Description
CROOKED HAND: GAME OF CUPS – COMICAL WHODUNIT
The year is 1939. After a solid year building a name for himself as a detective, Phil Lebowski comes across a piece of evidence that will lead him to “the one that got away.” Hot on the trail, Phil gets wrapped up in a job with his ex-friend on security detail of a priceless jewel. Suddenly, they are caught in a madcap situation full of gangsters, thieves, and murder! Can Phil find the killer, retrieve a giant ruby, and wrangle all the crazy suspects before he “sleeps with the fishes” in this comical whodunit.
Crooked Hand: Game of Cups is the sequel to Crooked Hand, also by American playwright Jeff Carlson.
Author: Jeff Carlson and Zach Triplett
Type: Two-act play
Genre: Comical whodunit, crime, film noir
Cast: 6M, 3F, 1N
Ages of the actors: Adult. No ages specified
Suitable for: All ages to watch and teens up to perform
Length: 100 minutes
Set: Detective’s office, conference hall, a radio show live from a prison which can be invisible or seen at the director’s discretion
Level of difficulty: 7/10 – cutting back and forth between the radio show and actual events happening live on stage
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Copyright © January 2019 Jeff Carlson and Off The Wall Play Publishers
Like this play? Other whodunits you may enjoy:
All in the past – murder mystery set in 1930’s Shanghai
Merriweather’s Murderous weekend – a murder weekend goes deadly wrong
Parlor City Noir – gritty film noir whodunit
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