Murder At Minsing Manor

Synopsis

A nancy boys mystery

Murder at Minsing Manor: A Nancy Boys Mysteryby Michael Simon and Richard SimonFull-length play, Comedy/Mystery/Thriller8 males, 2 femalesThe only play by outside playwrights ever to beproduced by the legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Murder at Minsing Manor brims with irreverent wit.

TV horror-show host Marius Minsing is killed on the air, much to the dismay of would-be detectives Buddy and Bob (adolescent boys played by women) who are his biggest fans.

Minsing's cross dressing lover, finds herself the head of Minsing Manor, a Gothic mansion in postwar suburbia.

While the murderer stalks, she struggles to support the household without implicating herself, to protect Minsing's live-in protégé (a half man/half woman sideshow veteran) and to keep at bay the forces of authority: church, state, and the mob.

Bob and Buddy's sleuthing unintentionally brings this mystery to its shattering conclusion

REVIEWS"Happy, dizzy and very pleasurable."

- N.Y.

Times"[An] antic romp."

- New Yorker"High flying hilarity."

- Manhattan Mirror"Outrageously funny."

- Greenwich Village Press