Murder’s in the Heir
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Single Admission (everyone) is $20.00 per seat.
Opening Night Admission is $15.00 per seat.
Group Discount available for 10 or more seats.
It’s up to the audience to decide the outcome of this murder mystery!
Synopsis: In this audience participation murder mystery, each of the heirs to the tyrannical billionaire Simon Starkweather has the means, motive, and opportunity to do away with him. Starkweather gathers his family and employees on a storm-filled night to announce the contents of his will. His lawyer reveals that he has bequeathed vast fortunes to his four relatives and numerous servants. However, within hours, the will becomes invalid. The heirs and servants are not pleased, so it’s not surprising when they roam the old mansion carrying such items as an axe, a gun, and a wrench, as well as other potential means for murder. Predictably, the lights go out, and Starkweather is found murdered. His grandson is determined to find his grandfather’s killer. Each night, the audience votes during intermission on who they think is the murderer – and that character is revealed as the killer at the end of Act II.
Types: Full-Length Play
Genre: An Audience – Interactive Murder Mystery – Comedy Play
*** All Ages are Relative ***
Simon Starkweather: 90+ year old billionaire, crotchety, cantankerous, tyrannical
Fiona Starkweather: Simon’s niece by marriage; easily (very easily) confused
Jordan Starkweather: Fiona’s son; a playboy (not smarmy); chats up whichever female he thinks will benefit him the most; has known the house sta for a long time
Paula Thompson: Simon’s great niece; Southern belle with southern accent; there are references to Paula being a Georgia peach; she is an urban Georgia peach, not a rural one; she is the only character who needs to have an accent
Bensonhurst: the butler; formal; exasperated with handyman Rufus;
Rufus Jones: the handyman; tries to do as little work as possible; often doesn’t understand the words Bensonhurst says, and sometimes does, but pretends he doesn’t
Ms. Trent: the housekeeper; dour; unfriendly; feels displaced by Simon’s nurse
Minerva Walker: the cook; temperamental; bossy
Nancy Pollard: the maid; shy; relatively new to the sta
Mike Davis: the detective; smart; tough; is there to do the job he was hired for
Lois Van Zandt: a lawyer; business-like; carries out Simon senior’s requests, as that is what she is paid to do
Kathy Collins: a personal secretary; self-assured; bright; has plans of her own
Ms. Withers: a nurse; stern; takes charge
Simon Starkweather III: Simon’s college-aged grandson, a nice young man determined to find his grandfather’s killer; grandfather and grandson are played by the same actor
Director: Alexandra Miller
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