Archive for the ‘Mystery Dinner Playhouse’ Category

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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

We 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, 2010

The 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

Let's Host a Murder!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?

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MDP joins statewide 2010 Arts celebration

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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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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Auditions for our DC/Arlington show 4/7.

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

We will be auditioning for our new spring/summer show, “Murder, Las Vegas Style” in DC/Arlington this Wednesday, April 7, 2010.  Click here for all the info. All positions paid.

Fashion To Die For opens in Wmsbg this Fri 3/26

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The fabulously funny fashion industry murder mystery, Fashion To Die For! opens this Friday, March 26, 2010 at our Williamsburg location.  Please come out and join us!

March 26- September 25, 2010

Fashion To Die For!The world of high fashion is a buzz! Editors from Mademoiselle to Vogue are having an utter tizzy. Sylvia Skrong, Chief Editor of Eurogirl magazine has scored the coup of coups. She secretly set up a showdown of Haute Couture. A design contest between newcomer Cara Mia Puccaria and super designer, Pupi Pastorini. To the winner will be bestowed the title,“Designer of the Year.” Winning could make young miss Puccaria a star, and could only help boost Pupi’s sagging career. Cara Mia’s assistant has been running around like the proverbial chicken with no head, and the boys backstage are about ready to pluck a few feathers. There are designers who would just kill for this opportunity. Who knows, Vera or Giorgio may be waiting in the wings, just in case something might happen to one of our contestants. Puccaria and Pastorini are bound to pull out all the stops to wins this thing, so sit back and be prepared to see some fashion to die for!

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Auditions for VB show 3/24

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

We will be auditioning for our new spring/summer show, “Let’s Host a Murder!” in Virginia Beach this Wednesday, March 24, 2010.  Click here for all the info. All positions paid.

St. Patrick’s Day show in Wmsbg!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Join us on St. Patrick’s Day for our Williamsburg production of

A hilarious Celtic comedy murder mystery.

Through March 20, 2010

The entire O’Malley family has gathered for Uncle Sean’s wake. Shocked as they are by the old boy’s sudden and unexpected departure, they’re determined to give him a send off as only an Irish family can. But there’s a mumbling within the clan that the death might not have been an accident. Rumors are flying about changes in the will, and Sean’s outrageous claims about the end of the rainbow. So break out the Guinness, put on your best green, and join us for Mystery Dinner Playhouse’s hilarious production, “Murder At The Irish Wake!”

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Auditions in Williamsburg Sun. 2/28

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

We will be auditioning for our new spring/summer show in Williamsburg this Sunday, February 28th.  Click here for all the info. All positions paid.

Civil War whodunit opens 2/19 in Richmond

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Come out and join us for our new show in Richmond. It’s a Civil War murder mystery that’s a whodunit of a good time!

Frankly Scarlett, You’re Dead!
An amusing antebellum murder mystery.
February 19 – June 12, 2010

melodybrettWelcome to Sassafras, the ancestral plantation home of the Simpson family. Colonel Simpson has asked you here tonight to celebrate the upcoming marriages of his daughters, Scarlett and Melody. The Colonel is delighted about the impending nuptials, and will be even happier when he actually finds two young men willing to marry the girls. After all, eligible young men are scarce these days. War is looming on the horizon, and Yankee spies are everywhere. The only single gentlemen around seem to be the Pinkney boys, and let’s face it, they are a bit odd. And we can’t forget Brett Rutgers, a gambler of vague origins, and questionable repute. These gentlemen may not be a perfect match for the girls, but, in these trying times, who can wait for perfect. So sit back, enjoy the party, and keep your eyes open for stray bullets and Yankee spies!

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Join us for Valentine’s Day!

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

valentinesAn evening of mystery awaits you and your sweetheart!

Join us on Sunday, February 14th for Valentine’s Day at any of our locations.

All shows start at 6:30 pm.

Click on the location links below for more info:

RICHMONDWILLIAMSBURGVIRGINIA BEACHARLINGTON