The Playwright
About Lee
"I
have been saying other people's line on stage for quite a while.
From High School, through College to Community theater to the silver screen as a
sewer dweller in "Escape From New York." I've heard roars of laughter and chirps of crickets on the
the St. Louis club circuit in comedy sketch/improv groups: "The Way Off-Broadway Players," "The Bottom Line," and
Wit's
End."While acting in a local "Murder Mystery" I was struck by the bad dialogue and weak formula of the "professionally" written play. The subject matter, tone and dialogue seemed to be aimed a third grade level. I like to think that audiences are smarter and don't want to be "played" to as if they won't understand anything above grade school humor.
I checked out some other "Murder Mysteries" around town and it didn't get much better. They consisted of two or three actors passing out scripts to the audience, demanding they participate while digesting their prime rib and peach cobbler. Sure, some people enjoy the participation approach but some do not. They came to see a play, not to be the play, (as Zen as that may sound). I was convinced I could write a much better play. A Murder Mystery that contained a real plot with intelligent twists and real jokes that didn't come from a 4th grade bathroom wall; a play that was controlled by actors, not the audience yet allowed some interaction. So, I wrote a murder mystery called "Murder Me Always." It went over quite well, in-fact, well enough that I was asked to write another and another and...
Some friends and fans recommended that I offer these plays to the world at large, not keep them as dust magnets on a shelf and that I should allow other groups to perform these plays; also allowing audiences to enjoy a murder mystery that didn't involve riding a train or a boat or a full weekend to digest. A murder mystery play where they can show up, eat their prime rib or tator tots in peace, laugh a lot, solve the mystery and go home. I have accepted the recommendation and thus.. here are the plays. -Lee Mueller
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