Murder Mystery Dinner Theater


murder mystery dinner theater, murder mystery play, mystery dinner, murder dinner, party, san francisco, sacramento, san jose, Three Types of Productions Full Production = Professional actors play all roles Combo Production = Our actors, plus yours 100% Interactive = Your guests play all the roles All of our Murder themes can be 'executed' by any of the above 3 formats. Our Detective is the one required actor for ALL of the 3 formats above. The Detective acts as the facilitator and MC to keep the play flowing smoothly. The price ranges of our play packages will fluctuate depending on which format you choose, i.e., the number of professional actors we will supply for your play. "Full Productions" - an efficient, "TURN-KEY" show For this version, just relax and forget all the advance preparations. Simply show up for cocktails and dinner, schmooze with your guests and let the mystery unfold. A "Full Production" means we supply all the actors whom are dressed in their appropriate attire and costumes – according to their roles. Our actors stay in character 100% of the time as they mingle with your guests. During dinner, they sit at random tables and carry on interesting and bizarre conversations with anyone game enough to start a conversation with them. They will answer questions when asked by other attendees or by the Detective. "Combo Productions" - an economical alternative You may have the right type of extroverted guests with flamboyant personalities that just might be able to pull off acting in a role or two. Often times, their peers love to tease or heckle them in their roles, making for even more fun and spontaneous humor. Your volunteers will be emailed a small script 1 week in advance of the show so they have time to rehearse reading their lines, PLUS they will get free, over-the-telephone advice from our acting director to help prepare them for their roles. Volunteer actors often do a better-than expected job when they are teamed up with our own professional actors, since your volunteers can get a feel for how to play their own roles by watching the pros do their thing! And....the bottom line is that you will save from $200 to $400 more by some of your own actors. "Basic Productions" - a team-building solution / cost-saving event For team-building events, we present our Murder Mystery luncheons or dinner plays with one professional actor who is the Detective leading the investigation. This is a long-time seasoned pro who knows how to MC and facilitate a small or large group of people, but through the character of the "Detective" that he plays. Some of the techniques for doing a team-building murder event are slightly different than the regular "pure entertainment" shows, so feel free to call us for more details on how we can make your team building event a smashing success! Each Mystery is a Two-Act Play Murder Mystery plays consist of two-acts, but they can also be presented as one continuous act if you have a limited time schedule. Act I lasts approximately 45 to 50 minutes. After about a 10 - minute intermission, Act II takes about 25 to 30 minutes. The Murder Mystery concludes with climactic music as the perpetrator is arrested, handcuffed, and led out of the room. (NOTE: Intermission is optional). Detective reports are handed out to all guests – including the "planted" actors. Everyone is a suspect and can ask questions of anyone else. The Homicide Detective interacts with guests, encourages audience participation, and is skilled at the art of "ad-lib humor" when relating to all their questions and answers. IMPORTANT! Tips for a Successful Murder Mystery Party Click on LINK above to avoid mistakes in setting up your party! More ways to spice up your MM party Add a BIG SCREEN TV projector(s) to your Murder Mystery (MM). Take advantage of the popularity of "C.S.I" shows on Television and let your guests see the evidence come alive! Screen size varies from 6 ft.- 25 ft. diagonal area Big Screen adds more reality to murder mystery Enlarge fingerprints, photos, evidence, reports Big Screen TV adds more ambience to MM theme Project video clips and photographs onto big screen ABOVE & BELOW: Ordinary walls can be magically transformed into a luxurious, warm, and elegant interior of a grand "Mansion". We rent our Hollywood-styled, painted backdrops to help you achieve that "WOW" factor as guests enter the room! (Size: 10' high X 15' long. Muslin backdrops are lightweight and can be pinned along the top edge with push pins, or draped over a self-standing pipe frame to avoid minor pin-hole damage to walls.) ABOVE: This backdrop depicts a wall in a museum or mansion. The hallway adds perspective and depth to your room, especially if you're in a confined area. (Size: 10' X 20', The length can be shortened by folding excess cloth from both ends behind.) ABOVE: Here is an example of a Mona Lisa oil painting display that looks like an "official" looking museum display for "Murder in the Louvre". The set-up above also displayed a placard that describes the history of the painting and Leonardo. You can decorate all around your dining room with "faux" museum paintings and sculptures, including fake placards talking all about the artist and century, country of origin, etc. ABOVE: Candelabras create perfect ambience for a Murder Mystery Dinner setting. If your decorating budget is limited, consider supplying your own candelabras as centerpieces to add to the mystery ambience. (NOTE: Some venues have restrictions on the use of lighting and burning candles. Battery operated candles can be purchased from the internet.) A scavenger hunt helps add fun and excitement during the Murder Mystery. The hunt encourages guest interaction and helps their personalities to warm-up. Your guests get in on the fun of being a "sleuth" and discovering their own clues. Standard Police issue latex gloves, evidence bags and flashlights are provided for each team. Team sizes can go from 3 to 11 guests . A scavenger hunt will depend on the type of venue. Will your party be at a public facility or private? Will the general public (other than your guests) be free to roam about the vicinity of the Murder Mystery? Unless it's a private location, the public might just possibly interfere with your pre-planted evidence. Hunting for clues can take place inside a mansion, or large banquet room. An outdoor scavenger hunt can also be fun - especially in residential areas. But bad weather may put a “damper” on this activity (except in Sunny California where it never rains during the summer months!). Plan your own scavenger hunt with printed sets of clues for each team, then provide the evidence and tools for each team to conduct their investigation. If you decide to do this yourself, we will gladly give you suggestions that will help the scavenger hunt be a success! This does take a lot of time and preparation, so plan on about 2 - 3 hours. Or, if you choose, our company can layout the whole scavenger hunt and save you the time. A professional DJ can play music for dancing or background after the show. SAVE OVER 65% ! $150 - $300 Total Since we already employ the use of a Sound System for the mystery play, we can make a smooth transition into dancing! 100,000 digital songs / all styles to pick from. www.mudercapers.com Copyright 2010 by Murder Capers. All Rights Reserved.

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Three Types of Productions

Full Production = Professional actors play all roles

Combo Production = Our actors, plus yours

100% Interactive = Your guests play all the roles

All of our Murder themes can be 'executed' by any of the above 3 formats. Our Detective is the one required actor for ALL of the 3 formats above. The Detective acts as the facilitator and MC to keep the play flowing smoothly. The price ranges of our play packages will fluctuate depending on which format you choose, i.e., the number of professional actors we will supply for your play.

"Full Productions" - an efficient, "TURN-KEY" show

For this version, just relax and forget all the advance preparations. Simply show up for cocktails and dinner, schmooze with your guests and let the mystery unfold. A "Full Production" means we supply all the actors whom are dressed in their appropriate attire and costumes – according to their roles.

Our actors stay in character 100% of the time as they mingle with your guests. During dinner, they sit at random tables and carry on interesting and bizarre conversations with anyone game enough to start a conversation with them. They will answer questions when asked by other attendees or by the Detective.

"Combo Productions" - an economical alternative

You may have the right type of extroverted guests with flamboyant personalities that just might be able to pull off acting in a role or two. Often times, their peers love to tease or heckle them in their roles, making for even more fun and spontaneous humor. Your volunteers will be emailed a small script 1 week in advance of the show so they have time to rehearse reading their lines, PLUS they will get free, over-the-telephone advice from our acting director to help prepare them for their roles.

Volunteer actors often do a better-than expected job when they are teamed up with our own professional actors, since your volunteers can get a feel for how to play their own roles by watching the pros do their thing! And....the bottom line is that you will save from $200 to $400 more by some of your own actors.

"Basic Productions" - a team-building solution / cost-saving event

For team-building events, we present our Murder Mystery luncheons or dinner plays with one professional actor who is the Detective leading the investigation. This is a long-time seasoned pro who knows how to MC and facilitate a small or large group of people, but through the character of the "Detective" that he plays. Some of the techniques for doing a team-building murder event are slightly different than the regular "pure entertainment" shows, so feel free to call us for more details on how we can make your team building event a smashing success!

Each Mystery is a Two-Act Play

Murder Mystery plays consist of two-acts, but they can also be presented as one continuous act if you have a limited time schedule.

Act I lasts approximately 45 to 50 minutes. After about a 10 - minute intermission, Act II takes about 25 to 30 minutes. The Murder Mystery concludes with climactic music as the perpetrator is arrested, handcuffed, and led out of the room. (NOTE: Intermission is optional).

Detective reports are handed out to all guests – including the "planted" actors. Everyone is a suspect and can ask questions of anyone else. The Homicide Detective interacts with guests, encourages audience participation, and is skilled at the art of "ad-lib humor" when relating to all their questions and answers.

IMPORTANT!

Tips for a Successful Murder Mystery Party

Click on LINK above to avoid mistakes in setting up your party!

More ways to spice up your MM party



Add a BIG SCREEN TV projector(s) to your Murder Mystery (MM). Take advantage of the popularity of "C.S.I" shows on Television and let your guests see the evidence come alive!

   Screen size varies from 6 ft.- 25 ft. diagonal area

     Big Screen adds more reality to murder mystery

   Enlarge fingerprints, photos, evidence, reports

     Big Screen TV adds more ambience to MM theme

   Project video clips and photographs onto big screen



ABOVE & BELOW: Ordinary walls can be magically transformed into a luxurious, warm, and elegant interior of a grand "Mansion". We rent our Hollywood-styled, painted backdrops to help you achieve that "WOW" factor as guests enter the room!
(Size: 10' high X 15' long. Muslin backdrops are lightweight and can be pinned along the top edge with push pins, or draped over a self-standing pipe frame to avoid minor pin-hole damage to walls.)





ABOVE: This backdrop depicts a wall in a museum or mansion. The hallway adds perspective and depth to your room, especially if you're in a confined area. (Size: 10' X 20', The length can be shortened by folding excess cloth from both ends behind.)

ABOVE: Here is an example of a Mona Lisa oil painting display that looks like an "official" looking museum display for "Murder in the Louvre". The set-up above also displayed a placard that describes the history of the painting and Leonardo. You can decorate all around your dining room with "faux" museum paintings and sculptures, including fake placards talking all about the artist and century, country of origin, etc.

ABOVE: Candelabras create perfect ambience for a Murder Mystery Dinner setting. If your decorating budget is limited, consider supplying your own candelabras as centerpieces to add to the mystery ambience. (NOTE: Some venues have restrictions on the use of lighting and burning candles. Battery operated candles can be purchased from the internet.)

A scavenger hunt helps add fun and excitement during the Murder Mystery. The hunt encourages guest interaction and helps their personalities to warm-up. Your guests get in on the fun of being a "sleuth" and discovering their own clues. Standard Police issue latex gloves, evidence bags and flashlights are provided for each team. Team sizes can go from 3 to 11 guests .

A scavenger hunt will depend on the type of venue. Will your party be at a public facility or private? Will the general public (other than your guests) be free to roam about the vicinity of the Murder Mystery? Unless it's a private location, the public might just possibly interfere with your pre-planted evidence.

Hunting for clues can take place inside a mansion, or large banquet room. An outdoor scavenger hunt can also be fun - especially in residential areas. But bad weather may put a “damper” on this activity (except in Sunny California where it never rains during the summer months!).

Plan your own scavenger hunt with printed sets of clues for each team, then provide the evidence and tools for each team to conduct their investigation. If you decide to do this yourself, we will gladly give you suggestions that will help the scavenger hunt be a success! This does take a lot of time and preparation, so plan on about 2 - 3 hours. Or, if you choose, our company can layout the whole scavenger hunt and save you the time.





A professional DJ can
play music for dancing or background after the show.

SAVE OVER 65% !
$150 - $300 Total

Since we already employ the use of a Sound System for the mystery play, we can make a smooth transition into dancing! 100,000 digital songs / all styles to pick from.



www.mudercapers.com   Copyright 2010 by Murder Capers. All Rights Reserved.