erath (Forrest), Roberta Morris (Clytie)
Directed by Emily Grove
Third Citizen Theatre Company
Salem, Massachusetts
December 22, 2020
Cast: Demetra Tseckares (Kris), Chris Erath (Forrest), Roberta Morris (Clytie)
Directed by Emily Grove
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)
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)