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New Arlington location!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

We are happy to announce that we have a change of venue at our Mystery Dinner Playhouse – Arlington location. We have moved a few blocks down to the Courtyard Arlington Crystal City at 2899 Jefferson Davis Highway. The Courtyard is a beautiful hotel with a great performance space and delicious new menu offerings

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hotel lot is $5 with our MDP show voucher, and there is free hotel shuttle service every 20 minutes to and from the Crystal City Metro station.

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Arlington audience comments summer '12

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

“Had a blast! Look forward to doing this again!”

Steven T., La Plata MD

 

“I come every year no matter what! You guys are wonderful!”

Lauren J., Washington DC

 

“Awesome show I will always want to come back!”

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., Stafford VA

 

“Excellent meal, service, food, drinks, & show! Great fun!”

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“Had a blast!! Thank you for the best date night we’ve had!! Great Acting Great food!! Thank you!!”
Kurt W., Manassas VA

 

“The cast is fabulous! So much fun with

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interactions with them! A very fun evening!”
Diane F., McDonough GA

 

DC/Arlington audition 4/14

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

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at 1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202. All actors

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will be asked to read from the script. Call 888-471-4802 or click here to read more…

Review of private show DC 1/9/12

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

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Jim,

Great show last night! Therese had a wonderful time and the cast was great. Our whole group was up and dancing and really into it, so I’m

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glad it all worked out.

P.S. We seem to have forgotten our mug that Therese “won” at the end by guessing the culprit. Is there any way you could send us a replacement? She’s bummed to have lost that memento of the evening. It’s …. if you can. Thanks!

Jim G.

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Audience comments Arlington 12/25/11

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

It was a fun date night!  Thanks you!

Kristine E., Washington DC

Wonderful!  Brought Girl Scout Troop – great entertainment for all ages.

Patti E., Wilmington NC

Fantastic.  This was my first, hope it’s just the beginning.

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lis H., District Heights, MD

Thank-you for providing a great night out.

Qiana J., Arlington, VA

Last visit was ’07 – this event was better.

Allen S., Quantico, VA

We really enjoyed the whole evening as food, service and show were great!

Sean U., Gettysburg, PA

My 1st & great fellowship with table people.

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the actors were!  I also like how the killer only wanted to kill one person and all the rest were accidents.

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was a good entrée.  Thanks for a fun night!!

Margaret A., Annapolis, MD

We will be back!  Wonderful tongue in cheek…

Michael M., Fredericksburg, VA

Really enjoyed the evening. Will be back for next show.

Veronica M., Chevy Chase, MD

Thank-you.  It was a very enjoyable night out with my neice.

Kimberly B., Sliver Spring, MD

Very innovative!  Better than a movie!

Maggie D., Lothian, MD

Excellent, been to several all over the world.  You are so talented.

Peter M., Chevy Chase, MD

This was a great way to celebrate my daughter’s sweet 16!

Beth S., Dunn Loring, VA

Freaking awesome!

Terrence C., Washington DC

Was better than expected, food was decent, acting decent.  I’d come back.

Jesse W., Washington DC

Fun before hurricane and after earthquake!

C. Johnson, Ganesville, VA

Thanks you!  I can’t wait till my next murder mystery.  This was a great b-day present.

Kayla F., Ridgely, MD

Very nice improvisations, I enjoyed the show much more when it strayed from the script.  Not because the script was bad!  It was funny though.

Zachary B., Hyattsville, MD

Good job guys. I had a good time, keep it up!

Joshua P., Storrs CT

It was an awesome time. Very good, fun exciting time!

Kristina M., Pasadena MD

Show was too funny! Rachael stole the show! Love her character!

April A., Washington DC

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DC auditions 4/21

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

We will be holding auditions at our DC location for our summer/spring show, Fashion to Die For! on Wednesday, April 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm inside the Sheraton Crystal City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington VA 22202.  All actors w

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DC Auditions 11/1/10

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

We will hold auditions for our fall/winter show at our DC-Arlington location on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 7:00 pm inside the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington. Come on out, we’re fun to work for! order cheap cialis online

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4,000 tickets sold in 24 hrs!

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

It’s hard to believe, but we sold 4,000 tickets to our Arlington location in 24 hours through the online discounter, Living Social. Apparently, we set some kind of record for their NoVA branch.

For those of you not yet familiar with this new phenomenon, here’s how it works:

Businesses partner with one of the many new online discounters, in our case, Living Social, but there are tons of them cropping up – Groupon, Live Ginger, Virginia Living, Deal of the Day…they ask a business to offer 50% off or more the regular price of goods or services to a huge list of people who have subscribed to receiving emails alerting them of the “daily deal.” The deal is available for 24 hours and customers can buy one or more vouchers (depending on the deal) to be redeemed before a predetermined expiration period.  They offer incentives to subscribers giving them a free voucher if they alert their friends via social media (twitter, fb) and at least three friends end up buying the deal because of the referral. The online discounter takes in all the initial sales and processes all payments. They in turn, cut a check to the participating business within a week or so, MINUS 40% commission (some discounter ask for up to 50%). The participating business ends up with a big fat check (hopefully) and has some immediate cash flow coming in. During this bad economy, most small businesses are in dire need of cash flow, hence the popularity of these programs for businesses as well as consumers.

In our case, we offered 50% off dinner and show, up to four vouchers purchased per subscriber to be used within one year of purchase. We previously partnered with Living Social – Richmond and sold 400+ tickets and thought that was amazing. So, you can imagine how floored we were when we sold 4,000 in the DC area! I don’t think that Richmond has really caught the online discounter wave like DC. Marketers and advertising agencies have long known that the Richmond area is considered a “laggard” market – it is a market who is most resistant to catch on to the latest trends. Minneapolis, like DC is considered one of the more progressive markets and will latch on to trends immediately. I’ve lived in both markets and can attest to this fact. But, I digress…

Who’s buying these discount vouchers? Our experience is that young, 20- something females are the core market for these vouchers. They are employed, have disposable income, and make fairly good money – and they LOVE to consume! We’ve had calls from this demographic stating that they just bought the vouchers, but know nothing about us and want more info. Really? Why would someone buy something without knowing what they are buying? Well, that seems to be the phenomenon around this business model. The deals are so cheap that consumers grab them and ask questions later.

What’s in it

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for the business offering the deal? That question, on the surface, seems to have an easy answer – generating more business and making money, even if it means 50% less revenue. For some companies this kind of set-up can really be profitable because their mark-ups are already at 100%, so they take in 50% profit instead. On top of that, once the consumer is in the door, they can sell other products to make up for the initial loss from the discount vouchers.

Our company actually doesn’t make money on doing this type of business, but the infusion of cash flow helps us stay afloat during slower business cycles and we can absorb the loss over time.

Also, according to Living Social, 30% of consumers who buy these vouchers never use them – 30%! If that is the case, then that eliminates most of the sting from Living Social taking their giant commission.  And let’s face it,  40 -50% commissions that these companies are charging for their services is practically legalized loansharking.  Desperate times call for desperate measures, and companies like Groupon and Living Social are taking full advantage of the downed economy making millions a day in commissions from small businesses struggling to stay alive.

I hope in a few years time, this way of doing business will not exists anymore.  I’d like to think that this is the last time we participate in a program like this, but in 17 years of doing this for a living, I’ve learned to never say “never.”

Laura Daab

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Great MDP-DC soup review & recipe

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Dixie Ryan, a food columnist for The Examiner out of Independence, MO recently wrote a very nice review about our soup after attending our show in Arlington.  The soup is part of a four course dinner that is served at your table during our murder mysteries.

Here’s the excerpt:

“Last week I promised you a recipe for the absolutely awesome soup we had at the Sheraton Hotel in Arlington, Va. I received the following information from the people there.

Jim D[aab], from the Mystery Dinner Playhouse at The Sheraton in Arlington, Va., sent a note explaining that the chef, who was from Europe, buy cialis discount had returned to his position in his native country. He also says that he never uses amounts, just adds ingredients to taste. I think if you want to prepare a smaller recipe just try one of each vegetable and add the other ingredients according to taste.”

She also included the recipe in her column:

Mystery Dinner Playhouse – DC/Arlington vegetable soup recipe
Diced tomato
Diced onion
Diced celery
Diced zucchini
Diced yellow squash
Chopped fresh cilantro
Diced Spanish onion
Chopped fresh parsley
V8 juice
Vegetable base
Cumin
Salt
Pepper
Diced green pepper
Diced carrots
Water

Let us know if you want a recipe from any of our shows’ menus and we’ll do our best to oblige, although don’t be surprised if our chefs want to keep their culinary creations a mystery:)

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MDP – Arlington gets a nod from Fairfax Vegetarian Examiner

Monday, August 9th, 2010

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Sasha Maggio, from the Fairfax County Vegetarian Examiner has this to say about Mystery Dinner Playhouse – Arlington:

“People do not often go to “dinner and a show” as was once in fashion, but occasionally you stumble upon an interesting combination of dinner theater. Mystery Dinner Playhouse presents unique mystery scripts performed throughout the meal in an entertaining and engaging fashion with

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real performers.

Though they hire actors with the understanding that some waiting/serving will be involved in their performance, they hire actors and actresses, not typical wait staff.

Each show is broken down into 10-15 minute acts, with the performers performing throughout the entire dining room which can help bring the action of the play right to the audience. When you first arrive, you are met by one or two of the “suspects” who will seat you, show you around, and help prepare you for the mystery performance. During the performances, audience-diners are to watch for clues and keep notes of anything suspicious!

Reservations should be made in advance to guarantee seating, and for vegetarians there is a vegetarian entree which also must be ordered in advance so be sure to request your vegetarian entree when making reservations!”

Read more…http://www.examiner.com/x-45094-Fairfax-County-Vegetarian-Examiner~y2010m7d27-Mystery-Dinner-Playhouse

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