Speakeasy Dollhouse

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Speakeasy Dollhouse is a series of immersive plays based on Cynthia von Buhler’s investigations of mysterious deaths in site-specific historic locations. Original funding for the project was obtained via Kickstarter in 2011. The plays are currently produced by Stageworks Media. The Bloody Beginning has been running continuously in New York City since 2011. The Brothers Booth opens in March 2014. Von Buhler is writing additional plays to be staged in major cities all over the world.

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author

Cynthia von Buhler

character in play

*Anna Spano, *Annabelle Rose, *Annie Jameston, *Autopsy Corpses, *Bakery Shopgirl, *Bathtub Jen, *Burlesque Performers, *Clara Thomas, *Cousin Frankie Spano, *Detective Thomas Crane, *Dominick Grimaldi, *Dominick Spano, *Dr. Thomas A. Gonzalez, *Dutch Schultz, *Edwin Booth, *Edwina Booth Grossman, *Fanny Williams, *Frances Flegenheimer, *Frank Spano, *Grandpa Musclemen and The Syncopators, *Guy Nichols, *Henry Jones, *Jenny St. James, *John Drew Jr., *John Gurrieri, *John Singer Sargent, *John Wilkes Booth, *Junius Brutus Booth, *Lena Doino, *Lorna Larue, *Lucrezia Gurrieri, *Magistrate Hulon Capshaw, *Mark Twain, *Mary Spano, *Newsboys, *Nicholas Zaccko, *Nurse Bessie Stitch, *Opal Jones, *Silent James, *Speakeasy Hostess and Hostess, *Tammany Hall Leader Jimmy Hines, *Tansy Tandori, *Violet Jones, *Young Edwin Booth, *Young John Wilkes Booth

premiere place

New York City

setting of play

Bakery speakeasy club bedroom coroner's office and street scene in New York City between 1925 and 1935., Speakeasy club parlor seance room Sargent room bedroom stairwell gambling room tap room library alley Gramercy Park and street scene in New York City 1919.