Comedy

Characters: 7 males, 5 females, plus 4-6 others (m/f)

Set Requirements: Multiple settings

Marjorie returns to Darkwood Hall after receiving a cryptic letter from her adoptive aunt Desdemona Bane, who has an aversion to garlic and direct sunlight. The other members of the Bane family are equally peculiar. Cousin Heathcliff digs in the villagers' flowerbeds whenever there's a full moon. Uncle Lester performs unusual experiments in his laboratory, Cousin Boris raises people-eating plants, Cousin Fenwick thinks he's Adolf Hitler, and Cousin Sylvia hasn't spoken a word since the day...

Maureen UlrichCharacters: 6 female, 9 maleComedy, Jr. High/High SchoolSimple setSam Spud, Private Eye is a parody of the cheap detective novel. Sam Spud is a down-on-his-luck private eye with a fondness for junkfood and cliches. He is convinced that his down-to-earth secretary Jane Reynolds has a crush on him. Lula Baum-Schell, a gorgeous former model and actress, hires Sam to help find her husband, Edward, a wealthy dogfood magnate. Police detective Inspector Oiseau complicates matters because he hates Sam for making him smell bad in the "Velveeta Cheese" case. Will Sam be able to solve this...