51.2 All Aboard! "The Bar Car"

Fireside Mystery Theatre

Drama, Arts, Fiction, Performing Arts

4.5 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In part two of our cross-country locomotive odyssey, we find ourselves coursing the vast American landscape with an adult libation in hand in “The Bar Car.” You better believe this setting is plush and glamorous; the cocktails sophisticated. A cozy spot to relax in style. However, a few rampageous passengers have other ideas.

All Aboard! was recorded live in NYC on January 26, 2020.

Cast:
Matt Roper as Shamus the Bartender
Michael Pate as Cornelius “Chip” Rutherford Vandersmith III, Esquire
James Reiser as Preston Mansfield Astor Cooke, Jr.
James Scully as Sterling Johnson Whitney-White
Alain Laforest as Private Joseph Laveau
Kacie Laforest as Lucille
Mary Murphy as Chloe
Ali Silva as Alma
David Linton as the Train Porter

Song:
“Engine Engine #9” by Roger Miller
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Dan Crowley

Audio play written by Lizz Leiser & Kacie Laforest
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Dan Crowley
Additional music by Felix Slim
Sound effects design: Greg Russ & Ali Silva
Live show sound engineer: Evan Sachs
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva

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0:00.0	Three rowdy men walk into a barcar, brandishing loaded rifles.
0:10.0	The bartender says, sorry, we don't serve armed men.
0:14.0	The men reply, don't worry, we're just here for a quick shot.
0:17.0	And so begins, a dark tale filled with gentlemen, guns, and gruesome games.
0:25.0	The Bar Car is the second story in our All-Aboard series.
0:29.4	It was taped live in New York City on January 26, 2020.
0:37.1	Music Ah, the joys of train travel.
0:46.4	Look at this sleek diesel-electric locomotive, the gorgeous glistening sides of its coaches,
0:52.8	the height of 1940s American industrial innovation.
0:57.3	Inside the cab sits our trusted engineer with his steady hand on the throttle.
1:02.2	How about a pull of that whistle, Mr. Engineer?
1:13.6	What a sound! Now let's make our way over to another area of the train where something quite unbelievable just happened inside, the bar car.
1:24.6	Would you take a look at this joint, so sleek and elegant, leather-backed lounge chairs,
1:31.5	every spirit you could desire, such a drinking establishment attracts only the most stylish,
1:38.1	elegant, chic and urbane of patrons, doesn't it? I'm Careful there, boys, I'm letting you shoot out the train window, but don't you be waving them guns around in my bar now?
2:15.6	For what we paid, we should be able to shoot wherever we damned well, please.
2:20.7	Well, if you shoot one of your faces off, you'll be cleaning up the blood yourself.
2:24.3	Don't be ridiculous. Men don't clean.
2:29.0	Besides, we're trained marksmen and we follow to respect the rules of safety and sportsmanly gunmanship.
2:35.6	So how about another round of double scotches and a whiskey chaser?
2:39.3	Oh my! That was intentional! I want to see how thick the floor was. It's not very. You'll want to have that fixed.
2:50.7	Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
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