Shear Madness — Play Script

Panic. Screams. Then Ronnie’s voice booms over the house speakers: "The box office is sold out. Police won’t be here for thirty minutes. The show… must go on."

Act II becomes a frantic backstage whodunit while the farce continues onstage. Leo ad-libs a "detective's monologue" that accidentally accuses Tammy of the real murder. Tammy sobs through her love scene, then finds Marcia’s torn diary page stuffed in her costume pocket: “Leo said if I told Tammy about us, he’d ruin me. But I have proof.” Shear Madness Play Script

But Leo looks at the house, dead-eyed, and whispers into the mic: “She was blackmailing me. Marcia knew I wasn’t a real actor. I’m a con man. And now… the show’s over.” Police won’t be here for thirty minutes

And then the lights cut again.