Suzanne M Trauth Books in Order

Suzanne Trauth and Elizabeth Stroppel examine acting teacher Sonia Moore's life, writings, and teaching. They trace her interpretation of Stanislavski's Method of Physical Actions and assess her overlooked contribution to the development of American actor training.

Five plays examine Hurricane Katrina through the losses, displacement and powerlessness experienced by New Orleans residents. Drawing on the disaster’s factual history, the collection explores its social and political consequences and the role of theater in connecting survivors with audiences.

Restaurant manager Dodie O'Dell helps with auditions at Etonville's community theater after hearing rumors of missing ticket money. When a respected company member is murdered, she investigates backstage secrets as further crime threatens the small town.

Dodie O'Dell prepares colonial-themed refreshments for a local adaptation of Our Town. A stranger is found stabbed among the graveyard-scene chairs, and an actress with bloody hands becomes a suspect Dodie hopes to clear.

During a food festival linked to Arsenic and Old Lace, the show's director dies after eating a knish. Dodie O'Dell investigates possible murder while trying to save her restaurant from damaging rumors of food poisoning.

Dodie O'Dell plans a picnic for an outdoor production of Bye Bye Birdie. When the rehearsal pianist is found dead in her car, Dodie and her police-chief boyfriend investigate a cast of suspects before opening night.

Dodie O'Dell's Jersey Shore vacation becomes a catering assignment at a theater festival, then a murder investigation. When her former boyfriend's business partner is killed, she follows evidence into her own past to prove her ex innocent.

As Etonville stages Dracula, a mysterious actor inspires rumors of real vampirism. When a stranger is found in the cemetery with a stake through his heart, Dodie O'Dell sets aside Halloween preparations to investigate a human killer.

After her father's death, Kate discovers his hidden wartime love affair with a French artist. Keepsakes and a memoir lead her through their history, forcing her to reconsider his choices and confront wounds within her own life.

Connie Tucker returns home when her missing mother's remains are found fifteen years after her disappearance. A message left behind and another suspicious death force Connie to confront family secrets and her own role in that devastating night.