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
(online reading)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab
ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
March 23, 2022
Cast: Susan Courtney (Kris), Hank Fandel (Forrest), Lin Snider (Clytie)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)