2022 House Plays Programme

STARKEY HOUSE PLAY

Play : Charade

Playwrights : Julia Puhalla and Hannah Zubair

Student devised work. Performance rights not required.

Synopsis: It is July 1933, and Christmas has come early for the Ortega family. They have decided to gather in a large villa in the Blue Mountains. All 20 family members have come together under one roof, except for one - Walter. As an apology he sent Christmas cards to each of the members. After receiving these letters, the five sons of the family are targeted. Murder runs rampant in the house, and no one knows why. But as the time passes, and the villa descends into chaos, interesting things are revealed about the Ortega family and their fortune.