Jack O'Lantern - Heir to Candle Factory fortune (Motive: Money) - Engaged - Longs for Girl
The Major - Jealous brother of inventor - (Motive: Jealousy)
Inventor - Created the lightbulb
Priest - (Motive: Religious - "Only God can create light")
Mother - Host of the Party (No motive, she dies)

Daughter - (Being forced on inventor by her mother - secretly loves Jack - motive: kill inventor & avoid marrying him)

The Butler - Only performs medial tasks - enters and exits via smokebomb
Screamer - Fiancee of Jack's. Very sophisticated - easily (and constantly) horrified.

Lord Nosferatu of The Undead - Completely ordinary guy. Sherlock assumes he is guilty based on his name.

Opening Song
Inventor's Speech
Introduction to the mansion
Sherlock Ohms introduced as a celebrity guest

Ohm's speech
Ohms flicks the switch to turn on the bulb

The lightbulb goes off.

Lightbulb comes back on

The inventor is dead.

Roll Opening Credits (Chloe: of Awesome)

Wattson / Owner of the House plead for sherlock to investigate
Investigation of characters

At this point-  Sherlock suspects Jack, then is distracted by Lord Nosferatu of the Undead
Major calls another detective (Carmen)

Sherlock's ego is bruised

Carmen enters - takes control of the case
Decides to interview Sherlock (Suspects him)
Owner of the manor dies offstage
Wattson returns, finding the lightbulb on her
Rivarly between Sherlock and Carmen

(possible song)

 

END OF FIRST HALF

 

 

Act Four

 

Two options for setting: Recreating the Crime Scene or Inventor's workshop

Ohms' life is threatened (Possibly due to malfuctioning equiptment)
Returned light flicks on and off - each time it turns back on another person is dead. First Lord Nosferatu, then the butler, then the screamer

Accusing scene
Revealed the bad guy is .. Dr Wattson!

Jack finds out Jill still loves him. They have a romantic moment - Song Fake Out

Wattson is actually Thomas Edison in disguise

He is apprehended

Ends in song!

Song is about:

~Ohms and Carmen won

~Jack and Jill now run the Light Brigade

~We can all have the light bulb yay!

 

 

 

 

Okay, so -

 

There will be my own shots at drafts for these appearing soon, but I don't want that to discourage anyone from having a go themselves.

Or, if you just have an idea of something you think would be cool to see or a joke or whatever - post it here. - James