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Welcome to Mat’s Mysteries.
Mystery comedy play scripts for your community theatre.
Is your theatre looking for new and different scripts?
Is your theatre looking for plays that are fun for both your actors and your audience?
Is your theatre looking for a little murder and mystery?
I’m Mat Kelly.
I believe that community theatre should be smart, accessible, entertaining, and above all, fun. I write scripts with the needs of community theatres in mind. My plays are fun mystery comedies, with simple technical requirements, and predominantly, female casts.
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Play Scripts
Electronic copies of the scripts are available free of charge upon request.
Cinnamon Twist and the Spy’s Vacation
Sun, surf, robbery, and murder. For reporter Cinnamon Twist, this vacation has everything. If only her friends would stop match making.
Cast: 8 female, 4 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
Sun, surf, robbery, and murder. For reporter Cinnamon Twist, this vacation has everything. If only her friends would stop match making.
Cast: 8 female, 4 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
Cinnamon Twist on Pirate Island
A mysterious invitation, an escaped bank robber, a pirate ghost, and murder. For reporter Cinnamon Twist, this weekend just got interesting.
Cast: 9 female, 3 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
A mysterious invitation, an escaped bank robber, a pirate ghost, and murder. For reporter Cinnamon Twist, this weekend just got interesting.
Cast: 9 female, 3 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
Curse of the Silver Pharaoh
A murder at a museum, a 4,000 year old mummy, a lot of yellow plastic voodoo dolls, and a detective who can’t deal with people.
Cast: 6 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
A murder at a museum, a 4,000 year old mummy, a lot of yellow plastic voodoo dolls, and a detective who can’t deal with people.
Cast: 6 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
Die Theatrically
A murder at a community theatre’s all women’s production of Macbeth the Musical. But is it a murder? Or is it a double murder? Or a murder suicide?
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
A murder at a community theatre’s all women’s production of Macbeth the Musical. But is it a murder? Or is it a double murder? Or a murder suicide?
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
The Horribly Horrifying Fun House of Death
A group of oddball co-workers are trapped in an old mansion, turned tourist attraction, and uncover its dark past.
Cast: 4 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
A group of oddball co-workers are trapped in an old mansion, turned tourist attraction, and uncover its dark past.
Cast: 4 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
The Lone Rider: A Large Number of Ways to Die in the West
A bank robbery and a dead deputy. It's up to a greenhorn and a mysterious stranger to find out who gall dang dunnit!
Cast: 4 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
A bank robbery and a dead deputy. It's up to a greenhorn and a mysterious stranger to find out who gall dang dunnit!
Cast: 4 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
The Lone Rider: Bloody Prospects at Buffalo Creek
A claim jumper is found dead on Hattie Armstrong's land and she could hang for the murder. Fortunately, for Hattie, The Lone Rider is in town and is determined to find the real killer.
Cast: 4 females, 3 males
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
A claim jumper is found dead on Hattie Armstrong's land and she could hang for the murder. Fortunately, for Hattie, The Lone Rider is in town and is determined to find the real killer.
Cast: 4 females, 3 males
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
Murder by the Book
A murder at an all women’s mystery writers club. Revenge, greed, jealousy, blackmail, a locked door, and plenty of red herrings; everything you need for a good mystery.
Cast: 5 female, 1 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
A murder at an all women’s mystery writers club. Revenge, greed, jealousy, blackmail, a locked door, and plenty of red herrings; everything you need for a good mystery.
Cast: 5 female, 1 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
Nanny Featherbottom and the Neighbour’s Corpse
Nanny Featherbottom; birdwatcher, romance novelist, busybody, and 5 time widow, witnesses a murder and decides it would be fun to solve it herself.
Cast: 7 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
Nanny Featherbottom; birdwatcher, romance novelist, busybody, and 5 time widow, witnesses a murder and decides it would be fun to solve it herself.
Cast: 7 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
The Roman Affair
P.I. Frankie Muldoon, finds himself in the middle of a mob war when he is hired to find a missing person. A noir comedy with murder, romance, and roller skates.
Cast: 7 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
P.I. Frankie Muldoon, finds himself in the middle of a mob war when he is hired to find a missing person. A noir comedy with murder, romance, and roller skates.
Cast: 7 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
The Waffle King Murders
P.I. Frankie Muldoon, is hired to investigate the murder of Duncan “The Waffle King” Leroy. A noir comedy with blackmail, murder, and roller skates.
Cast: 6 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
P.I. Frankie Muldoon, is hired to investigate the murder of Duncan “The Waffle King” Leroy. A noir comedy with blackmail, murder, and roller skates.
Cast: 6 female, 3 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
One Act Plays and Non Mysteries |
The Black Albatross and the Treasure of Puffin McGuffin
Puffin McGuffin is found dead with a treasure map hidden in her peg leg. Now the crew of The Black Albatross is on an epic adventure in search of excitement, riches, and a murderer. A one act mystery comedy.
Cast: 4 female, 1 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
Puffin McGuffin is found dead with a treasure map hidden in her peg leg. Now the crew of The Black Albatross is on an epic adventure in search of excitement, riches, and a murderer. A one act mystery comedy.
Cast: 4 female, 1 male
Minimalist set. Some technical requirements.
The Lone Rider and the White Dog
A dying cowboy gives The Lone Rider a mysterious package, and suddenly everyone wants her dead. A one act western mystery, perfect for touring and festivals.
Cast: 1 female, 3 non specific
Minimal set. Some technical requirements.
A dying cowboy gives The Lone Rider a mysterious package, and suddenly everyone wants her dead. A one act western mystery, perfect for touring and festivals.
Cast: 1 female, 3 non specific
Minimal set. Some technical requirements.
Murder from Mars
A UFO enthusiast is mysteriously killed. The prime suspect: Aliens. A one act mystery.
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
A UFO enthusiast is mysteriously killed. The prime suspect: Aliens. A one act mystery.
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Single set. Some technical requirements.
Snake Oil
A small town sheriff has his hands full when a couple of flimflam artists come around and claim that they own the whole county. A one act western comedy.
Cast: 3 female, 3 male
Minimal set, some technical requirements.
A small town sheriff has his hands full when a couple of flimflam artists come around and claim that they own the whole county. A one act western comedy.
Cast: 3 female, 3 male
Minimal set, some technical requirements.
Talking Carrots at the End of Act One
A Playwright is hindered by his rebellious muse and temperamental main character. A one act comedy.
Cast: 1 female, 3 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
A Playwright is hindered by his rebellious muse and temperamental main character. A one act comedy.
Cast: 1 female, 3 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
The Terrifying Tale of Blue Beard
Blue Beard’s 7 wives all died mysteriously. This concerns Anne, who is told she is to be number 8. A one act pantomime.
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Minimalist set. Minimal technical requirements.
Blue Beard’s 7 wives all died mysteriously. This concerns Anne, who is told she is to be number 8. A one act pantomime.
Cast: 5 female, 2 male
Minimalist set. Minimal technical requirements.
Theft of the Venetian Nude with the Spider Monkey in the Foreground
Sex, crime, and a monkey. A journalist is in over his head when he interviews Europe’s greatest seductress and art thief, now retired. A one act comedy.
Cast: 1 female, 1 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
Sex, crime, and a monkey. A journalist is in over his head when he interviews Europe’s greatest seductress and art thief, now retired. A one act comedy.
Cast: 1 female, 1 male
Single set. Minimal technical requirements.
