DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO!

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 3:46 a.m.

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PRESENTING...AN ALL-NEW MUSICAL AUDIO COMEDY --\\xa0In the style of a Marx Brothers movie! It\'s\\xa0Do I Specter? I\'ll Say I Do! produced especially for World Audio Drama Day 2020.

Written, produced and directed by life-long Marx Brothers fan Pete Lutz, 63audio presents a scenario unlike anything seen in any Marx Bros. film:\\xa0

Mr. Woodrow Fillmore Protoplasm is a ghost-hunter, hired to rid Stately Manor on Long Island of the ghost of the widow\'s late husband, who refuses to cross over. A little later, he\'s also hired by an Italian piano player whose brother\'s ghost won\'t cross over, either. And then, Protoplasm\'s son meets up with yet another ghost, who\'s been hiding in Stately Manor for 30 years! It\'s spooks a-plenty for our heroes, and for you, our listeners!

Chock-full of Marx-style humor and hijinks, this new play also features two new songs, composed especially for this production by Pete Lutz, and orchestrated by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. Set your Ouija Boards for laughter!

DISCLAIMER: This production was recorded remotely during the month of September 2020 in the (soon-to-be-historical, we hope) COVID-19 pandemic. Sound quality of the actors\' microphones as a result varies. We hope this does not take away from your overall enjoyment of this play. (But if it does, well, there\'s not much you can do about it.) Thank you.\\xa0 Thank\\xa0YOH!

CAST:

Lori Bryant\\xa0as MRS. BRITANNIA NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

Frank Gugliemelli\\xa0as CHIVES

Chris Messersmith\\xa0as the Ghost of MR. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

Todd Faulkner\\xa0as WOODROW FILLMORE PROTOPLASM

Nick Wommack\\xa0as JAMISON PROTOPLASM

Jackie Ayers\\xa0as LILLIAN STATELY

Grace Wagner\\xa0as PROTOPLASM\'S SECRETARY/MANICURIST

Les Marsden\\xa0as RIGATONI and the Whistle of SHADOW

John Bell\\xa0as MAYOR GOTTLIEB

Your Announcer is C. K. STANDARD

Additional music composed and performed by\\xa0Dr. Ross Bernhardt

SPECIAL THANKS\\xa0to the hosts of "The Marx Brothers Council Podcast", Noah Diamond, Matthew Coniam and Bob Gassell, for inspiring me (inadvertently) to write this play, and to Ms. Grace Wagner, for her enthusiasm for the project and very special contributions to the script.

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