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Murder’s in the Heir

By Billy St. John


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CAST:  5M, 8F, plus 2 roles that can be any
SET:  Interior living room set
TIME:  About 90 minutes
Script:
$8.50 each (Click for more items) Director’s book:  $25.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each


ROYALTY:
$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance

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Turn the game Clue into a play and you have the masterfully entertaining Murder’s in the Heir!’ Almost every character in this hilarious mystery has the weapon, opportunity, and motive to commit the unseen murder.  And it’s up to your audience to decide who actually did it!  Each of the heirs to the tyrannical billionaire Simon Starkweather has the means and the motive to do away with him.  Starkweather gathers his family and employees to announce the contents of his will.  His lawyer, Lois van Zandt, reveals that he has bequeathed vast fortunes to his befuddled niece Fiona, her playboy son Jordan, his great-niece Paula (a Southern belle) and his grandson Simon III, as well as to his many servants.  Then Lois delivers the bombshell!  Within hours this will becomes invalid.  Of course, the rejected heirs are not pleased, so it’s not surprising when they roam the old mansion carrying such items as an ax, a gun, and poison.  Predictably, the lights go out, and Simon is discovered murdered.  Simon III (played by the same actor who plays the elderly Simon) is determined to find his grandfather’s killer, with the help of detective Mike Davis.  The play’s unique ending, utilizing secret ballots gathered at intermission from the audience, determines the killer in this Billy St. John maze of murder.


Additional products available:
Director’s book:  $25.00 each
DVD of amateur performance:  $10.00 each

Murder’s in the Heir

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JACKSON COUNTY BOE
JEFFERSON, GA
OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL
OAKLAND, IL
SVEN RATZ
BADEN-WURTTEMBERG  GERMANY
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PORTLAND, MI
SYMMES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
WILLOW WOOD, OH
BRISTOL CTY AGRICULTURAL HS
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MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATRE
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CYBER VILLAGE ACADEMY
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DANA GEE
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UPTON, MA
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Hear what directors and critics are saying:

...because of how much the audience enjoyed it.  They loved being part of the ending and with a different murderer each performance we had repeat audience members.  The cast also enjoyed the multiple murderers.


It’s really fun and means that every night can have a different ending.  It adds excitement for the audience, as well as the cast. Leslie Scatchard, Clear Heart Gallery, Petaluma, CA


With multiple possible endings, no performance will be like the other, with no shortage of laughs along the way. The Oregonian, Portland, OR


 
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