ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Board to Death - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery, for an event where the actors play a scene ending in a murder, and the guests have to decide 'who dunnit'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Murder,Mystery,Dinner,Scenario,Event,Script,Whodunnit,Who,Dunnit,Board,Death,Ian McCutcheon"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>Board to Death - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="white"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="white"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <img src="BTD_Logo2.jpg" alt="Board to Death" /> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <i><font color="maroon" size="7"><span style="color: #8B0000">A Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy"><strong>by Ian McCutcheon</strong></span></font></i></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's it all about?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A murder mystery event in which the actors play a brief scripted scene, then the audience / guests</FONT> review the evidence and solve the mystery!<LI><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts provides the opening script, evidence packs and the script for the denouement</FONT><LI><FONT COLOR="black">The actors play the script, the audience reviews the evidence and accuses the suspects, then the actors play a final scene to reveal whodunnit.</FONT></UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">An "Organiser's Overview" including general staging guidelines</FONT> <LI> The Opening Script <li> Final Script - the denouement!&nbsp;</li> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Additional materials</FONT><font color="black"> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Accusation sheets (for the audience to supply their guesses for "who dunnit")</font></li> <li>Five pieces of (written) evidence to be evaluated by the audience</li></ul> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="80%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="maroon">What's a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery?</FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <p> In this case...<UL> <li> The acting company perform two scripted scenes (a total of thirty minutes or so), at the end of which a murder is discovered</li> <li>The cast are taken off to be questioned by the police and meanwhile the police's evidence is shared with the audience by means of a series of written briefs&nbsp;</li><li>The audience try to spot the murderer</li> <li>The acting company (mainly the narrator/master of ceremonies) performs a final scripted scene in which the murderer is revealed</li> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's in this Mystery?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <font size="+0"> <p> <strong> Ricky T. Bridge</strong> is the owner and managing director of Health and Proficiency, a successful spa and fitness club. But his less than honest business dealings are about to be exposed at a potentially fatal board meeting...</p> <p> <strong>Erica Nurney:</strong> Ricky&#8217;s faithful secretary; secretly in love with him, but her love goes unrequited and has recently been given her notice. <strong> <br /> Gloria Stitts:</strong> A member of the executive board. She believes Ricky has been breaking the law, and is determined to take the company from him. <strong> <br /> Al Bertall:</strong> The club&#8217;s general manager. Previously promised a seat on the executive board, he has since been snubbed by Ricky. <strong> <br /> Phil Droll:</strong> Another board member. Ricky knows Phil has been stealing money from the club and plans to expose him. <strong> <br /> Sue Flay:</strong> The club&#8217;s doctor, who has been helping Ricky supply members of the club with illegal steroids, and could face being struck off if the truth emerged. <strong> <br /> Laura Norder:</strong> The Detective Inspector assigned to investigate the inevitable murder. </p> <p> The script also calls for a <strong>Narrator</strong> as master of ceremonies, distributing further evidence before the accusations, and revealing &nbsp;the solution at the end.</p> </font> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" align = Center> &nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" style="height: 19px"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>