tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125544202013-05-23T11:18:52.578-05:00News and Notes from the Play-Dead Murder Mystery Web Site.Lee Muellernoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125play-dead/xPbmhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-89589143870385361202013-05-23T10:57:00.001-05:002013-05-23T11:17:47.708-05:002013-05-23T11:17:47.708-05:00Roswell Community Little Theatre will be presenting "Last Call At Chez Mort" June 22 at ‘The Liberty’ on North Virginia in Roswell, New Mexico. This production will be directed by by Edie Stevens...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/V5CSzIMqa4I" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2013/05/starting-summer-by-playing-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-36092856347098846002013-05-10T13:30:00.001-05:002013-05-23T11:18:52.586-05:002013-05-23T11:18:52.586-05:00When I look back on the path I have followed, I must acknowledge that my mother had a strong influence on the directions (Mom GPS). A road less discouraged. She told me a story about my...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/2QLiomo5rOg" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2013/05/mothers-day-and-road-less-discouraged.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-53694841167765605512013-04-30T09:02:00.000-05:002013-04-30T09:02:05.339-05:002013-04-30T09:02:05.339-05:00The Winters Theatre Company in Winters California will present “An Audition for Murder” on Friday, May 17, Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19. “An Audition for Murder,” a comic parody of both...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/CyRIMYueOxw" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2013/04/upcoming-play-dead-productions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-56794032122946042932013-02-14T12:41:00.002-06:002013-02-14T12:41:57.600-06:002013-02-14T12:41:57.600-06:00My friends out in California, Vacaville Gaslighters are presenting one of my older favorite scripts called "Dead Air" which at the time I wrote the play was a homage to the AM radio stations I heard...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/SmKjmejttg0" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2013/02/upcoming-play-dead-murder-mystery-plays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-91994941114229620352013-01-15T08:39:00.001-06:002013-01-15T08:40:01.564-06:002013-01-15T08:40:01.564-06:00Hard to believe that my play "Murder Me Always" is 18 years old now. It has come a long way since it poured out onto the page from my imagination. It's old enough to vote now. They grow up so...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/wHyb-mr_jxM" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2013/01/murder-me-always-keeps-slaying-after.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-30543009668527487232012-12-31T09:55:00.000-06:002013-01-07T18:06:04.634-06:002013-01-07T18:06:04.634-06:00A look back on a handful of productions of Play Dead comedy mysteries presented across the globe. The year started off with the premier of my new play called "Last Call At Chez Mort" by my home...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/y7pvOLXTvus" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/12/a-year-of-playing-dead-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-45788055566452367842012-11-15T17:05:00.001-06:002013-01-03T08:24:55.259-06:002013-01-03T08:24:55.259-06:00River Valley High School Drama presents "Remains to be Seen," written by Lee Mueller and directed by Dave Harris, Friday through Sunday at the River Valley High School multipurpose room.The...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/tV-76ObYekw" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/11/remains-to-be-seen-at-river-valley-high.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-18171646527267828382012-10-18T07:33:00.000-05:002012-10-18T07:36:03.317-05:002012-10-18T07:36:03.317-05:00“Death of a Doornail” will perform on the Dalton Little Theatre stage this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Performances will continue Oct. 26-27 and Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. There will be a Sunday matinee Oct....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/Teb8ohnycIg" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/10/murder-mystery-comedy-in-dalton-georgia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-8013660619885035072012-10-16T08:13:00.000-05:002012-10-16T08:13:28.445-05:002012-10-16T08:13:28.445-05:00Saltshaker Theater has announced it will perform its newest comedy/mystery dinner theater production, "Murder Me Always,” at various venues in Salinas and Carmel California, starting...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/KHuKLDnZMlw" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/10/upcoming-productions-murder-me-always.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-45690067179022680012012-08-30T10:05:00.000-05:002012-08-30T10:05:07.394-05:002012-08-30T10:05:07.394-05:00Up North Just west of Ottawa Ontario (up North in Canada) is Carlton Place. And in Carlton place dwells the wonderful Mississippi Mudds or (M.U.D.D.S) which breaks down as MUsic Dance and Drama on...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/ppuOd7r053o" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/08/play-dead-comedy-mysteries-playing-way.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-86753495488760082722012-08-13T10:31:00.001-05:002013-01-07T18:08:49.441-06:002013-01-07T18:08:49.441-06:00As precise as we all try to be about what we do and the services/products we provide, it can still be a bit fuzzy to some people. It's not our fault and it's not their fault. Take for example, Murder...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/2JFwwlSW7sY" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/08/murder-mystery-play-what-is-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-57015604253709690332012-08-01T09:00:00.001-05:002012-08-01T09:00:25.057-05:002012-08-01T09:00:25.057-05:00From my other blog: The Mind Reels - Lee Mueller's Blog: Are Videos Killing The Story Teller?: When I was young and impressionable, I was privileged to be surrounded by story tellers. Stories from...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/UQ713Ox3I9Y" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/08/the-mind-reels-lee-muellers-blog-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-60502455591742993942012-07-12T10:37:00.002-05:002012-07-20T12:09:55.761-05:002012-07-20T12:09:55.761-05:00There are many places I have never traveled to but my words and ideas have. That being my plays. My plays have been produced around the world from Croydon UK, to Nagoya Japan, Ho Chi Minh City,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/LgbICPIFwxg" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/07/upcoming-play-dead-murder-mystery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-50119202008737277502012-06-22T10:19:00.001-05:002013-01-07T19:03:44.821-06:002013-01-07T19:03:44.821-06:00I have added a new one-act play under the category of "non-murder mystery" in my list of scripts. In addition to The Snow Day Monologues, I have just completed Home Room of Doom. Both of these...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/IvyChvpc7Ec" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/06/new-non-mystery-play-home-room-of-doom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-20916084381004616232012-06-21T07:53:00.000-05:002012-06-21T08:05:19.758-05:002012-06-21T08:05:19.758-05:00Rural Area Theater has been transformed into a reception hall for this production of “I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning.” However, before the honeymoon can begin, and before Brenda can dance the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/dedY1-U6mnU" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/06/upcoming-play-dead-productions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-26493639047559554322012-03-26T12:15:00.000-05:002012-07-20T11:28:33.458-05:002012-07-20T11:28:33.458-05:00There is line I heard many years ago, delivered by the character Chris Stevens on my favorite old Television show, "Northern Exposure" and it goes; "Art is the process, not the product". I'm not...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/13OPManDRJo" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/03/playwrighting-process-and-product-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-27218650899454802012012-03-02T11:41:00.001-06:002012-07-20T11:28:56.769-05:002012-07-20T11:28:56.769-05:00I just finished directing my new script Last Call At The Chez Mort for my local theatre group. Essentially, it's set in the 1940's at a Jazz Night Club or supper club or both. I've always wanted to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/67D8YlzHfa0" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com1http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/03/2-new-plays-are-available.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-70367096693675077522012-02-24T07:55:00.000-06:002012-02-24T07:57:15.971-06:002012-02-24T07:57:15.971-06:00For the Midwest (Indiana) The Thunderbolt Players, a troupe of student actors at Evansville’s New Tech Institute, will serve food, comedy and suspense in “Murder Me Always,” a murder mystery...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/afXSsPc6B_Q" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2012/02/upcoming-productions-people-playing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-83944821645576334272011-10-31T08:33:00.000-05:002011-10-31T08:54:47.071-05:002011-10-31T08:54:47.071-05:00‘I’m Getting Married in the Morning,’ by Lee Mueller, is performed by some of Tonawandas High Schools finest student actors. Challenged by the improvisational skills needed to perform this play,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/tGbFW47sxjY" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/10/upcoming-play-dead-comedy-murder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-55382135210303060692011-10-20T08:10:00.000-05:002011-10-20T08:10:51.354-05:002011-10-20T08:10:51.354-05:00October 20th at 6 p.m. running through Nov. 12 (Thursdays-Saturdays) Longview Stageworks in Longview WA is presenting Murder at the Mansion series with "Murder Me Always - a mystery comedy about a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/MBws7Gbvd-s" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com1http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/10/upcoming-productions-of-play-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-88702069259504430252011-09-30T08:42:00.000-05:002011-09-30T08:42:36.824-05:002011-09-30T08:42:36.824-05:00"Murder Me Always" pops up all over this month! Wheeling Jesuit University presents Murder Me Always October 1st at 7:00 PM at the WJU Campus Troy Theater. Details Here! The Cherokee Strip...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/6lSbCUSh0tQ" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/09/upcoming-play-dead-productions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-24041204860573932422011-09-12T08:23:00.003-05:002011-09-12T08:36:42.966-05:002011-09-12T08:36:42.966-05:00The Fairfield Center for Creative Arts celebrated live theater in Solano County California at the 27th annual Arty awards. A production of my play "Death Of A Doornail" by the Vacaville Gaslighters...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/6B3EZS59WcY" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/09/death-of-doornail-winning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-7846712311987751812011-07-26T07:16:00.006-05:002011-07-26T07:45:18.216-05:002011-07-26T07:45:18.216-05:00Auditions In Houston Murder Mystery Dessert Theatre presents: Some Show (about a murder) by Lee Mueller Auditions: Monday, Aug. 15 7-10pm and Tuesday, Aug. 16, 7-10pm at The Country Playhouse...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/bfzq10wAVZM" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/07/upcoming-events-for-play-dead-murder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-37310567214950159102011-06-28T10:45:00.004-05:002011-06-28T11:02:13.361-05:002011-06-28T11:02:13.361-05:00Marin Murder Mysteries is presenting "Murder Me Always" every Saturday at 6:30pm -June 18th through August 27th at San Rafael Joe’s in San Rafael, CA. A 5 course dinner will be served with prices at...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/EAz9Euz89Y4" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/06/murder-me-always-over-5-courses.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12554420.post-57150055983762964042011-06-16T08:00:00.000-05:002011-06-16T10:00:04.209-05:002011-06-16T10:00:04.209-05:00How does a playwright promote and/or market themselves? Specifically, an independent playwright -that is without a major publishing company representing them? This topic came up a few weeks ago on a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/play-dead/xPbm/~4/5VEcbs9czdk" height="1" width="1"/>Lee Muellerhttps://plus.google.com/109610898989036232807noreply@blogger.com0http://blog.play-dead.com/2011/06/some-thoughts-on-becoming-indie.html