Without a Hitch

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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS (minimum 7 actors) Harry Granger -– Dead Inspector Claude Truffaut – French policeman who's read too many Hercule Poirot mysteries. James Anthony – English Owner of the Cafe Le Chat. But is he on the right side of the law? Rebecca DuMaurier – French Chanteuse of the Cafe. Beautiful with a volcanic temper. * Hermann Waxman – German blackjack dealer, trying hard to look slick. Eva Santa Maria – Italian bar maid with a heart of gold . . . maybe. Doris Lehman – Innocent American honeymooner. Good-humored with lots of spunk. Alfred Lehman – American driving instructor from your town. Recently married to Doris. * Uncle Morty – Loud, obnoxious, but good-natured New Yorker. Everyone's favorite uncle. * May be played by the same actor
WITHOUT A HITCH ©1992 (written by Steven Biggs, Michael Coleman) SCRIPT SAMPLE (all copyrght laws apply) ... ... LEHMAN My name's not Grant! Look, there's been some kinda mix-up here. My name is Lehman. Alfred Lehman. I'm a driving instructor from Anaheim, California. Uh, that's in America. This is my wife. DORIS Bone-joor! (Snuggles up to Lehman.) We're on our honeymoon. (She beams at Lehman, holds out her hand to Truffaut.) Jay m'apple Doris. Enchanty, Mon-sewer. TRUFFAUT (Charmingly:) Enchante, Madame. (Kisses her hand. Suddenly back to business:) Now, who is she really, Grant? A sleeper you are attempting to activate? A double-agent you are debriefing? LEHMAN Hey, that's my wife you're talkin' about, buddy! And who is this "Monsieur Grant", anyway? TRUFFAUT Games, must we, M. Grant? Oh, I admit my attempt to ferret you out was a long shot. Frankly, I am amazed you fell for it -- the old phone call trick. LEHMAN Phone call trick? What are you talking about? TRUFFAUT (To Eva, who has re-entered with some napkins:) Madame, did not this man just pick up a telephone page for C.K. Grant? EVA He certainly did. But there was no one on the other end! (Exits.) TRUFFAUT Of course not. Because it was I who had that phone call placed! LEHMAN Listen, Inspector, I still don't know what you're talking about. All I did was to flag the waitress for something to wipe off my jacket with. My name is Alfred Lehman, and this is my wife, Doris Lehman. If you don't believe me, just check our passports! Honey? TRUFFAUT … as long as you remain in Monte Carlo! I...WILL...DOG...YOU! I will be a Javert to your Valjean. A Sherlock Holmes to your Professor Moriarty. A Tom to your Jerry! LEHMAN Look, Inspector Truffle... TRUFFAUT Truffaut! LEHMAN Whatever. I don't know anything about this C.K. Grant of yours. I'm just an American tourist on what was supposed to be a romantic honeymoon vacation. So why don't you go arrest a jaywalker and leave me and my wife alone. [Truffaut is about to say something else. Anthony intercepts him.] ANTHONY Claude, you really have been working too hard. Why don't you go wash up? You're starting to smell a little...French. ... ...

Description – A spoof of and a tribute to the Master of Suspense, relying on 1950's and 1960's prototypes of Hitchcock characters -- from seedy low-lifes, to elegant criminals, to the "innocent" Midwestern honeymooners.  An audience participation comedy murder mystery and intricately plotted performance piece.

Setting –  At a nightclub in 1963 Monte Carlo.  As guests enter they see a crime scene, police tape, and a dead body at the blackjack table.

Price Level –  #3 (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 hour, 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 and 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.

Previous Productions (a sampling) 

United States:  California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, 

                        Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Canada:  New Brunswick, Ontario

U.K.:  Beds, England

Europe: Lausanne, Switzerland

Australia:  New South Wales

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Original Interactive Comedy Murder Mystery Play

Written by Steven Biggs & Michael Coleman

Music & Lyrics by Steven Biggs & Michael Coleman