A Play Gets Murdered

A Little Ditty About Jacques And Diane

Condensed One Act (Approx 15 mins)

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The play itself is a play within a play. It is opening night of the play "A Little Ditty About Jacques and Diane" a wonderful love story about two French kids growing up in the 14th century French heartland. They were best friends, but separated at a young age when Jacques’ father took the family to America. He has now returned and Jacques and Diane fall in love. However, everything falls apart when "Jacques" takes advantage of a situation at the end of act 1. Act 2 does not go as planned. A neurotic director, a shy stage manager, misused props, characters assuming each other's roles including dressing as them, and an improvised costume all lead to the play's tragic (yet hilarious) finale. This play will have audience members barking, I mean laughing their heads off.

One Act Version (Approx 15 mins)

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It was a dark and stormy theater. Suddenly, a scream rings out!! The curtain opens to find a distraught woman. Her husband, the very wealthy Theodore Bodhi lay dead on the divan in his study. But who would have killed him, and why? Find out in this outrageous, unique comedy that takes audiences on a start to finish adventure on how a theatre murder mystery plays out and leaves them laughing throughout.