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  1. The Mysterious Disappearance MT3000

    The Mysterious Disappearance

    By Kirt Shineman.

    Product Code: MT3000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 1m, 3w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 100 min.
    It is December 1975, after Christmas, and Agatha Christie must finish her autobiography and the final novel before the new year. Yet, Agatha is fixated on an event in her past when Nancy Neele stole her husband. With Mary Westmacott’s help, they contemplate what it would be like to kill Nancy. Even though Agatha considered murdering Nancy, did she really do it, or is her reality disappearing? Learn More
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    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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  2. An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    An Evening With Sherlock Holmes

    By Jules Tasca.

    Product Code: E89000

    • Drama
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5 to 10m., 2 to 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.

    This unique evening of mystery consists of a triad of one-acts that are best performed altogether: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5m., 2w.): A British aristocrat's to-be wife disappears on the day they are to be wed. The Milverton Adventure (3m., 2w.): A nefarious man is blackmailing an engaged woman with letters to a former lover that she wrote. If revealed, they could destroy her impending marriage. Finally, The Disappearance of Adam (2m., 2w.): Holmes must solve the riddle that has puzzled the most brilliant minds in history! How does a person cope with his or her own demise? Does Holmes solve this case? Yes and no. A not-to-be-missed climax!

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  3. Waste Mismanagement

    Waste Mismanagement

    By Dan Doyle.

    Product Code: WG8000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community | Professional
    • 7 to 9m., 3 to 4w., 1 either gender.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 110 min.
    J.B. Hornsby, a marginally successful defense attorney, takes on a new client who is arrested for the murder of her husband, whose body was found in a local landfill by Beulah, a wildly eccentric psychic. Hornsby tries to pin the crime on a ruthless mob loan shark, but is shocked when the belligerent judge suddenly drops all charges against his client. In a startling twist, Beulah employs her mystical powers to bring about an astonishing conclusion! Learn More
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  4. The Night I Died at the Palace Theatre

    The Night I Died at the Palace Theatre

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: N59000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 6m., 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    The Palace Theatre actors are just getting ready to rehearse their final scene, when the director who wrote the play is found dead onstage. Clues intermingle with unveiled threats as cast member turns against cast member in this comedy-filled mystery. Learn More
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  5. If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas!

    If It's Monday, This Must Be Christmas!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: I94000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 6w., 1 boy, 1 girl.

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    • 90 min.
    In this comedic mystery, Harry Monday solves the mysteries of a department store's stolen payroll and the kidnapping of the store's Santa Claus, just in time for Christmas Eve. Learn More
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  6. Monday Always Leads to Murder

    Monday Always Leads to Murder

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: MC9000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 5w. (with doubling, 6m, 4w.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    As usual, Harry finds himself way in over his head as he tries to solve a 20-year-old murder mystery and write a play about his career at the same time. Learn More
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  7. You Have the Right to Remain Dead

    You Have the Right to Remain Dead

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: Y23000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    In this audience-participation murder mystery, not only are you questioning the cast, but they are questioning you! As the show starts and you meet Fat Daddy, a rich but vindictive southern gentleman with an equally conniving and scheming family. So you know who's going to die, right? But who will the murderer be? This frantic mystery-comedy will have you guessing until the last clue is dropped and the last ham overacts. Learn More
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  8. Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You!

    Murder's Bad But Monday Can Kill You!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: MA8000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Harry's back! That's right, Harry Monday, that Sam Spade wannabe in the trench coat and gumshoes, is hot and on his latest case. As he investigates a triple murder at Restful Glen Psychiatric Annex, he learns that all the inmates have multiple personalities. And the three murder victims are all the same guy! Learn More
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  9. If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    If It's Monday, This Must Be Murder!

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: I52000

    • Comedy
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 5m., 4w. (can be expanded to 8m.,5w.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Posing as a golf-playing psychiatrist at the Shady Meadows Country Club, Harry investigates why the club members start dropping like divots! Learn More
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  10. Death and Taxes

    Death and Taxes

    By Pat Cook.

    Product Code: D60000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 5w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 90 min.
    Ever wonder what goes on at a small-town city council meeting? In Hendricks, they're looking for a murderer. Not only was a man murdered, but he was an employee of the IRS. Slowly it becomes apparent the entire city council had seen the man, and each of them seems to be hiding something. This easy-to-stage intrigue is chock-full of small-town characters and hilarious dialogue. Learn More
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