Play Suggestions: Audience Interactive Murder Mystery

Audience Interactive Murder Mystery

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Topic: Audience Interactive Murder Mystery

Posted By: Ringbo
Subject: Audience Interactive Murder Mystery
Date Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:22pm

Has anyone done a Audience participation Murder Mystery show. Any suggestions on any aspect of doing one would be appreciated.

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Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:23pm

I have two murder mysteries - one that's audience interactive, and one that isn't:

The Muderous Mansion of Mr. Uno (kind of a parody of clue with audience voting on different killers - was produced 31 times this year - including community theatres in Louisiana, Illinois, Ohio, and the Czech Republic.)

http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1011 - http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1011

And a brand-new one, available August 2011, called The Bold, The Young, and the Murdered - (just produced by a community theatre in Illinois this spring)

"There's murder afoot on the set of the long-running daytime soap opera, The Young and The Bold, and the hunk daytime hero Jake Strong thinks he knows who it is. But can he prove it, and can the remaining cast members complete filming what could be their last episode before the killer cancels everyone? (Think Noises Off with a Body Count.)

If you'd like to read the script for free, pm me and I can send it to you.

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Posted By: SamD
Date Posted: 6/17/11 at 7:05pm

Our theatre has done at least 6 murder mysteries, mostly as fundraisers and shows we can take on the road. They are a lot of fun! Very simple to do, limited rehearsals and no set to speak of. Our audiences love taking part. We usually follow the script with a break for food. Then after we've acted out the stories and the murder has been committed, we let the tables discuss who they think the murderer is. We usually have a fake newspaper with clues included in the stories sitting on all the tables. The audience decides who they think the culprit is and write it on a sheet of paper with their reason. (This next part is where you want someone that can think on their feet). We go table to table to hear the audience's solution, then we make fun of them, whether spelling, content, ... whatever. This usually gets great laughs. Then the murderer is revealed and all go home with a smiles on their faces.

As I mentioned earlier, you need a cast that's comfortable doing a bit of improv since you will all have to answer questions from the audience. We don't usually audition these roles.

Posted By: Lazy Bee
Date Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:45am

Take a look http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Murder_Mysteries/Index.htm - here !
Interactive mysteries of various types, including
- scripted with audience interrogation
- scripted with written evidence for the audience to assess
- totally unscripted (the actors follow a "trajectory" based on a plot and character briefs, interacting with each other and the audience throughout.

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