$11 Million Dollar Murder

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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS (6-8 actors) Mamie VanderHogan – Native of Upper Midland, Wisconsin. Thinks she's won $11 Million in the Pigeon Publishing Sweepstakes. Tacky evening wear and big hair. Dwight VanderHogan – Sales rep for Wisconsin lightning rod company. Ambitious. Fish out of water. Loud dresser - powder blue tux. Nicky Spillene – Local Private Detective, posing as a journalist for a "major" publication. Assigned to investigate suspected insurance fraud. Tuesday Fulbright – P.I.'s Secretary, posing as a photographer, but not very good at it. Desperately in love with her boss, Nicky. ** Dwyla Robinson – The event's party planner, Dwight's ex-wife, and Nicky's current Girlfriend. Originally from Wisconsin. Wears over the top Beverly Hills leopard and leather. Jean Clod / Kiki – “Identical Twins.” Van der Hogan's newly hired Servant/Maid (so he gets twice the pay). Wears catering jacket as JC, French maid outfit as Kiki. ** Cop – Standard issue “newbie” cop helps solve the murder. ## Claude “Killer” Oversight (Optional) Deejay, and recent parolee, indebted to Dwyla for unknown (at least unspecified) reasons. ** May be played by same actor. ## Claude/Deejay/music can be performed by stage manager and not an “on stage” character or omitted
$11 MILLION DOLLAR MURDER ©1999-2011 (written by Michael J. McKay & Julia McDowell) SCRIPT SAMPLE (all copyright laws apply) ... ... Nicky: (Driving Dwight toward Tuesday.) If Dwyla was the informant, and you somehow found out about it, you’d have a perfect reason to kill her. Kiki: Mrs. Robinson wasn’t the informant, I was. Dwight: What? Nicky: (Crossing to Kiki) If you’re the informant, what’s the password? Kiki: The password? Swordfish. Nicky: Why didn’t you say so earlier? Kiki: (Turn tables on Nicky, pushing him in toward the crime scene) Why would I say anything to you? I thought you were here because you were Dwyla’s boyfriend. Dwight: (In on Nicky) First he’s a journalist. Then he’s a detective. Kiki: Who knows what he’s really up to? Mamie: (Crossing through to Tuesday) And he was here last night. Tuesday too. Kiki: He was here on Tuesday too? (Menacingly) And here he is again. All: Ahhh. Tuesday: (apologetically) There is that photo of you kissing Dwyla, Nicky. Cop: And there is that little matter of your other dead girlfriends. I stress the zzz. All: Zzzzzzz. Dwight: We already know Nicky found out Dwyla didn’t have any money any more. As for the waitress, he’s a detective. Cop: The waitress was a detective? Kiki: The waitress was a he? That’s disgusting! Dwight: No. Nicky is a detective. He’d know where to find poison to kill the waitress. Mamie: And Tuesday too. Dwight: Dear, he didn’t kill Tuesday. She’s fine. Kiki: So far. Mamie: (Driving Tuesday in) I mean, Tuesday could get poison too. Have you seen the strange things in her photography bag? ... ...

Description – Dwight and Mamie Van der Hogan, convinced they've won the $11 Million Dollar Pigeon Publishing Sweepstakes because the envelope said "You are Guaranteed to be a Winner," sell everything in Wisconsin and come to your town with their crazy entourage, buy a yacht on credit (the check hasn't arrived yet??) and invite you to the going away party for their 'Round the World Cheese Tour. Of course, since they know no one in your town to invite to their party, you have graciously offered to share your event with the Van der Hogans for a fabulous combo bash!

Setting –  Modern Day in almost any setting, for the Van der Hogan’s going away party.  (This show could be moved to the 1980s or later.)  As guests enter they see a crime scene, police tape, and the outline of a dead body.

Price Level –  #3 (click link for script pricing chart)

Timeline – The actual murder mystery script runs approximately 1 hr and 15 min.  With time for a 3-4 course dinner and cocktail reception, running time is approximately 2:45-3:30 min.

Sleuthing – YES.  There is an opportunity for the audience to fill out accusation sheets and guess the murderer.  There is also a find-the-movie-title hunt to discover all the movie titles buried within the script, if you choose to add that activity.

Music – Songs are included.

Acts – This murder mystery script has 4 Acts.

Endings – This murder mystery script has one ending.

Dinner Theater – This murder mystery script was originally written and designed to accompany a 3-4 course dinner.

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Original Interactive Comedy Murder Mystery Play

Written by Michael J. McKay & Julia McDowell

Original lyrics by Julia McDowell