Shell Games

Julie and her husband, Eric, are thrilled when Julie’s glamorous, self-made real-estate mogul mother, Kate, marries her high school sweetheart Charlie after spending their lives apart. However, their wedding night ends in hysterics when Kate claims that Charlie has made a startling criminal confession. Charlie counters that Kate is confused after having too many drinks, but Kate maintains her story. Eric thinks Kate might have dementia, and Julie doesn’t know whom to believe or how to handle the situation. Everyone appears suspicious, and the events are fast-paced and intriguing as Kate investigates. Award-winning narrator Tavia Gilbert offers a riveting, simply flawless performance. Demonstrating her phenomenal vocal range, Gilbert changes her tone and pitch to fit the wide-ranging cast, including younger and older voices, women and men, and those with quiet, outspoken, emotional, or shifty personalities. In Gilbert’s assured hands, Kistler’s (The Cage) well-plotted story comes to life with the force of a Hollywood movie.