PLAYS & AVAILABLE ROLES
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
Frank Foster - Bob and William's employer
Fiona Foster - Frank's wife; having an affair with Bob
Bob Phillips - Works for Frank; having an affair with Fiona
Teresa Phillips - Bob's wife
William Detweiler - Works for Frank
Mary Detweiler - William's wife
A TALENT FOR MURDER
Anne Royce Clayton - Woman in her seventies (her age varying upon her mood), America's foremost and most venerable mystery writer. Either to be played by an age-appropriate actress or a younger actress in age make-up (since her vitality and energy are a major focus of the script).
Dr. Anthony Wainwright - An urbane, sardonic Englishmen in his late sixties.
Rashi - Anne's butler, an East Indian convict in his mid-thirties.
Lawrence McClain - Anne's oldest child, in his late thirties, editor of an esoteric poetry magazine.
Sheila McClain - Lawrence's beautiful wife, in her thirties, operator of a successful art gallery. Her beauty is exceeded only by her ruthless ambition.
Pamela Harrison - Anne's granddaughter, aged twenty-five, sweet and innocent, the victim of a plane-crash which left her, by injury, with the mental capacity of a fifteen-year old.
Mark Harrison - Pamela's husband, thirty. An attractive, aggressive foreign car dealer.
Ages approximate.
MRS. BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE
Ghost - Lots of attitude; preferable an African American woman
Ebeneezer Scrooge - Dickens' cranky crumudgeon with "seasonal tourettes"
Bob Cratchit - Dickens' meek bookkeeper
Mrs. Bob Cratchit - NOTHING like Dickens' mild mannered housewife
Tiny Time - played by young, boyish adult (or can be played by one of Fezziwig's daughters)
Ensemble:
Little Nell - Female; also plays Mrs. Fezziwig and the Beadle's Wife
Gentleman 1 - Male; plays Mr. Fezziwig, The Beadle and Act 1 Bartender
Gentleman 2 - Male; plays Edvar, George Bailey, Voice of Tess, and Serena
Ghost of Jacob Marley - Male; also plays Clarence and Act 1 Bartender
The Nice Mrs. Cratchit - Female; also plays Hedwig and Lovely Irish Voice
Young Ebeneezer - Boy age 8 - 13; also plays Cratchit Child 2
Young Jacob Marley - Girl age 8 - 13; also plays Cratchit Child 1 and ZuZu