(photo from La Salle High School, Miami, FL.)
During the garter toss at Brenda and Eddie's Wedding Reception, a mysterious man
falls dead on the dance floor from a gun shot. Luckily the bride's father -the wealthy
Harold Montague -invited Damage control expert Mr. Parker to the event. Parker
tries "spinning" the murder as "nothing to worry about" but Society columnist
Mary Berger insists "something be done". Something like - hold the presses because this could be the "Society Scandal" of the year. Not only was a man shot during the garter toss but it seems the mysterious Dead
Man has ties to both the Groom and Bride's family. Secrets that both sides
do not wish to reveal. None the less, with some persuasion of Mr. Parker, the reception continues as planned
and the Murder Mystery takes a back seat. For a while.
Just thought you'd like to know that "I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning" went over SO well at our community clubhouse last year that the Activities Director signed us up the very next day to do another play this year.
Patsy Goodman
-Aurora, CO.
YHS Murder Mystery dinner theatre a Success!
by LINDA DORSETT-OTTA
Yucaipa News Mirror
Yucaipa, California
People attending Yucaipa High School's (YHS) Mystery Theatre on Friday became guests to a wedding reception as they entered the campus multi-purpose room. Lee Mueller's hilarious romp into the intricacies of a wedding reception in the play, "I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning," was the feature of the evening. Ulises Espinoza was the director with Brooke Borrowman as associate director. As the audience members was being shown to their seats, they became guests at a wedding reception. The proud parents of the bride, Mildred and Harold Montague, mingled with their guests, explaining the bride and groom had car trouble on the way to the wedding and would soon arrive. It quickly becomes apparent that Mildred had a drinking problem. She kept leaving the reception to visit an open bar at a neighboring wedding. Each time she re-entered her daughter's reception, her appearance was a little more bedraggled. Her speech was slurred and her balance was off. Some of the wedding guests left when they found out they were actually in the wrong reception - they should have been in the one next door - the one with the open bar. The bride and groom arrived at the reception after dinner had been served. The bride, being a real "daddy's girl", demanded food right then and there. The bride tossed the bouquet and the groom was tossing the bride's garter to the single men when an unknown man falls dead to the dance floor from a gunshot wound. Daddy's little girl insists on continuing her wedding reception despite the body on the floor. She dances with her father while the body is moved to and fro away from their dancing feet. With the disc jockey, the groom's mother Mrs. Coquette, the bridesmaid, best man, damage-control expert and society columnist rounding out the "who-might-have-done-its," the reception guests were kept entertained by music and the antics. The cute, effervescent disc jockey played her part well as a smart aleck. Her comments throughout the play were superb. Mrs. Coquette's southern charm was well played in her quips such as "He got around like a June bug at a candlelight vigil." The repartee between Mr. Parker and the society columnist Mary Berger was heated and confrontational and added to the humor and the fast pace of the play. These two kept on querying the wedding party to try to figure out who was the murderer. The play moved quickly with never a dull moment - even in the serving of the food. There were a few embarrassing moments such as when the restaurant ran out of ice cream. The excuse was that the servers had become hungry and ate the dessert reserved for the guests. After a short while, more ice cream arrived and was served to the deprived guests. Espinoza said he was very pleased with the turn-out and that it was the biggest "in at least the last two years - probably more than ever before." The high energy of the cast, crew and waiters played a role in the well executed play and the cast knew their parts. They seemed to have as much fun performing their roles as did their guests watching them. A special thanks was given to all the waiters.
by LINDA DORSETT-OTTA
Yucaipa News Mirror
Yucaipa, California
People attending Yucaipa High School's (YHS) Mystery Theatre on Friday became guests to a wedding reception as they entered the campus multi-purpose room. Lee Mueller's hilarious romp into the intricacies of a wedding reception in the play, "I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning," was the feature of the evening. Ulises Espinoza was the director with Brooke Borrowman as associate director. As the audience members was being shown to their seats, they became guests at a wedding reception. The proud parents of the bride, Mildred and Harold Montague, mingled with their guests, explaining the bride and groom had car trouble on the way to the wedding and would soon arrive. It quickly becomes apparent that Mildred had a drinking problem. She kept leaving the reception to visit an open bar at a neighboring wedding. Each time she re-entered her daughter's reception, her appearance was a little more bedraggled. Her speech was slurred and her balance was off. Some of the wedding guests left when they found out they were actually in the wrong reception - they should have been in the one next door - the one with the open bar. The bride and groom arrived at the reception after dinner had been served. The bride, being a real "daddy's girl", demanded food right then and there. The bride tossed the bouquet and the groom was tossing the bride's garter to the single men when an unknown man falls dead to the dance floor from a gunshot wound. Daddy's little girl insists on continuing her wedding reception despite the body on the floor. She dances with her father while the body is moved to and fro away from their dancing feet. With the disc jockey, the groom's mother Mrs. Coquette, the bridesmaid, best man, damage-control expert and society columnist rounding out the "who-might-have-done-its," the reception guests were kept entertained by music and the antics. The cute, effervescent disc jockey played her part well as a smart aleck. Her comments throughout the play were superb. Mrs. Coquette's southern charm was well played in her quips such as "He got around like a June bug at a candlelight vigil." The repartee between Mr. Parker and the society columnist Mary Berger was heated and confrontational and added to the humor and the fast pace of the play. These two kept on querying the wedding party to try to figure out who was the murderer. The play moved quickly with never a dull moment - even in the serving of the food. There were a few embarrassing moments such as when the restaurant ran out of ice cream. The excuse was that the servers had become hungry and ate the dessert reserved for the guests. After a short while, more ice cream arrived and was served to the deprived guests. Espinoza said he was very pleased with the turn-out and that it was the biggest "in at least the last two years - probably more than ever before." The high energy of the cast, crew and waiters played a role in the well executed play and the cast knew their parts. They seemed to have as much fun performing their roles as did their guests watching them. A special thanks was given to all the waiters.
