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The Case of the Curious Locks

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  6w, 5m

Murray Spitzer

Something mysterious is going on at the high school. Someone's learned how to open all of the school's official combination locks. Security officer, Bert Hubbard, can't believe it as the combinations are secure in his safe, untouched. Betty Foster, the school's newspaper editor, discovers the dilemm…

The Case of the Curious Locks

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 5m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Something mysterious is going on at the high school. Someone's learned how to open all of the school's official combination locks. Security officer, Bert Hubbard, can't believe it as the combinations are secure in his safe, untouched. Betty Foster, the school's newspaper editor, discovers the dilemma and asks Bobby Martin to help solve the mystery, as he's the school's electronic wizard. Nothing's safe from the mysterious intruder, and first the kids have to find what he's really after. Betty has another proble, the new Federal law says you can't discriminate against girls in the school's athletic budget. And Fred Ryan, the athletic coach, won't talk to her about the law.So the girls on the newspaper carry out comic stunts to "persuade" Ryan to give them their story. Before they're finished, he wishes he had!
FRED RYAN - athletic coach at Samuel Clemens Senior High School
NICK JONES - a star high school athlete
BETTY FOSTER - editor of The Jumping Frog, the school newspaper
BERT HUBBARD - security officer of the high school
JANICE TURNER - principal of Samuel Clemens Senior High School
ADELE COFFMAN - music director of the school
JEAN SINGLETON - a reporter for The Jumping Frog
BOBBY MARTIN - president of Electrons, Unlimited!, a school club
PAM ROGERS - Nick's girlfriend
BETH WILSON - a mathematics teacher
CHARLIE ALLISON - a football player

Additional players may be used in scenes as indicated in the script.

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting Samuel Clemens Senior High School. September. Present day.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Murray Spitzer

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