THE NOT SO NIFTY FIFTIES: A Non-Murder Mystery

by Nora Louise Syran

It's Peggy Sue's birthday. She's turning sweet sixteen. She and her steady Johnathon E. Good have a date at the diner to celebrate. But things turn sour when Peggy and John E. discover his father’s brand new Shavy El Domino is missing. Will their paranoid Etiquette teacher Miss Molly and the other 50s misfits help him recover it before his father finds out? Or will John E. “The Bee” Good learn a lesson he’ll...

It's Peggy Sue's birthday. She's turning sweet sixteen. She and her steady Johnathon E. Good have a date at the diner to celebrate. But things turn sour when Peggy and John E. discover his father’s brand new Shavy El Domino is missing. Will their paranoid Etiquette teacher Miss Molly and the other 50s misfits help him recover it before his father finds out? Or will John E. “The Bee” Good learn a lesson he’ll never forget?

(This is a NON-MURDER mystery-Contact the author for the full script, including the RESOLUTION!)

Quiz and pre/mid/post show games/audience interaction
A classic 1950s car to have on display for the non-murder event is highly encouraged

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  • Morey Norkin: THE NOT SO NIFTY FIFTIES: A Non-Murder Mystery by Nora Louise Syran
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    Goodness gracious! All you hipsters, greasers, and beatniks need to check this out! You’ve got Peggy Sue, Miss Molly, Mack Heath, and more! Everyone is under suspicion when John E. “The Bee” Good’s hot wheels go missing. This play is a fun vehicle that can be presented as a mystery evening or purely theatrical. Either way, audience participation would be fun. Aside from the laughs, Nora Louise Syran manages to shine a light on some of the not so nifty aspects of the 50s. Great mystery and social commentary rolled into one!

    Goodness gracious! All you hipsters, greasers, and beatniks need to check this out! You’ve got Peggy Sue, Miss Molly, Mack Heath, and more! Everyone is under suspicion when John E. “The Bee” Good’s hot wheels go missing. This play is a fun vehicle that can be presented as a mystery evening or purely theatrical. Either way, audience participation would be fun. Aside from the laughs, Nora Louise Syran manages to shine a light on some of the not so nifty aspects of the 50s. Great mystery and social commentary rolled into one!

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