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Murder is in the Air

 

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Description Stocks are flying high and so are you as you’re about to depart for New York City  from Tangier, Morocco. Set New Year's Eve, 1928, this murder mystery party immediately gives guests a reason to celebrate any time of year. Everyone is immersed in witty dialogue, intricate plots, and carefree countdowns to the New Year's celebration.

Setting –  New Years Eve 1928 in the elegant dining and gaming room of the "Colossus," the largest and most luxurious dirigible ever built.

Price Level –  #4 (click link for script pricing chart)

Timeline – The actual murder mystery script runs approximately 1 hr and 30 min.  With time for a 3-4 course dinner and cocktail reception, running time is approximately 3:00-3:45 hrs.

Sleuthing – YES.  There is an opportunity for the audience to fill out accusation sheets and guess the murderer.

Music – Original music is included.

Acts – This murder mystery script has 4 Acts.

Endings – This murder mystery script comes with four possible endings (decided on prior to performance).

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

Previous Productions (a sampling) 

United States: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada,         

                       New Hampshire,  New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas 

Perusal Scripts and Production Rights (click link)

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS (7-10 actors)
* Rex Randolph Barrington – President of the Blue Star Line. Missing.
Dash Hunter – Early Humphrey Bogart style detective. A real maverick gumshoe.
CiCi Píle – Argentinean. Hot blooded event organizer. Loves a good seance and a stiff drink.
Rosco Malone – Brooklyn born stevedore. Gung-ho to unionize the Blue Star Line.
Clara Beaumont – Girl Friday journalist. Seems to know too much about everything.
Zelda Montgomery – Typical English flapper of the 20s. More intelligent than she lets on.
* Winston Montgomery III – Archealogist. Zelda's paranoid, whining, foppish brother.
++ Yefscott Tolstoyevsky Chekov – Russian. There isn't a big enough blimp to hold his ego.
## Abergavenny – Shadowy character of vague Indian descent.
## Fitz – Ever the long suffering proper English manservant.
++ Captain Gerald – Captain of the airship Colossus.

*May be played by same actor
## Must be played by same actor
++ May be played by same actor as Yefscott, Captain, or Abergavenny/Fitz
MURDER IS IN THE AIR  ©1999-2011
(written by  Julia McDowell, Michael J. McKay, Mignonne Profant)
MYSTERY SCRIPT SAMPLE
(all copyright laws apply)
... ...
Clara	I knew it.  According to the design specifications, those girders should have been padded with ...

Rosco	[Interrupting]  Wadda you talkin' about?  It's the curse.  Him and Barrington per-midified dis screwy Egypt nut to bring his cursed stuff on da boat and it sank.  And now they brought that hoodoo here.  [Grabbing Chekhov's shoulders and shaking him ]  We're all gonna die!

Yefscott	Get your filthy paws off me!

Zelda	If we're all going to die, let's have fun on the way down.

Winston	I don't want to die, even if we are having fun.

Yefscott	You sniveling coward.

Dash	Don't worry.  If you die, we'll bring you back at the séance tomorrow night.

CiCi	Ladies and gentlemen, we are not going to die.  Señor Chekhov you are the master builder, please reassure the passengers.

Yefscott	Da. You have needlessly concerned these beautiful people.  My design is flawless. 

Dash	[Sarcastically]  I'm reassured.

Yefscott	The one little difficulty is we have only enough life jackets and parachutes for [scanning audience members] half of you.

Clara	That's two difficulties.
... ...

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Original Interactive Comedy Murder Mystery Play

Written by Julia McDowell, Michael J. McKay, Mignonne Profant

Music by Julia McDowell & Dale Leaman