Come audition for: How to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner Party (In Fifteen Simple Steps)
By Brian D. Taylor with Main Street Theatre Company/Just Off Main Productions
Directed by: Emily Christensen
Produced by: Morgan Kaileigh
Stage Managed by: Megan Christensen
What could be more fun than a dinner theatre murder mystery at a how-to seminar about hosting a murder mystery dinner party, complete with audience interaction, information packets with extra clues, and multiple endings?!
Host Miss Penelope Chrysler-Michelin presents her proven, fifteen-step process on how to host a murder mystery dinner party to your audience, the dinner guests at her seminar. To guide them through the presentation, Miss Penelope has planned her own murder mystery dinner party to play out onstage. She takes guests through all the most important steps, such as “Setting the Scene,” “Choosing Your Mark,” “Establishing Motive,” and more.
Of course, her guest list has been carefully selected to make sure the very best mix of suspicious characters are present — The Celebrity, The Writer, The Doctor, The Ladykiller. But like any good murder mystery, the weather worsens and the plot thickens when there is an unexpected visitor on the dark and stormy night. Good thing Miss Penelope has thought of everything, including Step Eight: “Always Have a Backup Plan.”
Can anyone really be trusted at this devious dinner party? 😈
What to Prepare: Please send in a 45 second to 1 minute comedic monologue to
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Rehearsals: Rehearsals will be held at the Sayreville Senior Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30-9pm. Not everyone will be called to every rehearsal.
Show Dates: Show dates are September 5 and 6 at the Sayreville Senior Center.
Please email
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Cast of Characters:
THE HOST: aka Miss Penelope Chrysler Michelin; our guide; a bored heiress who’s out of touch with her audience
THE HOUSEKEEPER: aka Miss Gwyneth; runs the household
THE MAID: aka Miss Sherry; assistant to Miss Gwyneth
THE PIANIST: aka Harmony Kline; helps to set the mood
THE GOSSIP: aka Gabby Reynolds; has the dirt on everyone
THE CELEBRITY: aka Charlotte Beauregard; an off-broadway and small screen starlet
THE LAWYER: aka James Willhelm, Esq.; the most prominent lawyer in the region
THE FREE SPIRIT: aka Venus Starship; an advocate for mainstream- and fringe- issues
THE GROUNDSKEEPER: aka Hannibal Lattice; maintains the property
THE DOCTOR: aka Dr. Jennifer Nightingale; a successful family physician
THE LADYKILLER: aka Hugh Glover; a wealthy, handsome, and charming bachelor
THE WRITER: aka Gregory Hemingway; a famous- but fragile- novelist
THE LOST TRAVELER: aka Mark DeMarco; unsuspecting “Mark” marooned by the storm
THE INSPECTOR: aka Charles Enigma; a local lawman who happens to be on the scene
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