Mystery Dinner Playhouse

Title: Here\’s Killing You, Kid
Location: Williamsburg, VA
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Description: Move over Sam Spade, Mike Hammer & Phillip Marlowe, there’s a new sleuth in town. He’s got a case to solve and despite the Surgeon General’s warning, it’s going to take a lot of cigarettes and whiskey to tough it out.
Date: 2012-02-14

Title: Death By Disco
Location: DC Area/Arlington, VA
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Description: Welcome to The Land of Oz Discoteria, and the World Championship King and Queen of Disco Dance Contest! Our DJ, The Boogie Man, is going to be spinning some killer tunes, so put on your polyester, and your platform shoes, ’cause one of our contestants will Cha-Cha right into the chain gang as murder erupts in this ’70’s disco mystery!
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2012-02-14

We will be holding auditions at our Richmond location for our fall/winter show, A Very Merry Holiday Whodunit on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm inside the MDP  rehearsal studio at 401 E. Grace Street, Richmond VA 23219.  All actors will be asked to read from the script.  Call 888-471-4802 or click here to read more…

Hurricane Irene lands in VA 8/27/11

Wow! An earthquake and a hurricane all in one week. We had quite a week here in Virginia. On Tuesday, August 23rd around 2:30 pm we were in our office here in Richmond when suddenly it sounded and felt like a really BIG truck was rumbling by. Jim thought that someone was sandblasting the roof. It was neither. The shaking was the scariest part and lasted for 20 or 30 seconds, but it seemed like a lot longer. We got under the doorways in our office until it subsided and many others in the building ran outside. Nothing fell off the shelves, and we didn’t sustain any damage. Our house is also fine, and the hotel properties where we perform our shows escaped harm.

A few days later on Saturday, August 27th, hurricane Irene hits Virginia and shuts everything down. We canceled all of our shows and hunkered down with a few neighbors to watch the hurricane film noir, Key Largo. It’s a great movie with Bogart & Bacall, Edward G. Robinson and John Barrymore. Nothing like a theme movie to accompany the weather outside:) Fortunately, the storm passed by around 10 that night and everyone we know is safe and sound. We are one of the lucky ones to have power at home and at the office. Williamsburg should have power by Wednesday, and our three other locations – Arlington, Richmond and VA Beach are fully operational as of this writing.

We apologize for having to cancel our shows this last weekend, but the safety of our audiences is our top priority. I hope that everyone out there survived the storm with very little inconvenience and upheaval.

Mystery Dinner Playhouse is again open for business! If you had plans to come to our shows last weekend, and you paid in advance, please reschedule, or we’ll be happy to refund your tickets. We’ll honor all requests.

We will be holding auditions at our Williamsburg location for our fall/winter show, Here’s Killing You, Kid on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm inside the Clarion Inn & Suites, 5351 Richmond Road, Williamsburg 23188.  All actors will be asked to read from the script.  Call 888-471-4802 or click here to read more…