Fan CastingGilded Needles

by Michael McDowell

Story added by horrorobsessed on November 20, 2021

German Black Lena was queen of The Black Triangle, Manhattan's decadent empire of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. With her daughters and grandchildren, Black Lena led a ring of consummate female criminals - women skilled in the art of cruelty. Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square lived Judge James Stallworth. He was determined to crush Lena's evil crew, and with icy indifference he ordered three deaths in her family. Then, one Sunday, all the Stallworths receive individual invitations - invitations to thei...read more

read synopsis

#revenge #newyork #gildedage #murder #opium #victorian #blackmail #feud #crime #thriller #war

< back to story

Join the Conversation

0 comments on this role

Fan Casting Dollie

Role added by horrorobsessed on November 20, 2021

Add photo

Make Suggestion

Description of Dollie:

Dollie is a customer of Daisy’s, and an opium addict. Previously an up-and-coming young ingenue in the professional New York theatre scene, coming from the foul streets of The Triangle. Her rags-to-riches story ends when Dollie is fired from her theatre after news of her abortion by Daisy Shanks came to light in a news article. She seeks solace in opium, and is now fiercely addicted, rarely leaving her favorite establishment. She is destitute from using all of her savings for her drug habit. She is very close with the Shanks’ family - Maggie and Daisy, in particular. She assists in the murder of Duncan, and subsequent mutilation of his head. Aged 21-23