Each of the scripts was originally performed with 50 – 80 guests, lasting 1-3 hours and included time near the end of the evening for the detectives (guests) to deliberate their group’s accusations (answers). The scripts are designed to be interactive. This is done by having a series of scenes performed, then between each scene there is an interrogation period where each actor is questioned by the detectives. The interrogations and final accusations are done by having the detectives work in groups, size to be determined by you.
This format creates an event full of fun for all.
Modern Day Scripts
Friends… Not So Much!
Characters
7 characters, 3 female, 3 male and a narrator. They include a male owner of a hot chocolate café, a female baker extraordinaire, the baker’s mother, the ditsy female owner of a catnip toy company, the café’s male customer and the little crazy male performance artist. Actors’ ages can be worked to fit your actors.
Description
Welcome to Capital City, an urban mecca on the East Coast. In a small part of the city, there is a Brew Pub. The Pub is a quaint older building that once was once a hot chocolate shop and spot for old ladies and temperance meetings. But some things change. The new owner has changed it to serve a variety of chocolate drinks, include alcoholic ones, like chocolate martinis. But it is still the place to go, get a great brownie, meet friends and talk the day away.
Many of the “regulars” don’t know how to take this change. While some want it to change back, many like the new look. There have been protests, letters to the editors and harsh words. But who knew it could cause murder!
Whisper Sweet Nothings
Characters
8 characters, 3 female, 4 male and a narrator. Narrator can play Simon LaCreek. They include a male owner of a hardware shop, a female owner of the fabulous chocolate shop, Sweet Nothings, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks that longs to go to LA, the young former high football hero who work at the hardware store, the woman who talks to plants and owns the Mad Hatter’s Tea Shop, the internationally-known bad tempered potter and the evil, soon to be dead Simon LaCreek. Actors’ ages can be worked to fit your actors.
Description
Welcome to Sweetwater, a small town in Ohio. Sweetwater residents are known for their laid-back style and artistic flair. The town is filled with craft shops and visitors flock to see their unique shops and boutiques. Our Sweetwater friends have known each other forever, some from family and school and some from business dealings. Meet them at Sweet Nothings, a popular confectionary shop, where everyone gathers and gossip flies. We all know that whispering sweet nothings to just anyone can kill you.
Historic Scripts
Me Thinks It Be Murder, My Dear!
(1830s)
Characters
6 characters, 3 female and 3 male. They include a middle-aged bank president, his wife, an older night watchman, the town’s doctor, his wife (and the banker’s former maid) and a woman of mystery.
Description
A small town is rocked when a mysterious woman and a murder shocks the pillars of the community. It is easy to see that all are not what they seems and all could be guilty of murder and more!
Murder So Foul!
(around the 1830s)
Characters
7 characters, 3 female and 4 male. They are two of the communities’ social elite families, the landowner, his wife and younger brother and the town’s banker and his gossiping wife. To round out the cast is the landowner’s governess and his colorful groundkeeper.
Description
The time is 1828 and the location is Devonwood Acres, the estate home of the Farnsworth family. Though Ohio is still frontier land and most people have to work hard to survive, not all must struggle. This is true of the Farnsworths and the Drakes, the social elite of this lovely area. But all is not well with these society folk and who can imagine what lurks behind those prim society facades. Soon you will discover why they say murder is so foul.
The Wicked Heinous Crime of Darcy Farm
(1830s)
Characters
6 characters, 3 female and 3 male. They are one widow, one spinster twin of the widow's husband who hates her brother's wife, the town's undertaker and friend of the family, the crazy tenant farmer and his older sister and the well-eduacted, shabbily dressed stranger. Only the stranger needs to be younger than the rest of the others.
Description
Landon Darcy is dead and there seems to be issues, like who inherits the farm, will the tenants be kept on, and was most important was Mr.s Darcy murdered. And on top of all of the melee and stranger comes to town and who knows what will happen next.
Murder is Afoot!
(1830s)
Characters
11 characters, 6 female, 5 male. They are the two daughters of the deceased wealthy farmer, the deceased younger widowed sister who is a terrible gossip, the banker and his wife- old family friends, the colorful housekeeper, the land speculator's widow who was often seen in the company of the deceased, theonce beloved fiance of one of daughters, the local judge, the ne'er- do -well who lost everything is a local land speculation, and the quiet young newcomer. Two of the females and two of the males need to be young to protray the daughters and young gentleman. The others can be middle-aged.
Description
Edward Hamilton is dead, despite being in good health. Mr. Hamilton, though the wealthy man of the county, has made a number of enemies, including family members. He has been seen flirting with the Widow Blunt, treats one daughter poorly and spoils the other, threatened people and old friends in town and ruined lives. Not a very nice person and surprisingly he is dead. Which one of his many "friends" could have done it, or was it all?
Something is Terribly Wrong Here, My Dear!
(1830s)
Characters
8 characters, 5 female and 3 male. They are the lawyer's wife and her visiting younger brother, their two aunts, once which is a widow and loves to talk and the other a spinister is very sweet, the town's doctor, who has been accused of killing his patients, the town carouser who is the lawyer's brother, the long toiling widowed servant, and the widow with a questionable character and named Lucretia.
Description
Horace Wentworth is a successful lawyer, thinking of going into politics, but there are many things that trheaten his chances of running for office. He has a no-good brother, a wife with relatives that are either crazy or have too strong of opinions, and even his friends have some problems. Now suddenly Horace is missing and as the title says, "Something is terribly wrong here, my dear!"
More scripts to come!
