Purple-Eyed Teddy
a play by David T Douglas
Details
Length: 2 hours (w/ one intermission)
Genre: mystery/suspense
Cast: 4 men, 3 woman
Setting: Various locations around a small city, including a living room, an auction house, a police station, and a dark forest.
Synopsis
Hired to investigate the rumors of an illegal auction, private detective Max Callahan travels to a small city on the edge of a dark, magical forest,
where he must unravel a web of lies—and spin a few of his own—to discover the truth behind an incident that has resulted in at least two murders. Inspired by the
playwright’s love of 1950’s film noir, Purple-Eyed Teddy is a modern suspenseful drama, filled with twists, romance, and intrigue.
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Production History
- April 1, 2021 – (online) staged reading
- Original Works Series – Arts Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX)
Performed by Upright Theatre Co. (Euless, TX)
- Original Works Series – Arts Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX)
- October 23, 2020 – (online) staged reading
- Epiphanies New Works Festival – Wild Imaginings (Waco, TX)
CAST:
- MAX – Brian McAughan
- REBECCA – Justine Marler
- TEDDY – Michael Course
- JANEY – Claire Metusalem
- CASSANDRA – Katelyn Kelley
- BISHOP – Austin Tytel
- WALTER – Luke Morrison
Directed by Caroline May
- Epiphanies New Works Festival – Wild Imaginings (Waco, TX)
- May 3, 2020 – (online) table reading
- Epiphanies New Works Festival – Wild Imaginings (Waco, TX)
CAST:
- MAX – Ben Knight
- REBECCA – Delaney Wenger
- TEDDY – Daniel Merry
- JANEY – Rebecca Smith
- CASSANDRA – Natalie Hammonds
- BISHOP – Jacobe Beltran
- WALTER – Luke Morrison
- Epiphanies New Works Festival – Wild Imaginings (Waco, TX)
- February 22, 2020 – original draft completed
