"The Method" (Outline #1)

I. Open with an inquest for the death of the last director at We Shadows Players Theatre

II. The president of the theatre board is sworn to honesty and accuses the cast members of murder. He talked with the stage manager, who has since gone missing, and thinks he has a fair picture of what happened.

III. He starts narrating, trails off (or is reading a letter—double voice-over). We see into the past and the events that he believed unfolded.

IV. In the end, the president’s testimony is thrown out, on the grounds of the questionability of his sanity.

V. The president goes back to the theatre and watches the actors/actresses put on a terrific performance. But the Foreigner goes off-script, and confesses to the audience what really happened to the last director. Something ridiculous, which he heard the other actors taking credit for. This reveals that he has perfect English. But the audience thinks it’s apart of the tableau and encore him. Liking the attention, he goes with it and bows, winking at an astonished president.

I really don't like the ending. Any ideas?
Brief character sketches soon to follow :D