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The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery
A Murder Mystery


By Brian D. Taylor


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CAST:  5M, 6F, plus 3 roles that can be any
SET:  Interior parlor room set
TIME:  About 75 minutes
Script:
$8.25 each (Click for more items) Director’s book:  $25.00 each


ROYALTY:
$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance

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Ready to tackle a murder mystery that really teases the brain?  With a fun play-within-a-play plot that challenges both the mind and the metaphysical, this comic mystery is certain to have your audiences coming back for more. 

The players at The Murder Mystery Playhouse are rehearsing a new show, Putting a Little English on It.  It’s a not-so-good attempt at a British murder mystery, complete with cheesy dramatic music and British accents.  As expected at the final dress rehearsal, the lights go out and a character dies onstage — only this murder wasn’t in the script!  The authorities are quickly called, and soon the company finds themselves replaying the death scene.  When yet another person dies at the end of the same scene, the cast finds themselves replaying the same scene over and over for other investigators, a theatre critic, and even the playwright himself!  But every time they get to the end of the scene, someone else ends up with a fire poker in the chest.  The actors are left scratching their heads at the strange circumstances and also worried that they could be next.  It all culminates in a wild surprise ending in which the actors must work together to defeat the murderer before he murders them all.


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The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery

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PIKE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
MCCOMB, MS
NORFOLK ACADEMY
NORFOLK, VA
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND CONS SCHOOL
WILSONS BEACH, NB  CANADA
HAZLETON AREA SD
HAZLETON, PA
MATHESON JR HIGH SCHOOL
MAGNA, UT
KALAMALKA SECONDARY
VERNON, BC  CANADA
EAST DAVIDSON HIGH SCHOOL
THOMASVILLE, NC
FRENCH AMERCAN SCH OF NEW YORK
MAMARONECK, NY
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WHEAT RIDGE, CO
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RICHARD VANDAGRIFFT
ORLEANS, IN
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LIVIA MICHAELS
HARRISON, TN
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LANGDON, ND
KAREN ROBERTS
WILLIS, TX
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AUBURN, ME
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IONIA, MI
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SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL
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EDENTON, NC
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OAKLAND, IA
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Hear what directors and critics are saying:

Murder Mystery at the Murdery Mystery was terrifically received.  The audienced enjoyed the plot twists and unexpected ending. Scott Hutton, Citrus Heights Academy, Clermont, FL


This show has been so much fun, and the kids have really had a great time with it — right down to the bad accents.  Thanks so much for writing this great high-school friendly show. Tricia Schultz, Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear, AZ


 
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