Samantha Spade, Ace Detective
Samantha Spade, Ace Detective
Book and Lyrics by Lisa Diana Shapiro
Music by Georgia Stitt
ISBN: DIGLIB0000262
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Overview
Samantha is a lonely, misfit 13-year-old. After getting bullied in camp, she retreats to the old detective movies she loves, entering a film noir fantasy world where she is Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, the go-to gumshoe who always solves the case—for $25 a day, plus Twizzlers.
Sam’s first case enters on the glamorous gams of Veronica Venus, star of stage, screen and the occasional circus. Veronica’s boyfriend, Senator John D. Rockababy, is missing. But something’s fishy, and Samantha’s investigation leads to the dames, palookas, grifters, chiselers, flatfoots and flim-flammers that populate this black and white world.
With a smart, catchy score and a feisty, inspirational and relatable female lead, this show is perfect for school-age kids to perform and appropriate for all audiences.
For further information about the National Youth Arts 2014 Winner of OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL, check out the show’s website, Instagram, extra videos and demos.
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- Genre: Theatre for Young Audiences, Mystery/Thriller, Period
- Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day, 1940s/WWII
- Cast Attributes: Ensemble Cast, Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable Casting, Features Children, Role(s) for Teen(s), Flexible Cast Size, Multicultural Casting, Roles for Children, Room for Extras, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
- Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences, Adult, Senior, Young Children (Age 2-5), Children (Age 6-10), Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)