"The Legend of Addie Hall" is a funny, dark and edgy memoir that foregrounds the victim behind the headlines of New Orleans’ “most gruesome murder ever,” describing who she was, the real reason she was murdered, and why she actually deserves to be legendary.

Memoir,LGBT,Crime,Funny

Two young drifters find each other on the streets of the French Quarter. We become fast friends and roommates, sharing a house with a vampire, a fortune-telling prostitute and a mime that never shuts up. Addie and I romp through the streets in one hilarious misadventure after another.

I watch Addie’s tragic fate unfold through newspaper headlines from around the world. Her apartment now a dark tourist attraction, where guides tell the tale of the tragic lovers, “The demon-possessed boyfriend chops up and cooks his lover’s body in a cannibalistic Voodoo ritual." Addie's a legend.

New Orleans

Yes

Tragedy,Overcoming Monster/Villain

Coming of Age

Extreme Violence,Nudity, Language/Profanity

Name: Addie Hall

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Adventurous,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Sexy,Confident,Crazy,Blunt,Funny,Sarcastic,Seductive,Lone Wolf,Unapologetic

Name: Dennis

Age: 22

Gender: Lgbt

Role: Sidekick

Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Badass,Sexy,Confident,Funny,Visionary,Seductive,Strong Moral Code,Leader,Honorable

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October 19, 2006. “Boyfriend Chops Up Body, Cooks Corpse!” screams the headline of the local Times Picayune; below lies a picture of my best friend, Addie Hall, murdered in her apartment above a voodoo shop on Rampart Street in New Orleans. The Legend of Addie Hall, is a fast-paced narrative about two young drifters that find each other on the streets of the French Quarter. Myself, an aspiring playwright with a Tennessee Williams obsession, and Addie, a scrappy, bad-ass hustler desperately trying to reinvent herself and escape her violent past. We become fast friends and roommates, sharing a house with a vampire, a fortune-telling prostitute and a mime that never shuts up. Addie and I romp through the streets in one hilarious misadventure after another: impromptu dance parties, sidewalk speakeasies and hijinks comparable to those in A Confederacy of Dunces. As incessant violence and a devastating hurricane pulls us apart, I watch Addie’s tragic fate unfold through salacious newspaper headlines from around the world. Addie’s apartment becomes a dark tourism attraction, “Murder House,” and a regular stop on the popular Haunted History Tour. Gothic-looking guides tell the tale of the tragic lovers to thousands of tourists each year. “Then the demon-possessed boyfriend chops up and cooks his lover’s body in a cannibalistic Voodoo ritual!” Addie’s a legend. Legend is not an examination of the crime and our protagonist is not portrayed as a victim, but as a survivor.

Dennis Monn left the tiny Midwestern village he grew up in at seventeen after realizing his only options in life were to work at a prison, like his mom, or go to prison, like his cousins. He hitchhiked around the county for several years before attending Western Illinois University where he got his B.A. in English. He has lived in New Orleans for twenty years where he has thrived in the performance arts community as an award winning playwright, director and owner of the internationally known queer cabaret club, The Allways Lounge. Dennis regularly works with Broadway stars and is currently translating the Brecht and Weill musical Mahagonny to debut at the 2020 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. The Legend of Addie Hall is his first novel.

Age: 18-34,35-54

Target Gender: LGBT Leaning,Female Leaning

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