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Fireside Mystery Theatre

55.2 Nightfall on the Nutmeg State: "The Grave of Midnight Mary"

Fireside Mystery Theatre

Fireside Mystery Theatre

Drama, Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Necromancy! Nightmares! Witchcraft! And other ways to celebrate your sister’s engagement.

"The Grave of Midnight Mary" is the second of four episodes from our recent return to the live stage! Nightfall on the Nutmeg State is an original series crafted from the lore and legends of the great state of Connecticut — and it was performed live at The Westport Library in Westport, CT, on Friday the 13th of October, 2023.

Written by Lizz Leiser and Kacie Laforest

Featured cast:
Kacie Laforest as Lucille
Ali Silva as Alma
Mary Murphy as Chloe
Alain Laforest as James Hart
Eirik Davey-Gislason as the Constable
Michael Pate as the Deputy
James Kleinmann as the Mortician
James Rieser as the Coroner

Song: "Yankee Doodle" performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Sleator

Produced by Ali Silva & Gustavo Rodriguez for Fireside Mystery Productions with support from Verso Studios at The Westport Library @westportlibrary @verso.studios

Musical score: Nico Sleator
Lead sound effects designer and engineer: Greg Russ
Additional sound design: Ricardo Delgado and Ali Silva
Direction team: Lizz Leiser, Kacie Laforest, and Ali Silva
Fireside production coven: Lizz Leiser, Kacie Laforest, and Mary Murphy
FMT Theme music: Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a... Biting cold front. Mmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

Not in the mood for miserable weather?

0:25.5

Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.

0:28.6

Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.

0:36.1

Good evening, my beloved coven of listeners.

0:40.8

Gather round your hearth fire, but don't look directly into the flames.

0:49.6

For we have for you a tale of nightmares, not so near-death experiences, and, of course, necromancy.

0:55.3

Speaking of necromancy, the firesireside Mystery Theater live show is back.

1:00.9

This tale was told to a predominantly alive audience as part of our original presentation,

1:03.3

Nightfall on the Nutmeg State.

1:08.3

These almost entirely true stories are stitched together with thread,

1:12.3

spun from the classic northeastern Gothic backdrop of a special location we like to call, Connecticut. The story you're about to hear, the grave of midnight

1:18.7

Mary, was taped live at the Westport Library in Westport, Connecticut on Friday the 13th of October

1:24.6

2023.

1:31.9

Welcome, one and all, to this, our long-awaited,

1:35.0

eagerly anticipated and very first live presentation since COVID-19 was young.

1:38.1

It has been a while, oh, my lovelies.

1:42.4

And we are thrilled to be here with you as we tread the boards of this

1:47.0

hallowed institution known as the Westport Library here in beautiful Westport

1:52.4

Connecticut so cozily nestled on the shores of the Sogatuck River now let us

1:59.6

trace our collective fingers along the map, from Westport to the auspicious

2:05.6

town of New Haven. New Haven is Connecticut's third largest city and home to a respected

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