Murder Mystery Seeking Scripts, Performers, Techies, and More

HEY ALL YOU THEATER PEOPLE (and non theater people too, we try not to discriminate) … READ THIS

Once there lived an old man in a little shack in the middle of the woods. His wife had died a long time ago and he had had arguments with his three children when they all moved away. He was a man of money but told his children that since they had abandoned him, they would not get any until they returned. On his 85th birthday, his children and their spouses surprised him by coming to visit. They brought cake and ice cream, and it was a delight for the old man to have his family back. Little did he know, one of them was not just here on a social visit … When the old man was found dead on his kitchen floor the next morning, everyone was in utter shock and dismay except …

Who do you think killed him?

Lame story, I know. Do you think that you can do better? Well then, write a script for KCSA’s Murder Mystery Dinner!!! Send your script submissions into kcsa-tech@kcpa.uiuc.edu. The deadline is October 5th but we will give priority to any submissions we get by September 27th. We would love to hear from all of you!
Writing not your thing? Well then, think about directing, assistant directing, stage managing or tech directing? Applications for all of these positions are online now and can be downloaded from the tech page of the KCSA website. Applications are due by September 20th but preferred by September 17th.

So you’ve read through this whole article so far and can’t find anything you would like to do yet? What if you’re thinking, I can’t write and production isn’t my thing either … Well we have the perfect jobs for you! Come audition to be part of the cast and be in the spotlight, or become a techie, work backstage, and run the spotlight! The choice is up to you! And as always, EXPERIENCE IS NOT NECESSARY! Any questions about anything (primarily about the Murder Mystery Dinner but we’ll take random ones too, like which weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of nails) should be sent to kcsa-tech@kcpa.uiuc.edu.


Rachel Goldfarb