YOU’RE INVITED
TO A TOTALLY RAD
1980’S MURDER
MURDER
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COSTUME PIECES
LISTED ARE JUST IDEAS
Also note that anyone can play a teenager!
GILLIAM STEALBERG
Director, made sick by interruptions to his “masterpiece.”
Male adult, Headset, work shirt, packet of stomach lozenges.
KLIPPY BORDE
Assistant Director, bossy, control freak.
Gender open adult, Headset, work shirt, whistle around neck.
Carries a clipboard.
AL B. BACKE
Actor, Terminator type. Intimidating.
Male adult, Black leather jacket, black t-shirt, sunglasses.
KEANU HEAVES
Actor, Bill & Ted type. A total slacker dude.
Male teen, Black vest, band (Van Halen) t-shirt, cuff bracelet.
DURAN WHAMM
Pop star, making his first movie. Full of himself.
Male teen, pastel jacket, gelled hair, sweatband.
HEATHER HURTFUL
Actress, Mean Girl. Totally conceited.
Female teen, Preppy look, jacket, scarf, pearls, fluffy hair.
TOM KUTES
Actor, Top Gun type. Always posing and flashing his pearly whites.
Male, young adult, Flight suit, sunglasses.
POLLY PINGWALD
Actress, Breakfast Club type. Looks down on everyone.
Female teen, Pink sweater, white neck scarf, “flipped” hair.
JARVIS LYME
Actor, Ghostbusters type. Frequently possessed by strange spirits.
Male adult, Tan jumpsuit, backpack/proton pack.
LEGGY VARMER
Aerobics queen, making her first movie. Always bouncy and smiling.
Female teen, Gelled hair, leotard, sweatband, leg warmers.
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SHAMIE LEE KURSES
Actress, scream queen, scared of everything.
Female teen, 1980’s clothes, carries a (fake) knife.
HARRIS KOOLER
Actor, Ferris Bueller type, always trying to be cool.
Male teen, 1980’s outfit, sunglasses, old-fashioned car keys.
SHAWN KLEESE
Screenwriter, nerd, hates having the script changed.
Gender open adult, Glasses, slicked back hair, shirt buttoned to the neck.
GOKA BOOMAH
Eastern European Special Effects Expert, loves loud noises.
Gender open adult, Wild hair, black t-shirt, lots of (fake) piercings.
Goth or punk look.
JELL ANN GLIDDER
Make-up/Hair Artist. Thinks hairspray is the solution to every problem.
Female, adult, Big hair, lots of jewelry, pastel colors, glitter everywhere.
LOU KATME
Camera Operator, will do anything for attention.
Gender open adult, Work clothes, 1980’s (ideally Polaroid) camera
around neck.
MADONNA WANNABE
Choreographer, flirtatious, always posing.
Female adult, Lacy black top, lace gloves, hair bow, lots of bracelets
and necklaces.
COFFEY PHILLIPS
Caterer, eavesdropper, knows everyone’s secrets.
Gender open adult, White clothes and apron, carries a coffee pot.
PUNCHEON KICKE
Fight Director, hot-tempered, violent.
Gender open adult, Torn t-shirt, studded collar and cuffs.
MARTIE MCFRY
Time traveler from 2024. Amazed at 1980’s styles and technology.
Female teen, 2020’s clothes, ideally a 2020’s t-shirt.
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Yo, Dudes and Dudettes! Come join us in:
A Totally Rad 1980’s Mystery
It’s 1985, and shooting is about to begin on the latest blockbust-
er movie from the studio of Mr. Honcho L. Stree: Blastdance: the
Explosive Teen Musical. The cast of teens (and would-be teens)
are assembled, the crew are ready, and visitors to the set are
hushed in anticipation. Suddenly, there’s an explosion from the
next soundstage, and in blows the body of Mr. Stree himself.
It’s obvious it was murder—but whodunit? Was it Keanu Heaves,
the teen star looking for another excellent adventure? Was it
Leggy Varmer, the aerobics queen making her first movie? Or
was it Martie McFry, a time traveler from the year 2024, who
just buzzed onto the set in her custom Tesla?
Who knows, dude? Maybe it was—YOU!
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