{"id":2623,"date":"2015-02-06T05:08:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T05:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2025-01-14T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:38:54","slug":"murder-under-the-mistletoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2623","title":{"rendered":"Murder Under The Mistletoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chameleons-MM-LOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2573 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Chameleons-MM-LOGO-300x40.jpg\" alt=\"Chameleons MM LOGO\" width=\"300\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=4463\"><strong>Jim Christian<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSynopsis: 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&#8217;s list this year?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PLAY DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ORDER #3091<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Characters: 5m 3w<br \/>\n<strong>Marvin White<\/strong> &#8211; lecherous owner and founder of Marv-el Toys<br \/>\n<strong>Jill Seville<\/strong> &#8211; congenial, but ditzy personal secretary to Mr. White<br \/>\n<strong>Doreen Blair<\/strong> &#8211; dry, no-nonsense personnel manager<br \/>\n<strong>Duke Traveler<\/strong> &#8211; loudmouthed jerk from the advertising department<br \/>\n<strong>Dixie Kikel<\/strong> &#8211; snoopy receptionist with her nose into everything<br \/>\n<strong>Wendell Tucker<\/strong> &#8211; brilliant inventor with a lack of social skills<br \/>\n<strong>George Biggs<\/strong> &#8211; recovering alcoholic who plays Santa every year<br \/>\n<strong>Carl Butterworth<\/strong> &#8211; ambitious and eager-to-please errand boy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL COPIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>PERUSAL PAGES<\/strong> file for <em>Murder Under The Mistletoe <\/em>will be available by clicking the ICON below.The PDF file is the first half of the play and all other pertinent information about the play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MurderUnderMistletoePERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For rights and information, fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>LICENSING APPLICATION<\/strong><\/a>. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PURCHASE REHEARSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address &#8212; if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account?), <a href=\"mailto:\/\/editor@leicesterbaytheatricals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>email us.<\/strong><\/a> CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Do not purchase rehearsal materials or pay for royalties until you have performance clearance.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fees for Amateur and Educational performances of Non-musicals:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>$30<\/strong> (for Performance Package: 1 Script, 1 set of sleuthing sheets, other materials needed)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"5858WBJNKH4LJ\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li>Performance License &amp; Performance Package emailed to you (you must return the license signed)<\/li>\n<li>Permission to make multiple copies for your group only (up to 15 copies, including technical)<\/li>\n<li><strong>$60 <\/strong>Royalty for the first performance<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"LSXH8PCQSWGDS\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>$45 <\/strong>Royalty for each additional performance<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"NLBG2LB5942HC\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li>Following your performance run, you must also sign the \u201cCertificate of Destruction\u201d 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Professional Rights quoted upon <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\">application<\/a> to us<\/em>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chameleon&#8217;s Murder Mystery Theatre &#8212; 1988- 2014<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>BILLING CREDITS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:<br \/>\n<strong>Murder Under The Mistletoe<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Chameleon&#8217;s Murder Mystery<br \/>\n<strong>by <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jim Christian<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<em>Murder Under the Mistletoe<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">18 more titles in the <strong>Chameleon&#8217;s Murder Mystery<\/strong> SERIES (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=1213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the Catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"LBTNEWlogo\" width=\"86\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murder may not be a very nice Christmas gift &#8212; but your audience will still love to figure our who did it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[711,709,717,276,710],"tags":[198,11,88,830,164,197,41],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-dinner-theatre","category-family-theatre","category-professional-theatre","tag-audience-involvement","tag-christmas-plays-and-musicals","tag-comedy","tag-dinner-theatre","tag-interactive-murder-mysteries","tag-murder-mystery","tag-play"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MurderLOGO1-e1666788914864.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-Gj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21333,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/21333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}