Played for a Sap

a noir play
A woman persuades a private eye to blackmail her husband. But things don't go as planned. Or do they?
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CHARACTERS
MITCH BLAKE, private eye, a lame ex-G.I.
RUBY FRATELLI, socialite
BRUNO FRATELLI, Ruby’s husband, a Treasury official
CORAL HARRIS, Bruno’s secretary 
                                            
SETTING
Fratelli residence, Los Angeles
              
TIME
1948
(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
​March 9, 2021

​Cast: Matthew Provenza (Mitch Blake), Petra Seirmarco (Ruby Fratelli), Bernard Bosio (Bruno Fratelli), Erika Crocco (Coral Harris)
Ten Minute Tuesday: Love & Murder
Phoenix Tears Productions
Turpin Garage Theatre
Orlando, Florida
February 4, 2020

Cast: Mike Van Dyke (Mitch Blake), Kisheera Victrum (Ruby Fratelli), Keith Newhouse (Bruno Fratelli), Mariah Woessner (Coral Harris)

Directed by Jade Roberts 
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Kisheera Victrum (Ruby), Mariah Woessner (Coral), Mike Van Dyke (Mitch), Keith Newhouse (Bruno), Jade Roberts (director),
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Mike Van Dyke (Mitch) and Kisheera Victrum (Ruby)
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Mariah Woessner (Coral) and Keith Newhouse (Bruno)
Short+Sweet Theatre Dubai
The Junction
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
February 18, 2017

Independent Theatre Company: Heriot-Watt University

Cast: Lionel Mendonsa (Mitch Blake), Shweta Kinkale (Ruby Fratelli), Kunal Bhatia (Bruno Fratelli), Garima Himthani (Coral Harris)

Directed by Shifa Ahsan