SUMMER STOCK MURDER
Music and Lyrics by Kingsley Day, book by Philip Lazebnik and Kingsley Day from an idea by Paul Hough
SYNOPSIS
The place is the Sagautasac Playhouse, a repertory theatre in the USA. Various shows are being rehearsed - an operetta, a Cole Porter potpourri and a Sondheim-type musical drama - and in this highly-strung atmosphere actors start dropping dead like nine-pins! Crisis after crisis looms, with, not only murders, but loony star actors to cope with. So, will the show go ahead? Will any of the actors survive to the final curtain? Who is the murderer? All will be revealed in this hilarious whodunnit musical.
Musical Numbers
- The Countess Is Coming (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Romance (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- As Long As Forever (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- In An Enchanted Garden (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Who Could It Be? (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Not To Worry (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Hello, Miss So-And-So (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- A Girl In Every Port (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Not To Worry (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Coast To Coast (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Live And Let Live (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
- Up In The Air (Julieann, Maggie, Constance, Chris, Michael and Ensemble)
Cast:
8 Women (1 Woman playing 3 Roles), 6 Men
- Julieann Barrington - sexy, bitchy leading lady, nearing 30.
- Toby Patterson - genial, easygoing, leading man, older than most of the kids.
- Otto French - tyrannical, overbearing, and middle-aged director/producer/owner of the playhouse.
- Maggie Burke - young, innocent, and naïve intern.
- Constance D'Archet - aging, embittered character actress.
- Mason Hamlin - Sagaustac's erudite, eccentric and emotionless musical director.
- Michael Hachmeister - flamboyant, aggressive, and gay, an actor in the company.
- Christopher Vlasky - sexually confused young male lead.
- Dalton Brooks - perpetually out of left field member of the company.
- Vilma French - Otto's mousy, beaten-down wife, costumer and everything else for the playhouse.
- The Three Visiting Stars (played by the same actress):
- Doris Delaney - an over-the-hill soprano.
- Cindi Summers - a blonde sexpot B movie star of many years ago.
- Mara Moorehead - a brassy, boozing Broadway star.
Instrumentation:
Reed I (flute, alto sax), Reed II (oboe, clarinet, tenor sax), Reed III (clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone sax), trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, keyboard (piano, fender rhodes), bass (acoustic, electric)