The Mystery of the Peanut-Butter Spacemen follows the Fedora Club, a group of junior high friends who meet once a week for "secret club stuff." During one of the meetings a strange message interrupts the program on their radio: "Rednaxela to Ittesor. Please acknowledge. This is the Mother Ship." Ittessor's voice answers: "Do you have instructions for the Away Team?" Rednaxela's voice: "Affirmative. We must have more specimens—tonight. Collect four quadrupeds and deliver them to the landing site. Contact Cirrem to assist you." Ittessor: "I require more fuel for the biped. Bring four jars of peanut butter with you." Peanut butter? What's going on? Is this a voice from a UFO? It presents a mystery too good to pass up, and soon the kids find themselves investigating the relationship between alien life forms, pet-nappings, and...peanut butter?! Are they in danger? They are, and this well-plotted comedy will keep your audiences amazed and amused. Who are Rednaxela. Ittessor, Cirrem? One of the club members deciphers the names—can you?

Originally produced by the Sager Creek Arts Center, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where it won the Sager Creek Arts Center Playwriting Contest. The cast is flexible. Many roles may be played by males or females. The author is the resident playwright for the Intermission Dramatic Arts Group in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He says that he "strives to write characters that the audience can connect with and that the performers can enjoy portraying."

1-act comedy; Set, "secret" club house; Time, now.

See also: Plays for Elementary and Junior High; Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem