Shear Madness Play Script | LIMITED ✦ |

The Biltmore Playhouse is in the gutter. Their new production — Who Snuffed the Socialite? — is a laughably bad 1980s-style murder mystery where the audience votes for the killer each night. The cast despises each other. The reviews are murderous. Literally.

Act I, Scene 3: The stage goes dark for a lightning cue. When the lights snap back, Marcia Forbes — playing "Bianca, strangled with a silk scarf" — is actually dead. No pulse. No breathing. And yes, a silk scarf knotted tight around her neck. Shear Madness Play Script

On opening night of a cluelessly campy murder mystery play, the lead actress is found dead for real — and the cast of self-absorbed suspects must keep the show going while trapping the killer in their midst. The Biltmore Playhouse is in the gutter

Want me to turn this into a full one-act play script format (character dialogue, stage directions, cues)? The cast despises each other