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| “Moider at Mayhem’s”
is a murder mystery/parody/audience participation vehicle that takes place as a show – within - a – show, via
the Golden Age of Radio, circa 1942. “Moider” is portrayed as an episodic serial presented by “The Mystic
Masquerade Mystery Hour” on a fictitious radio network, “sponsored” by non-existing products.
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characters, from the “sponsoring” show on down, are caricatures of stereotypes heard in mystery formats on radio
in the 1930’s and 40’s, when radio was the king of entertainment. Our characters should be considered armed and
dangerous, and very politically incorrect. All can, and should be suspects!
The show is presented as radio would
have been in it’s hey day, frenetic, loud, fast paced, and best of all….live! And YOU are the studio audience.
The stage is set to give a sense of a large radio studio, with actors reading before a large “boom” mike, with
the sound man off to the side, trying to keep up with the spoken action. Watch for the lighted signs that ask for your help
in key moments----“applause”, “gasp”, etc.
We further encourage our live audience to join
in the fun by occasionally closing their eyes, and imagining what the actors are portraying. It will give you the feeling
of listening to a broadcast from that era, and heighten your sense of awareness. You should also try experiencing the visual
aspect of this production---watch the actor’s faces for character clues, to know which character is speaking ----there
are only five actors playing about twenty parts!----Also, this will give you an idea of what radio actors and sound people
had to go through in order to get their stories across to their live audiences in the studio. |
| Similar to live radio broadcasts of the
day, we are having a contest, to see who in our audience can unravel the clues that lead to the “murderer”! There
will be many clues dropped along the way, so you won’t want to miss anything. You are as much the detective as the intrepid---or
is that insipid? Capt. Jack Gumshoe!
So, pull that fedora down on your brain, hike that collar up on your battered
raincoat, and check the safety on your Smith and Wesson. You’re about to go detecting a “Moider at Mayhem’s”.
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