Works

A vintage-style illustrated book cover titled 'A Locomotive for Murder' showing a steam train moving through snowy mountains, with three cartoon faces and a dog on top of the train, and the authors' names, Mark Bedard and John Tufts, at the bottom.

A Loco-Motive for Murder

A Loco-Motive for Murder is a 95 minute all-ages murder-mystery farce that mashes up the worlds of a 1930s Marx Brothers screwball comedy and a classic English murder mystery. 9 actors.

Colorful theatrical poster for the play 'It's Christmas, Carol!' featuring characters flying on a magic carpet in front of a blue radiant background with a T-Rex dinosaur on the right and a snowy mountain village in the distance. The poster includes details of the production dates from November 23, 2021, to January 2, 2022.

It’s Christmas, Carol!

Written with our friend and colleague, Brent Hinkley, It’s Christmas, Carol! is new musical that upends all of our notions of Dickens’ classic Christmas tale. Carol Scroogenhouse is a generous philanthropist, but she gives for all the wrong reasons. Can a visit by the three Marx Brothers one fateful night restore her humanity and bring her down to earth? 11 actors and some dinosaurs.

Brent Hinkley, John Tufts, Safia Fredericks, Mark Bedard. Photo by Jenny Graham

Brent Hinkley, John Tufts, Safia Fredericks, Mark Bedard. Photo by Jenny Graham

John Tufts, Mark Bedard, Brent Hinkley, Kate Mulligan. Photo by Jenny Graham

John Tufts, Mark Bedard, Brent Hinkley, Kate Mulligan. Photo by Jenny Graham

John Tufts, Brent Hinkley and cast. Photo by Jenny Graham

John Tufts, Brent Hinkley and cast. Photo by Jenny Graham

Lisa Birnbaum, Amy Lazardo, and esemble. Photo by Jenny Graham

Lisa Birnbaum, Amy Lazardo, and esemble. Photo by Jenny Graham

Safia Fredericks and Ensemble. Photo by Jenny Graham.

Safia Fredericks and Ensemble. Photo by Jenny Graham.