Fred Carmichael

A mystery writer rents a New England house that is the rendezvous point for some jewel thieves. The focal point of the set is the closet which opens into a living room and a library. A body found in the closet promptly disappears only to be succeeded by another. The hunt for the jewels reaches a climax at two A.M. when four couples unknown to each other turn up to search. Not since the days of Mack Sennett has there been such an hilarious series of entrances and exits.

A gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael -- the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic --with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beauty of the North and the power of dreams. When Freddie was young, he saw a plane up close for the first time when it dropped off supplies at his family's remote bush camp. He was instantly hooked. Freddie has flown for nearly seventy years, doing everything from supply runs to search and rescue to transporting dog teams to far-flung areas. This book celebrates Freddie's early dreams of flying and his later achievements. Readers move with Freddie through the year, hearing about his journey as a pilot and leader, while learning the names of the months in Gwich'in and Inuvialuktun at the same time. Art from Inuvialuit painter Audrea Loreen-Wulf perfectly captures the incredible Western Arctic as well as Freddie's love for aviation.

Hilarious sequel to Exit the Body. Crane Hammond suspense mystery writer and her country hating secretary Kate rent the same house as before in Vermont only to find it is the exchange point where a missing microdot containing plans of military installations is to be picked up by a spy at midnight. One of our agents arrives to capture the spy but when he suffers amnesia it is left to Crane and Kate to find the spy and the microdot. The focal point of the set is two way closet which also opens into a library and the entrances exits and surprises in it take farce to a new height. Who is the spy? The very Vermont sheriff Vernon Cookley the society writer for the paper the famous recluse who has come out of hiding to obtain rights to Crane's new book the forgetful and distracting older neighbor the rugged country cook or the CIA agent himself? The finding of the microdot as well as the pinpointing of the spy is laced with Carmichael's witty dialogue and confused situations. The two female leads are supported by a cast of characters to make this a sure fire evening of hilarity.

Harking back to the original concept of Frankenstein, this version amplifies the films suspenseful horror and adds greater depth of character and motivation as well as a new and different love story. All of the eagerly anticipated elements are here: the stone walled laboratory, the crazed scientist, angry villagers, a swooning heroine, a fearful storm and the hideous yet pathetic, deadly creature with its confused mind and powerful, undisciplined body. The final confrontation between the doctor and the creature produces a startling surprise.

Takes a different approach to mystery as a ghost tries to find out who murdered her in a witty sophisticated yet suspenseful look at the upper crust of Hollywood. The curtain rises to find Jane Oscar winning screen writer dead at the bottom of the stairs in a Vermont ski lodge. Her four friends and husband are saying she fell. 'I was pushed!' she says as her ghost rises. Aided by Kitty a rather wanton adviser from 'up there ' Jane is brought ahead to the present three years after the murder where the same group is gathered. They are all famous film makers with an intense hate love relationship; Janes husband who has married an ambitious ingenue a heading for middle age leading lady an arrogant director and Hollywoods reigning gossip columnist. The five suspects join together to keep the possible murder quiet for reasons of their own but their relationship busts apart with their mutual distrust. Woven through the suspense in humorous acidic and revealing comedy is an extraordinary whodunit with a surprise denouement when the murderer is revealed. All the roles are lengthy with well defined characters. For the unusual and audience pleasing combination of comedy intrigue and suspense this is a must!

Comedy Characters: 6 male, 4 female Interior Set Carmichael has again proved himself an inventive and amusing playwright. He has taken an old plot rob from the rich and give to the poor but not even Robin Hood would recognize the hilarious modern slant given to it. Four old people meet to report on their good works in the "Charities Anonymous Club" at the home of Flora Langley's nephew, a small town journalist in danger of losing his newspaper to the grafting Mayor. Flora and her three old friends are actually retired crooks who use their old modus operandi for charitable purposes. Through the plot there is woven an unusual love story, moments of satire, and show stopping situations of hilarity. "The proof of a comedy is in the audience's laughter and this is packed with it." "Where other playwrights strike for the heart, Carmichael strikes the funny one...horseplay unlimited with generous helpings of satire."

Mystery Comedy / Characters: 4 males 5 females Set Rewuirements: InteriorPeter Knight is grinding out a murder story in an old mansion where another author was murdered years before. A weird electrical storm effects a cosmic snafu and his characters come to life. There's the lovely ingenue the trusty butler a feisty character woman a dauntless hero a fascinating "other woman " the always pregnant serving girl and the wily lawyer waiting for midnight to read the will. Peter looses con

Comedy / 5m, 6f / Int. When produced in summer stock at Dorset, Vermont, this comedy broke all records. It concerns Stanley Nichols who writes successful children's stories under the pen name of Grandma Letty. He is voted "Grandmother of the Year" and his house is besieged by reporters and photographers. Afraid that exposure as a juvenile writer will jeopardize the chances of his serious new novel, Stanley has to produce a Grandma. After all else fails, he impersonates the lady.

Mystery Comedy / 8 m., 8 f. / Int. Once famous mystery writers involve the audience as they apply their individual methods to solving various murders. They include a couple who write sophisticated murders, a young author of the James Bond school, a retired writer of the hard hitting method and an aging queen of the logical murder. "Ingeniously packed into the script is a parody of every mystery plot, hero, and villain created in the past fifty years. The story alternates between reality and imagination as five mystery writers wrestle with the problem of writing a television mystery series. All around them murders occur." Glens Falls Post Star. "Carmichael plays a skillful and fast paced game of guess again with the audience...Clever and rewarding." Bennington Banner. FEE: $75 per performance.

Sparkling dialogue fascinating characters satirical insights and laughs galore abound in this tale of mistaken identities that begins when three mystery buff s who e-mail chapters to each other meet for two weeks to polish off their first book. The publication enjoys mild success until their literary agent hints that Sarah Trent the pen name they adopted is a real person. Book sales soar. Meanwhile a Washington socialite being blackmailed over a possibly illicit weekend intends to send

Laughter suspense intriguing characters sparkling dialogue plot twists and irresistible mystery are all here. A successful married mystery-writing team has dried up so their publisher gives them an anniversary present a weekend in an old mansion built for a movie set. He peoples it with hired characters unknown to each other to act out a murder plot. The couple Sloan and Toby Bigelow delight in the game and solve the fake murder but then there is a real murder with further