KC FRINGE FESTIVAL 2025

Performances July 17-27

Visual Art July 06-26

Film July 18-20

Show

Maltese Murder, The

Hammett Time

Venue and Show Times:

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  • July 18, 2025 at 07:00 p.m.
  • July 19, 2025 at 02:30 p.m.
  • July 20, 2025 at 08:30 p.m.
  • July 25, 2025 at 08:30 p.m.
  • July 26, 2025 at 05:30 p.m.

Show Description

When a book collector is murdered in a public library, a private detective is hired to find the killer. He meets a host of unsavory characters hunting for a valuable autographed edition of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” that was donated to the Friends of the Library book sale. Originally commissioned by the Johnson County Public Library for the 2008 National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read, Fringe veterans Bryan Colley and Tara Varney brings this hilarious film noir parody to the Unicorn stage.

Cast and Crew

Written and directed by Bryan Colley
Produced by Tara Varney
Davis DeRock as Sam
Caroline Dawson as Brigit
Chad Crenshaw as Goodman
Jake Golliher as Cairo
Hilari Holt as Danelle
Cody Beavers as Tom the Cop
Dianna Royer as Lil Shadow

Artist & Show Details:

Local-Kansas City, MO
AA – All Ages

Past Fringe Shows

2023 On Account of Sex
2022 & 2024 Fringeprov
2019 Enlarged to Show Texture
2018 The Man in My Beard
2017 Variations on a Theme by Tara Varney
2016 Freak Up the Street
2016 Mimi Dafoe
2015 Voyage to Voyager
2015 Silver
2014 Red Death
2013 Chicken Heart
2012 Sexing Hitler
2011 Hexing Hitler
2010 Khaaaaan! the Musical
2009 Lingerie Shop
2008 Jesus Christ: King of Comedy

Awards, Quotes and Reviews

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