Archive for the ‘Upcoming Events’ Category

Filming show w/live audience in Rich 6/12

Friday, June 11th, 2010

We 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, 2010

Our 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

And The Killer Is...

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, 2010

After 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!

Vegas opens in DC this Fri 5/21/10

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

The 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

Murder, Las Vegas Style logo

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.

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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 owner, Jim Daab runs open mic

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Fans of Mystery Dinner Playhouse, may want to check out the Tuesday open mic at Poe’s Pub, in Richmond.  It’s hosted by MDP co-owner and writer, Jim Daab.  It’s always a fun evening:

Every Tuesday 9:00 pm

Sign-up 8:30 pm

Music at 9:00 pm.

Poe’s Pub

2709 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23223

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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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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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