WAKT FAMILY REUNION
(an interactive murder mystery for two performers)
CHARACTERS:
ROSE
BUBBA
Audience-played characters:
KIP & HOLLY, newlyweds
GRANDMA ILENE
RUSSELL
ZACH
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
GROUP 3
GROUP 4
CUELINES & LINES FOR AUDIENCE-PLAYED CHARACTERS
KIP & HOLLY work, working WE JUST GOT MARRIED
GRANDMA ILENE unique YOU MEAN STUPID
RUSSELL generous, generosity, generously GUESS AGAIN
ZACH Zach WHAT?
GROUP 1 Where is he? NOT HERE
GROUP 2 Aren’t we? Don’t we? YOU BET
GROUP 3 brief MAKE IT QUICK
GROUP 4 last time COULDN’T BE HELPED
SETTING: We are at a family reunion.
AT RISE: ROSE enters.
ROSE: (enters with clipboard; calling) Bubba! Bubba! (to audience) All right, everybody, we’ll get started in just a minute as soon as I can find Bubba. Where is he?
GROUP 1: Not here.
ROSE: (upset) I know that. (to self) He’s probably off doing nothing again. Lazy, good-for-nothing cousin. I’m ashamed to call him family.
BUBBA: (enters carrying a family flag, rolled up) Hey, Cousin Rose!
ROSE: (sweetly) There you are, Bubba. You know we can’t get started without the Wakt Family vice president.
BUBBA: The Wakt Family vice president has a surprise that he had to go get.
ROSE: What is it?
BUBBA: It’s this. (unfurls and waves flag) It’s the new Wakt Family flag.
ROSE: (without enthusiasm) You made that yourself, didn’t you?
BUBBA: Yes! Let me show you. See this picture.
ROSE: It’s a bunch of stick figures.
BUBBA: That represents our family reunions. We all like to get together, don’t we?
GROUP 2: You bet!
BUBBA: This globe means that we come from all over the world, seeing that some of us go overseas to travel or work.
KIP & HOLLY: We just got married!
ROSE: (to KIP & HOLLY) And it was a beautiful wedding, too. So, unique.
GRANDMA ILENE: You mean stupid!
ROSE: Grandma Ilene! Just because they did things differently, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t beautiful.
BUBBA: Yeah, I thought eating the giant wedding cake with our hands tied behind our backs was fun. The casino did a great job with that cake.
ROSE: Let’s call this meeting to order because we have a lot of announcements and new people to welcome into the family. I even made an agenda once Great Uncle Fred got my computer to work.
KIP & HOLLY: We just got married.
ROSE: You’re on the agenda.
BUBBA: But I haven’t finished telling about my flag.
ROSE: Let’s put it on the agenda under new business.
BUBBA: But I want to display it now.
ROSE: Bubba, you know we have a schedule to keep.
BUBBA: I’ll be brief.
GROUP 3: Make it quick!
BUBBA: (pointing out the pictures) Stick figures represents our family reunions; Globe represents our family being from all over the world; Dollar signs for Great Uncle Fred’s generosity...
RUSSELL: Guess again!
ROSE: Be polite, Russell.
BUBBA: Yeah, we all know that your grandfather spoils you, including making you the sole heir of his estate once he dies.
ROSE: (to BUBBA) You be polite, too. We will not have people leaving our family reunion in tears like last time.
GROUP 4: Couldn’t be helped.
ROSE: Yes, it could. If Russell hadn’t yelled at Holly...
BUBBA: But Holly was telling Russell’s little Travis that he had to go on time out...
ROSE: Only because little Travis was throwing rocks and hit Kip on the cheek.
BUBBA: But little Travis didn’t mean it. His aim was bad.
ROSE: Who was he aiming for?
BUBBA: The person who threw a rock at him.
ROSE: I didn’t know that. Who was it?
BUBBA: Great Uncle Fred was sitting next to little Travis and saw the whole thing. He said it was Zach.
ZACH: What?!
BUBBA: (to ZACH) Don’t start throwing rocks this year because we’ll vote whether or not you get to come to the next reunion.
ROSE: All right! All right! That’s enough. We’re all going to be polite this year, aren’t we?
GROUP 2: You bet!
ROSE: So let’s get started.
BUBBA: I’m not done yet.
ROSE: Be brief.
GROUP 3: Make it quick.
BUBBA: I only have this last picture.
ROSE: A crib with a heart because we love babies?
BUBBA: Nope.
ROSE: A playpen with a heart because we love toddlers?
ROSE
BUBBA
Audience-played characters:
KIP & HOLLY, newlyweds
GRANDMA ILENE
RUSSELL
ZACH
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
GROUP 3
GROUP 4
CUELINES & LINES FOR AUDIENCE-PLAYED CHARACTERS
KIP & HOLLY work, working WE JUST GOT MARRIED
GRANDMA ILENE unique YOU MEAN STUPID
RUSSELL generous, generosity, generously GUESS AGAIN
ZACH Zach WHAT?
GROUP 1 Where is he? NOT HERE
GROUP 2 Aren’t we? Don’t we? YOU BET
GROUP 3 brief MAKE IT QUICK
GROUP 4 last time COULDN’T BE HELPED
SETTING: We are at a family reunion.
AT RISE: ROSE enters.
ROSE: (enters with clipboard; calling) Bubba! Bubba! (to audience) All right, everybody, we’ll get started in just a minute as soon as I can find Bubba. Where is he?
GROUP 1: Not here.
ROSE: (upset) I know that. (to self) He’s probably off doing nothing again. Lazy, good-for-nothing cousin. I’m ashamed to call him family.
BUBBA: (enters carrying a family flag, rolled up) Hey, Cousin Rose!
ROSE: (sweetly) There you are, Bubba. You know we can’t get started without the Wakt Family vice president.
BUBBA: The Wakt Family vice president has a surprise that he had to go get.
ROSE: What is it?
BUBBA: It’s this. (unfurls and waves flag) It’s the new Wakt Family flag.
ROSE: (without enthusiasm) You made that yourself, didn’t you?
BUBBA: Yes! Let me show you. See this picture.
ROSE: It’s a bunch of stick figures.
BUBBA: That represents our family reunions. We all like to get together, don’t we?
GROUP 2: You bet!
BUBBA: This globe means that we come from all over the world, seeing that some of us go overseas to travel or work.
KIP & HOLLY: We just got married!
ROSE: (to KIP & HOLLY) And it was a beautiful wedding, too. So, unique.
GRANDMA ILENE: You mean stupid!
ROSE: Grandma Ilene! Just because they did things differently, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t beautiful.
BUBBA: Yeah, I thought eating the giant wedding cake with our hands tied behind our backs was fun. The casino did a great job with that cake.
ROSE: Let’s call this meeting to order because we have a lot of announcements and new people to welcome into the family. I even made an agenda once Great Uncle Fred got my computer to work.
KIP & HOLLY: We just got married.
ROSE: You’re on the agenda.
BUBBA: But I haven’t finished telling about my flag.
ROSE: Let’s put it on the agenda under new business.
BUBBA: But I want to display it now.
ROSE: Bubba, you know we have a schedule to keep.
BUBBA: I’ll be brief.
GROUP 3: Make it quick!
BUBBA: (pointing out the pictures) Stick figures represents our family reunions; Globe represents our family being from all over the world; Dollar signs for Great Uncle Fred’s generosity...
RUSSELL: Guess again!
ROSE: Be polite, Russell.
BUBBA: Yeah, we all know that your grandfather spoils you, including making you the sole heir of his estate once he dies.
ROSE: (to BUBBA) You be polite, too. We will not have people leaving our family reunion in tears like last time.
GROUP 4: Couldn’t be helped.
ROSE: Yes, it could. If Russell hadn’t yelled at Holly...
BUBBA: But Holly was telling Russell’s little Travis that he had to go on time out...
ROSE: Only because little Travis was throwing rocks and hit Kip on the cheek.
BUBBA: But little Travis didn’t mean it. His aim was bad.
ROSE: Who was he aiming for?
BUBBA: The person who threw a rock at him.
ROSE: I didn’t know that. Who was it?
BUBBA: Great Uncle Fred was sitting next to little Travis and saw the whole thing. He said it was Zach.
ZACH: What?!
BUBBA: (to ZACH) Don’t start throwing rocks this year because we’ll vote whether or not you get to come to the next reunion.
ROSE: All right! All right! That’s enough. We’re all going to be polite this year, aren’t we?
GROUP 2: You bet!
ROSE: So let’s get started.
BUBBA: I’m not done yet.
ROSE: Be brief.
GROUP 3: Make it quick.
BUBBA: I only have this last picture.
ROSE: A crib with a heart because we love babies?
BUBBA: Nope.
ROSE: A playpen with a heart because we love toddlers?
