After 30 sec., MC stops the scene. The offstage team assumes the positions and characters of the onstage team, playing the rest of the scene. Instead of replacing all players, off stage players substitute one at a time. Character The object of the scene is to solve a crime. Another is the detective.
Objects taken from the audience become the clues in the scene as they track down the villain.
One player is given a dialect, occupation, and emotion. The other plays a straight character or an appropriate foil to the first. They build a scene together. Character All players form two lines facing each other across the space. The player at the head of one line walks half way across the stage, then suddenly shifts to a new emotion and crosses the other half.