Murder Mansion

This piece was written as a radioplay and the bracketed items are sounds that must be made if presenting this as purely audio. This is also a spin-off, so you might recignize the basic gist. I will be performing this with a few classmates, so wish me luck and Enjoy!


Characters: (In order of appearance)
Narrator
Miss Magenta
General Burgundy
Professor Azure
Mr. Rust
Mrs. Honey
Ms. Slate

Narrator: "Welcome back to KDNA. Our next piece this evening will be the continuation of Murder Mansion."
*We left our guests searching this mysterious mansion for the vanishing intruder. Left only with their partners, they must seek out the hiding places of the intruder and whatever secrets this mysterious mansion is hiding...*

General Burgundy: Well, we've already searched the Dining room; let's search the lounge.

{Footsteps, one light, one soft}

Miss Magenta: Find anything yet?

General Burgundy: No, not yet.

{Clinking of items, shuffling of papers, footsteps of small movement}

Miss Magenta: Find anything yet?

General Burgundy: No, nothing yet.

Miss Magenta: Find anything yet?

General Burgundy: NO!

{Loud noise of door opening, creaking}

Miss Magenta: I think I found something...a secret passage. Let's see where it leads.

General Burgundy: (sigh) Why not? I didn't feel like living much longer anyways.



Miss Magenta: There’s nothing here. Just a wall.

General Burgundy: Nonsense! There must be some- whoa! (Has fallen through panel into another room)

{Drop books, large object, or have someone actually fall on floor}

Miss Magenta: Why, we're back in the Library!

General Burgundy: We can't be, we locked the delivery boy in the Library! Quick turn the lights on!

{Quick footsteps} {Click of switch, snapping, or such}

Miss Magenta:(shock)(loudly) Oh my- he's DEAD!

{Loud slam, door, two objects}

General Burgundy:(Yell) The passage! We can't get out! Quick try the door!

{Turning of doorknob}

Miss Magenta:(Frantic) It won't unlock!

Miss Magenta & General Burgundy: (YELL)(Hold it out) HELP! (Repeat if necessary)

{Shower of running footsteps, some heavy, some light, from different directions if possible}

Professor Azure & Mr. Rust: (Yelling) What's going on in there!?

{Frantic Rattle of two doorknobs} {Banging on doors, or wood}

Miss Magenta & General Burgundy: LET US OUT! LET US OUT!

Professor Azure, Mr. Rust, Mrs. Honey, and Ms. Slate: LET US IN! LET US IN!

{Running footsteps away}{Continue banging}

Mrs. Honey: Where's the key?

Mr. Rust: (Angrily) We threw it away!

Professor Azure: STAND BACK!

{Gunshots, popping balloons}

Miss Magenta: (Yell) They’re trying to kill us!

General Burgundy: (Yell) GET DOWN!

Professor Azure: Come out!

{Footsteps, slow}

Ms. Slate: You shot the door handles?

Professor Azure: Well the key was gone, and I wasn't going to break it down.

Mr. Rust: Wait a second, how did you get the gun? We locked it in the safe.

Professor Azure: Well I- you can’t accuse me! The safe was open!

Mrs. Honey: That's impossible! We locked it!

Professor Azure: No! Come see for yourself!

{Running footsteps}

Ms. Slate: But who could have opened it? We’ve all been with our partners.

Miss Magenta: Well someone must have, unless they weren’t with us during dinner.

Mr. Rust: But we all left dinner, for one reason or another!

General Burgundy: Yes, but I didn’t do it!

{Guests begin yelling at each other}

Ms. Slate: STOP YELLING! Now what has happened to the delivery boy?

Miss Magenta: He’s dead!

Professor Azure: So it seems, but how?

General Burgundy: Well, somebody must have killed him.

Professor Azure: I know that you idiot!

Mr. Rust: Well, it looks as though he may have been shot- can’t tell. Where’s the gun!?

Professor Azure: I left it back in the safe!

Mrs. Honey: Well we aren’t getting anywhere yelling at each other like this! Lets just go back to searching the house.

{Footsteps proceeding in different directions} {Loud click, shift noise} {Guests scream} {Voices from different angles/distances}

Mr. Rust: Turn those lights back on!

Ms. Slate: Where is everyone?

Miss Magenta: General? General, where are you?

Mrs. Honey: Professor? Is that you?

Professor Azure: No, I’m over here.

General Burgundy: Turn those lights on!

{Loud gunshot/ pop balloons} {Guests scream}

Narrator: “This concludes our time this evening, with a fond farewell to our guests. Join us tomorrow evening for our final episode of Murder Mansion.”