Scandalous Sculptor
Sandy Flash
The New Jersey Bus
Horse and Buggy Mystery
The Spotted Inkcap
The Lenape Pearl

The Kennett Square 'First Friday Arts Stroll' in August is the date of our annual murder mystery. This is straightforward, improvisational street theater in which the audience is invited to solve the mystery and identify the culprit (It's just like playing "Clue"). Our last mystery was the "Mystery of the Lenape Pearl". Our next mystery ("The Secret of the Amanitas") will be held on Friday, August 1st, 2008.

At 6.45pm, a police siren sounds to mark the beginning of the game. A crowd gathers near the Genesis Building to see and hear a visiting detective or FBI agent plead for help. The suspects are identified and participants are given criminal investigation check lists. the suspects are told not to leave town and are available for questioning in each of the stores around town. At 8.45pm, the suspects and the players gather at the scene of the crime for the denouement. The Kennett Square Merchants have donated special "Murder Mystery T-Shirts as prizes for  the first 20 correct solutions to the mystery! (And every player get the special KATS Murder Mystery Pencil to complete the game sheet. If you wish play the game and discover "whodunnit", be at the Genesis Walkway in Kennett Square at 6.45pm where you see the body discovered and where you can pick up your game sheets and learn the rules. It is all completely free! Just turn up.

At 6.45pm the crowd gathers	The body is discovered	The FBI agent hands out criminal investigation check lists
The participants question the usual suspects	Help is on hand if you need it	Players tramp the streets looking for suspects...
...and question each one.	At the end of the evening, the culprit is revealed...	...and prizes are awarded to those who worked it out!

Photo credits (Gerry Teig and Gary Smith, 2003-2005)