
Sand County Players

~ Since 1977
SCP Fall 2024 Show
Exit the Body
by Fred Carmichael
Here is a farce mystery that was greeted with unanimous rave notices when premiered in Summer Stock
"Hilarious, delicious, uproarious, hysterical-pick your own adjective . . first night audience howled, guffawed, roared and applauded." -Bennington (Vt.) Banner.
The story tells of a woman mystery writer who rents a New England house which was supposed to be the rendezvous point for some stolen jewels. The focal point of the set is the closet which opens into a living room and into a library. In the closet is found a body which promptly disappears only to be succeeded by a second body. The hunt for the jewels reaches a climax at Two A. M. when four couples. all 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. The leading roles of the writer, her secretary, and the local maid give actresses a held day. Two of the male characters are small parts and the rest of the cast is equal in size and humor. From the opening laugh to the final line, this is guaranteed to make even the most staid audience cry with laughter.
Setting
The action of the play takes place in the living room of a New England home.
TIME
1962
Tickets on sale
April 5, 2025

The Dellwood Pavilion
Friendship, WI
Cast
Lillian Seymour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .top flight designer and friend of Crane
Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a young country girl
Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a cheap crook and proud of it
Helen O'Toole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .an efficient real estate saleswoman
Kate Bixley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crane's secretary with an irrepressible sense of humor
Crane Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bright, witty, and altogether likable mystery writer
Vernon Cookley. . . . . . . . . . New Englander, jack of all trades and man of few words
Lyle Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lillian's new husband
Philip Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a mysterious intruder
Richard Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crane's husband
