by Jim Christian
Synopsis: The yearly Christmas office party at Marv-el Toys is filled with nasty surprises ranging from deadly mistletoe to presents that never should have been opened. Who gets crossed off Santa’s list this year?
PLAY DETAILS:
- ORDER #3091
- Characters: 5m 3w
Marvin White – lecherous owner and founder of Marv-el Toys
Jill Seville – congenial, but ditzy personal secretary to Mr. White
Doreen Blair – dry, no-nonsense personnel manager
Duke Traveler – loudmouthed jerk from the advertising department
Dixie Kikel – snoopy receptionist with her nose into everything
Wendell Tucker – brilliant inventor with a lack of social skills
George Biggs – recovering alcoholic who plays Santa every year
Carl Butterworth – ambitious and eager-to-please errand boy
PERUSAL COPIES
- The PERUSAL PAGES file for Murder Under The Mistletoe will be available by clicking MurderUnderMistletoePERUSAL The PDF file is the first half of the play and all other pertinent information about the play.
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- $30 (for Performance Package: 1 Script, 1 set of sleuthing sheets, other materials needed)
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- Permission to make multiple copies for your group only (up to 15 copies, including technical)
- $60 Royalty for the first performance
- $45 Royalty for each additional performance
- Following your performance run, you must also sign the “Certificate of Destruction” indicating that all copies of the script sent to you, including the electronic PDF original, have been destroyed, and that nothing has been distributed to others. The performance license is good for 365 days, after that time a new performance license must be issued.
- $30 (for Performance Package: 1 Script, 1 set of sleuthing sheets, other materials needed)
- Professional Rights quoted upon application to us.
PRODUCTIONS
- Chameleon’s Murder Mystery Theatre — 1988- 2014
BILLING CREDITS
The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:
Murder Under The Mistletoe
A Chameleon’s Murder Mystery
by
Jim Christian
NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play.
ALSO:
THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:
“Murder Under the Mistletoe is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals. All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com”
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