AUDITION NOTICE – Hunt Mysteries announces auditions for its new comedy murder mystery production “Hammer Spade: The Steel Murder”
All parts are paid.
Auditions for Hunt Mysteries Christmas season show “Hammer Spade” is September 16, 7-9pm at Spaghetti Mama’s 9400 south state street in the Jordan Commons complex
Prepare 16 measures of an upbeat song and a comedic monologue
The show will perform November thru January in the Salt Lake Valley, mostly at Spaghetti Mama’s. It is a film Noir-themed show a little like the Humphrey Bogart “Maltese Falcon” movie.
CHARACTERS
- Hammer Spade: Shamus, private eye. Hammer is 25-50 years old, dresses in nice clothes and yet manages to look slovenly all the time. He is a blend of Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon and Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye. Hammer has a dark shadow over his past that haunts him to this day.
- Artemis Hunter: The personal assistant/mistress of Stanislaus Steel. She’s youngish – 20s or early 30s. She’s a smart woman in a tough situation. Cold enough to plot a murder but warm enough to try and protect the friends around her
- Stanislaus Steel: (Played by Harry, a lavish actor) Steel was a mountain of a man — intimidating both physically and in personality. He started as an explosives expert and charmed his way into marriage with a wealthy heiress, Parker Steel. Stanislaus Steel is dead as the of the play opens, so a small, young, fey out of work actor named Harry will be his stand-in. Harry likes performing in musicals and doesn’t really ‘get’ what it’s like being a big, burly, construction company owner.
- Parker Poise-Steel: The formerly wealthy heiress is – was — married to Steel. Parker was once a vivacious, extroverted, lively woman. Steel has cowed her into a timid mouse – at least around him.
- Standish Poise: Younger brother of Parker. A playboy but also just a lost little boy. He’s insecure, but tries to be bigger and braver than he actually is. Not terribly bright, either.
- Beryl Golddigger: A corrupt U.S. Senator. She is a tough woman in her 30s to 50s. She lines her pockets by fixing government construction contracts in exchange for kickbacks.
