Maine is fondly nicknamed “The Pine Tree State” and attracts loads of tourists every fall who come to see the leaves changing color in over 17 million acres of magnificent forests. The next time you are in Southern Maine, why not finish your day with something a little unexpected, like attending a murder mystery dinner. Murder mystery dinner theatres have been making a comeback with permanent and touring companies that travel from city to city. A murder mystery turns an ordinary dinner or weekend into an action-packed event.
Brickroad Productions is a dinner theater company that tours all over New England, including Maine. They have several different performances that invite guests to come for an evening of murder, mystery, clues and adventure. Guests arrive at 6:00 p.m. and are quickly whisked away into a world of gangsters, guns and organized crime. A murder takes place, and guests are given clues throughout the evening in order to solve the murder. For extra fun, this company encourages audience participation. Their website provides a listing of locations, date and times for their dinner shows.
Brickroad Productions Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
5 Maple Street
Monson, MA 01057
413-594-5566
brickroadproductions.net
Random Acts Murder Mystery dinner offers a multitude of story choices for your next murder mystery dinner theater event. Interactive murder mysteries with Random Acts include classic-style murder mystery dinners and modern parodies such as Deathster, a parody of the Showtime TV show Dexter, and Project Gunway, a parody of the super popular Project Runway. Random Acts also provides mystery dinner theaters for kids, with fun mysteries stories like The Saga of Cinderella and Mummy Madness. Random Acts is available for interactive murder mystery dinner bookings anywhere in southern Maine.
Random Acts
567-455-6434
random-acts.net
While murder mystery New Year’s Eve parties were all the rage a few years ago, the newest trend is the Christmas murder mystery weekend. The noted murder mystery troop “Kieth and Margo” put on a full Christmas Murder Mystery Weekend at the luxurious Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine. Guests arrive Friday night to meet their fellow “detectives,” the special twist being that the actors blend in with the guests, so anyone could be guilty. Dead bodies and clues appear over the course of the evening and the following day, and on Sunday guests write down their choice for the culprit. The guests who choose correctly even win prizes.
Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc.
24 Glidden Street
Newcastle, ME 04553
877-528-9020
murdermystery.com
