A Murder of Crows

by Dan Marshall

Who killed Reginald Crows, the dashing renaissance man of 20th century theater, who died in the bombing of London in 1940? Eighty years after his death, a banker's box of Crows ephemera lands on the desk of Kat Davidson, a graduate student in Berkley. The contents of that box compel Kat to scour the dusty corners of the internet where she finds herself squarely in the crosshairs of a rabid Crows preservationist...

Who killed Reginald Crows, the dashing renaissance man of 20th century theater, who died in the bombing of London in 1940? Eighty years after his death, a banker's box of Crows ephemera lands on the desk of Kat Davidson, a graduate student in Berkley. The contents of that box compel Kat to scour the dusty corners of the internet where she finds herself squarely in the crosshairs of a rabid Crows preservationist. Fact bleeds into fiction in this off-beat, comic detective story.

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A Murder of Crows

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  • Becca Blackmore (she/her): A Murder of Crows

    What a brilliant play full of twists and turns that pulls back the layers that make people so complex and interesting. The shifts in time and location are seamless and engaging, never jarring, the humor lands without ever obscuring the plot, and the finale gave me chills!

    What a brilliant play full of twists and turns that pulls back the layers that make people so complex and interesting. The shifts in time and location are seamless and engaging, never jarring, the humor lands without ever obscuring the plot, and the finale gave me chills!

Character Information

8 actors play a variety of roles. The doubling is indicated in the cast list below.

Not a fan of NPX asking us to choose ethnicities of characters below. This playwright is inspired by good actors of any background.
  • Kat Davidson
    Grad Student - Work-study Student in University Arhcives
    Character Age
    22-25
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Female
  • Stanley Brasch III
    Smalltown theatre critic, Reginald Crows expert, internet troll, has indiscernible "posh" accent.
    Character Age
    50-60
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Male
  • Dylan Ramirez, Perkiman 1, Station Master
    Latinx Grad Student, fey and horny.
    Character Age
    20-30
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Latinx
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Male,
    non-binary possible
  • Di Park, Perkiwoman 2, Second Voice
    Grad Student unambiguously queer woman, coding expert
    Character Age
    20-30
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Asian
    Character Gender Identity
    Any (but probably non-binary)
  • Erika Singh
    Community theatre artistic director, infinitely fair.
    Character Age
    30-40
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Southeast Asian
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Female
  • Buddy Cho/Egbert Smythe
    Community theatre gay imp. Side man to Reginald Crows, music hall antics and cockney, ukulele skills possible.
    Character Age
    30-40
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Asian
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Male
  • Kathy, Constance Sorrow, Belinda Vandermeer, Perkiwoman 3
    Smalltown newspaper editor, community theatre diva
    Character Age
    40-50
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Female
  • Reginald Crows
    1930's erudite matinee idol, playwright, composer and radio host.
    Character Age
    40's
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race (BIPOC preferred)
    Character Gender Identity
    a cis Male