a murder at the regency

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A MURDER AT THE REGENCY

A Solve-It-Yourself Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

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Cody Dai!le

A MURDER AT THE REGENCY / 1


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THE "ICTIMM#NA MA$#NE The one %ho !ets %ha&'ed(

THE SUS)ECTS

SAM *SU$$Y+ SU$$I"AN The sta!e ,ana!er at the Re!en&yR#NA REYN#$DS A sho%!irl %ith a eef a!ainst the star(

EAR$ $ESTER The fian&. fro, #hio(

THE REGENCY /#$0S

EE ENNETT A sho%!irl %ith nothin! to hide(

#Y ANNER The o%ner of the Re!en&y

THE )ER/#RMERS

EMCEE The one %ho runs the sho%(

I Got Rhythm

GIR$ #NE

GIR$ T1##Y #NE

#Y T1#

The Vaudeville Duo

ETTE

ETTY

The Swing Dancers

Stand Up ComedianHARRY *HARDY-HAR+ HARRIS#N

THE )#$ICE /#RCESH#ES SHANNIGAN A dete&tive %ith a lot of o2inions(

#//ICER 3IM

#//ICER 3#HN#//ICER 3AC0



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The s&ri2t is divided into five 2arts4 The Setu25 The #2enin! Nu,er5 The Meal5 The Sho%5 and

The Arrest(

The Setu2 and the #2enin! Nu,er are 2erfor,ed to!ether( /ollo%in! The #2enin! Nu,er5there6s a rea' to serve the audien&e( The Sho% and The Arrest are 2erfor,ed after the ,eal

rea'(

The Meal !uides you throu!h the servin! se&tion and ho% the infor,ation should e doled out(

The s&ri2t is less stri&t here5 you &an 2lay %ith lines and ad li a lot( ut sti&' to the stru&ture 7

the infor,ation &o,es a&' in the se&ond half( And don6t add red herrin! infor,ation 8ust for

fun( You %ant to !uide the audien&e5 not &onfuse the,(



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THE SETU)

Preshow at the Regency. S! "SU##$% SU##IV&' the stage manager appears onstage to

chec( the cues. )ran( is the unseen light*oard op in the *ooth

SU$$YAlri!ht5 /ran'5 !ive ,e the s2otli!ht9

)erfe&t( Ho% aout that &ue for the dan&ers:

)erfe&t( And ho% aout that s2e&ial for Miss Mona Malone:)erfe&t( Unless she de&ides she %ants to &han!e it(gain.Then %e6ll leave her out here

in the dar'5 %on6t %e /ran':

Sully gets a good laugh at that.

SU$$Y ;&ont(

EAR$)ro2osed to her t%o years a!o( Then she left to &o,e to here( Al%ays had i! drea,s5 ,y Mona(

Said she6d do anythin! to !et e,(

SU$$YShe sure %ould(

EAR$I6, here to rin! her a&' ho,e( So %e &an !et ,arried( Start a fa,ily(

)rom *ac(stage' we hear a loud' gru++ +emale voice. It1s !-& !#-&.

M#NA

Move it5 Iona9



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I#NA

Sorry Miss Malone9

!ona appears with her *edraggled assistant' I-& ST#$' trying to +i4 her costume.

M#NA

Hands off the ,er&handise5 Iona( I6, tryin! to yell at Sully(

I#NA

Sorry Miss Malone( Your dress ain6t ri!ht yet(

M#NAMy dress is fine(

I#NA

I 8ust %ant ya to e 2erfe&t5 Miss Malone(

M#NAThen !et your hands off the feathers5 doll( )eo2le are !onna !et the %ron! idea(

Sully9 Ho% ,any ti,es do I !ots to tell ya that I don6t %ant no red a22les in ,y dressin!

roo,(

I#NA

Miss Mona only %ants the !reen ones5 Sully(

M#NA

The red ones taste funny(

I#NA

And they &lash %ith her athroe(

SU$$Y

$oo'5 Mona( I !ot a sho% to run( I don6t !ot the ti,e to e runnin! around Chi&a!o loo'in! for

!reen a22les %hen the s tore do%n the street 7

I#NA

$##0 HERE5 SU$$Y9 Miss Mona says she %ants !reen a22les5 then you !et her !reen a22les

or I6, !onna turn your t%o eyes a %hole 'ind of other &olor( la&'( And( lue(

M#NA

Easy5 Iona( I hired an assistant5 not a ulldo!(



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EAR$

Mona9

M#NA

Earl9 1hat the he&' are you doin! here:

EAR$

You 'no% %hat I6ve &o,e for5 Mona( I6ve &o,e to ta'e you ho,e and>

/-//$ /&&R *ursts through the curtain' too.

#Y

Mona5 honey5 do you !ot to turn into a ear&at every ti,e Sully !ets the a22les %ron!( He6s 8usta sta!e ,ana!er5 s%eet&hee's( Don6t !ive hi, too hard a ti,e5 o'ay:

3e gives her a 3ollywood (iss 0or whatever you have to do to otherwise2.

#Y ;&ont(

/o**y goes to ta(e !ona1s arm' *ut Iona slides in and /o**y ta(es her arm instead. 3e sees

this' *rushes her o++' irritated. Ta(es !ona1s arm.

#Y ;&ont( fro, #hio(

R#NA

Mona had a fian&.:

#Y1hat sort of &on are you tryin! to 2ull5 oy:

SH#ESYou ad,it you6re fro, #hio:

EAR$I6, not tryin! to 2ull any &on( She %as ,y fian&.( a&' ho,e in #hio( efore she &a,e out here

and !ot ,i?ed u2 %ith all of you deadeats and fil, fla, artists(

They all *ristle at this.

EAR$ ;&ont( hold it9((( H#$D IT9

verything stops.

EE ;&ont( ;insert ,urderer6s na,e here ho% on earth did you ,ana!e that:

M#NAI have ,y %ays( And don6t thin' too hard aout this 2lot t%ist5 or the %hole thin! falls a2art( 3ust

!o %ith it( It6s dinner theatre( 1e need a ha22y endin!(

I 'ne% toni!ht %ould e the ni!ht that so,eone ,i!ht try to 'ill ,e( Sully had een!ivin! ,e the dirtiest of dirty loo's I6d ever laid ,y 2ee2ers on( And Rona 7 all the &horus !irls

heard you fla22in! your !u,s aout ho% ,u&h you %anted ,e !one5 did you thin' I %ouldn6t

hear aout it: And Earl5 I sa% you snea'in! in the shado%s every%here I %ent %ith ,y oy( I

'ne% you had to e u2 troule(So I tal'ed /ran' into turnin! out the li!hts at the end of ,y i! o2enin! nu,er5

'no%in! that one of you %ould ta'e it as your &han&e to off ,e( I fa'ed ein! dead5 and let6s e

honest5 on&e the sho% !ot started5 everyone &ared ,ore aout their turn in the s2otli!ht than%at&hin! the dead ody a&'sta!e5 so I %as ale to snea' a%ay( I6ve een in the a&' of the

house the %hole ti,e(

SH#ES

ut the one thin! I don6t understand>



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EE

#ne thin!:

SH#ES

Is> %hy:

M#NA

Si,2le( Sully and I used to e 2als( ut I %or'ed hi, over5 and he s%ore he6d never for!ive ,e(

I 'ne% if I &ould &lear the air and let hi, thin' I %as !one5 he6d e ale to hear ,e %hen I saidthis4 *I6, sorry5 Sully( Your 2la&e %as the ee6s 'nees( I shouldn6t have done %hat I did(+

SU$$Y

A%5 Mona( I for!ive you(

M#NA

And Rona( I &a,e to this &ity %antin! to e the i!!est star anyone ever did see( ut I6, not

!ood enou!h( Not as !ood as you5 any%ay( You deserve that s2ot( So if you and everyonethou!ht I %as dead5 you &ould have your starrin! role and I &ould save fa&e(

R#NA

A% Mona> you really thou!ht this %as est %ay to do that:

M#NA

Don6t overthin' it( Re,e,er(

And Earl(55 I 'no% all aout Sherry( And I &ould never e as 2lain and orin! and

una,itious as she is( She6s 2erfe&t for you(

EAR$

A% Than's Mona( I thin'(

M#NA

So I thou!ht if I %as out of the %ay5 you &ould live your life and e ha22y(

SH#ES

This is the ,ost ridi&ulous %ra2-u2 I ever heard of(

M#NA

This fro, a dete&tive na,ed Shoes(

SH#ES

/air enou!h(

#Y

#h Mona5 I6, so !lad you6re alive9



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M#NA

Me5 too( It6s a he&' of a lot etter than ein! dead(

#Y

$et6s !o a&' to our 2la&e5 honey un( And tal' aout firin! that assistant of yours5 Iona( She %as

a 2ain in ,y 'eister all ni!ht 7

!ysterio appears +rom the sidelines.

MYSTERI#

You6ll learn to live in another 2erson6s shoes( U2on ,y s2ea'in! of the %ord *S1ITCHERI9+

Thunder' and *oth !ona and /o**y are sha(en *y a magical ?olt. Then' /o**y in !ona1s voiceand physical a++ectations' and !ona in /o**y1s.

#Y

1hat a, I doin! over there:

M#NAAnd %hat a, I doin! over there:

#Y#h ,y God5 ,y voi&e is so lo%(

M#NA

And I sound li'e a !irl9

#Y

You6re ,e9

M#NA

And you6re ,e9

#Y

I really do have the est le!s in all of Chi&a!o(

M#NA

Sto2 s@ua%'in!5 honey uns and let6s !et the he&' out of here9

They go.

MYSTERI#e a little 'inder in the future5 loveirds( And never ,ess %ith a ,a!i&ian6s set9

SH#ES

1ell5 sho%6s over and ,ystery6s solved(



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EMCEE

I &ouldn6t e ha22ier(

SH#ES

That I solved the &ase:

EMCEE

That I finally !et rid of Shoes Shanni!an on&e and for all(

SH#ES

1ell5 ,y dear( If ever there6s another ,urder under the roof of the Re!en&y5 you 'no% %ho to

&all(

EMCEE

Anyone ut you(

SH#ES

Have it your %ay5 doll(

Shoes starts to go.

EE

#h !ive it u25 doll( You 'no% you6re in love %ith the !uy(

EMCEEut I ,ust say> I li'e shoes(

SH#ES

#h yeah:

EMCEE

I6, al%ays in the ,ar'et for another 2air(

SH#ESI 'no% 8ust the 'ind you6d e ha22y %ith(

EMCEEThat so:

EE3ust 'iss and !et it over %ith( 3ee=(

!ona and Shoes (iss.



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EMCEE

1ell5 ladies and !entle,en5 I thin' that aout &overs it(

EE

E?&e2t for thin!s li'e lo!i& and &o,,on sense and reason and>

EMCEE

ut %e don6t %orry aout thin!s li'e that( It6s the theatre9 And all that ,atters is you havin! a

!ood ti,e( And that6s %hat the Re!en&y is all aout 7 a !ood ti,e( So until ne?t ti,e(

The cast sings "Putting on the Rit@% again and does the *ows and all that ?a@@.

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