THE LEGEND OF SAMMY’S SWAMP

By Eddie Mcpherson
Cast: 10M, 14F plus extras (doubling possible)
Set: Simple interior set
Time: About 90 minutes

You'll be humming "Scooby Dooby Doo..." when you read this spooky mystery comedy because it feels just like an adventure from our favorite cartoon detective show! A motley crew of visitors, including the eccentric Ms. Flagg with her troupe of bickering high school science students, shows up for a weekend stay at Sammy's Swamp. In its prime, it was the beautiful Lake Shimmer Resort, but that was 30 years ago. Little do our visitors know that they are about to stumble upon a string of mysteries, including a mysterious swamp ghost that appears to scare away the brigade of intruders! Behind door 1-A lies a dark secret from the past, one that Deloris, the high-strung housekeeper, and the sinister Keeper of the Desk guard with their lives. Just like Fred from "Scooby-Doo," Justin, one of Ms. Flagg's sharpest students, thinks there's something fishy about Sammy's Swamp and its swamp ghost. When Mrs. Jolly, a newspaper reporter, arrives to snap pictures of the swamp ghost, she finds an old book of legends and reads "The Legend of Sammy's Swamp" to the group. A comic and dramatic tale of sweet success tainted by greed, betrayal and even murder comes alive onstage through a series of flashback sequences to reveal the secrets behind the downfall of the Lake Shimmer Resort. Someone among them is behind the swamp ghost, the mysterious moans from room 1-A, the disappearance of the resort's founder and the unsolved murder. But who? Join the meddling kids, a hobo named Clyde Peterson, a heartbroken Tanner Conners and a slew of other zany characters from the past to see how each one fits into the surprise ending of The Legend of Sammy's Swamp!

Pioneer Drama Service

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The Understudy ( A murder mystery backstage comedy)

By Eddie Mcpherson

Dolores Gordon , who loves the stage, has always dreamed of stardom. But the only role she ever seems to land is that of the lowly understudy. So, she decides the only way she is to receive the lead role in an upcoming community theatre production is to murder the lead actress, Guinevere Black. And that is exactly what she does. To make the murder more fun, Dolores hides Guinevere’s body in a large wooden trunk that is used as the centerpiece of the production’s murder mystery set.
But Dolores’ thrills soon turn to chills when she begins to observe strange things going on among the production’s suspicious and dysfunctional cast members. They seem to know something she doesn’t. Out of mere nervousness, Dolores decides to open the chest in an effort to make certain her victim hasn’t disappeared; that’s when her worst nightmare is realized: Guinevere’s body is indeed gone. But who took it? Which cast member is on to her horrific crime? And is that Guinevere herself peering through the French doors of the set when no one but Dolores is looking? Find out the answers when you read this murder mystery comedy that spoofs Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock all in one keep-you-guessing backstage comedy.

Heuer Publishing Company
www.hitplays.com

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