Brookwrite

The Case of the Cereal Killer

Ten-Minute Play

• Winner
  Fifteenth Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest
  Actors' Theatre (Santa Cruz, CA).
  Premiere production, 8 10's @ 8 festival, January-February 2010

It was a Monday like any other Monday, except that it wasn't. Mason makes a bowl of cereal and steps out for the newspaper. When he returns, the cereal is gone and the mystery begins. Mason, in his trenchcoat, fedora, and pajamas, goes through each member of his family to find the culprit, but what he finds is... The Case of the Cereal Killer.

Available for production (2F, 2M, 1 set). Contact the playwright.

 

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Preview Article: Santa Cruz Sentinel

"An audience favorite... fun and light, but keeps the audience on its toes, waiting for the next mystery to be revealed." -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
Complete Review

 

Other Productions

• Pacific Collegiate School, January 29, 2011; Northern CA Regional One Act Festival (Westmont High, Campbell, CA)
• Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, January 19, 2011; Drive By Theatre Festival (Atlanta, GA)
• Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, June 4-20, 2010; Short Attention Span Theatre festival (preview article)
• Pacific Collegiate School, May 20-21, 2010

 

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Origins

I saw a short play where an older guy entered in robe and socks, befuddled. It was about Alzheimer's. The image inspired a guy turning a silly happening into his own film noir mystery. Ironically, the guy in the Alzheimer's play starred in Cereal Killer a year later.