Thanks to Tim and the folks at Sign Visions in Williamsburg we now have a fantastic looking new outdoor sign at the Clarion Inn & Suites in Williamsburg. Check it out!
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Wmsbg location gets new sign
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Filming show w/live audience in Rich 6/12
Friday, June 11th, 2010We are filming a promotional video at our show in Richmond this Saturday June 12th and we want you to be in it!
This video will be used for promotional purposes, including our website, Facebook and YouTube! We will be filming excerpts from our Civil War show “Frankly Scarlett, You’re Dead!” with audience participation and interviews after the show.
Elaine Odell from Church Hill Photography will be filming the promotional style video and we are very happy to be working with her. If you’ve been thinking of coming out to the show, this would be a great night to do it.
And The Killer Is… opens in Richmond 6/18
Friday, June 11th, 2010Our awesome awards show murder mystery, And The Killer Is… opens at our Richmond location Friday, June 18th and will run through October 16th.
Come on out and join us!
June 18 – October 16, 2010
It’s springtime, and the smell of award shows is in the air. The Oscars – The Grammy’s – The Emmy’s. But perhaps the most anticipated awards show of the all is the one produced by the Bit-players and Extras Academy. The Bit-players and Extras Academy Targets Movie Excellence Awards; The BEAT ME Awards! Those actors who must make their mark in a few brief seconds on the screen without the benefit of dialogue…those actors who weren’t quite good enough to be given any lines, but they want an award anyway. This year’s show is going to be hosted by the renowned film critic Justin “The Hatchet Man” Reeves (let’s hope he’s nicer to the winners than he is in his reviews.) We’d tell you the nominees, but you wouldn’t recognize any of their names, so why bother. But they all will tell you that winning is not important. Just being nominated is honor enough – yeah, right! These clowns would practically kill to have their names on the card in that envelope. So join us as we all find out who the winners is, in this audaciously funny awards show mystery, “And The Killer Is…”
Click here for tickets, reservations and more information.
Crazy Calendar
Friday, June 4th, 2010After several days of craziness the calendar on our website is back up and running. Thanks to Nate at heroicdreams.com. If you ever need a website, look him up. He’s great!
Last minute casting is a hit!
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010We opened “Murder Las Vegas Style!” last night. It was a great show, but I have to tell you, the week running up to opening was a hair raiser. Wednesday morning, we suddenly found ourselves without an actor to play Eddie the Ventriloquist. ( don’t ask it’s a long long story) That bit of misfortune turned into a true stroke of good luck in the form of Carl Bogdan. Carl picked up a script, rehearsed Thursday night, and performed flawlessly on Friday! And he was funny! What a pro! Carl is one very talented dude. Check out russbogdan.com and you’ll see what I mean. (the guy has two names Rusell, and Carl- go figure) Thank again Carl and all the cast!
Vegas opens in DC this Fri 5/21/10
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010The crazy casino murder mystery, Murder, Las Vegas Style! has opened and will run through November 20, 2010 at our DC/Arlington location.
Please come out and join us!
May 21 – November 20, 2010
The lights on “The Strip” have never been brighter! The whole city of Las Vegas is buzzing about the Entertainer of the Year Contest. Every lounge lizard in town is entered, and the competition will be fierce, because the grand prize is a lifetime booking at the biggest joint in town, The Fantasyland Casino! There isn’t an Elvis imitator or Wayne Newton wannabe around that wouldn’t kill for the chance to work that room. And we do mean KILL, in Mystery Dinner Playhouse’s outrageously funny mystery, “Murder, Las Vegas Style.
Click here for more information.
Mystery Dinner Playhouse featured on Elliot in the Morning DC101
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Mystery Dinner Playhouse was featured on Elliot in the Morning a DC area/Richmond drive time radio show. It started with a call-in from one of our DC actors. Great publicity! Contacted them about audio file to link to or post, but no reply. Anyone have any thoughts on if/how I can obtain an audio of this segment?
Become a fan and get $10 off each ticket.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010We want more fans! Join us on Facebook and you will be able to redeem a coupon for $10 off each ticket for dinner and show to Mystery Dinner Playhouse. Click on the “Get Coupon” link below for info on how to redeem this offer:
Also, join us in DC this weekend when we open our new show Murder, Las Vegas Style! Don’t forget that we have 3 other locations besides DC – all with great shows – Richmond: Frankly Scralett, You’re Dead!, Williamsburg: Fashion to Die For!, and Virginia Beach: Let’s Host a Murder!
Come on out. We look forward to seeing you!
Let’s Host a Murder opens in Virginia Beach
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010The delightfully deadly dinner party murder mystery, Let’s Host A Murder! has opened and will run through November 6, 2010 at our Virginia Beach location. Please come out and join us!
April 30 – November 6, 2010
Welcome to the home of George and Joan Recht. We hope you’re ready for a good time tonight, because Joan has decided to throw the neighborhood’s first murder mystery dinner party. Just about everyone on the block will be here, including Carol and Jerry Axelrod. You know how Carol prides herself on the parties she and Jerry throw. And the fact that Joan beat her to the punch on this mystery party thing must be killing her! Who knows, we may also get a peek at the new neighbors moving into old man Griffith’s house. Anything could happen in this wacky neighborhood. After all, it’s a mystery party. Isn’t that the point?
Click here for more information.
MDP joins statewide 2010 Arts celebration
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Daab
888-471-4802
info@mysterydinner.com
April 21, 2010
MYSTERY DINNER PLAYHOUSE JOINS STATEWIDE ARTS CELEBRATION
as part of
MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts
RICHMOND, VA – Mystery Dinner Playhouse has scheduled four shows at our locations in Richmond, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach and Arlington as part of Virginia’s 2010 statewide celebration featuring women in the arts.
MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts will include thousands of special events and programs offered between March and June of 2010. Events include plays, choreography, compositions, and exhibitions of paintings, photography or films that have been created by women or feature women as the primary focus. This celebration is an unprecedented collaboration of hundreds of participating artists and cultural organizations and is a demonstration of the breadth and diversity of arts and culture across the Commonwealth. It is the first of what the cultural community hopes will be an ongoing series of statewide collaborations shedding light on topics of interest to the people of Virginia.
Mystery Dinner Playhouse’s performances of Frankly Scarlett, You’re Dead (Richmond), Fashion to Die For! (Williamsburg), Let’s Host a Murder (Virginia Beach), and Murder, Las Vegas Style (Arlington) will feature work by nine actresses in various lead roles and two women directors.
MDP is owned and operated by Jim and Laura Daab. Laura said, “Being a woman theatrical producer, I’m really pleased that the Commonwealth’s Arts community is recognizing women’s contribution to our cultural heritage.” She added, “For me, that means celebrating not only the creative work of woman artists, but the behind-the-scene contributions of women administrators and producers who are vital to the existence of their respective organizations.”
Now in it’s 17th year, Mystery Dinner Playhouse is a for-profit dinner theater that produces comedy murder mystery dinner shows performing weekly, year round at it’s four Virginia locations in Richmond, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach and Arlington. Audience members try to solve a comedy crime during a four-course dinner. The dinner is served by a zany cast of suspects who all the while are providing clues to help reveal the evening’s guilty one. For more information and reservations call 888-471-4802 or visit their website at www.mysterydinner.com
For a list of events and more information about MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts, visit www.vamindswideopen.com.
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