I'm organizing a Recognition Dinner for about 125 people. Each year we have a fun theme. This time we'd like to do an interactive mystery evening - but no murders ( this is for Hospice volunteers and we already deal with enough death). Any help out there for resources, planning ideas? (none of us are in the theater so this is a real stretch).
Thanks for any help!
2007-01-19 15:56:47 · 3 answers · asked by kay 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
You should have one character who is known to everyone in person at the hospice. It should be a male dressed as a woman. It could be done well enough that no one will recognize him and an excuse for him not to be there should be given in advance. Like a relative died or something. A smaller younger guy would be best at pulling it off. He could appear to the crowd as someone's daughter or wife. He-She should not be the protagonist, but a victum in the play, but turns out to be the culprit in the long run.
Perhaps a pretty bank teller who plans a bank robbery and uses friends to rob the bank.
2007-01-19 16:14:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to many Mystery Dinners, but they have all dealt with murder. Perhaps someone's jewels could suddenly disappear or a "valuable museum piece" on loan and locked in a diplay case could be impossibly stolen.
The old George Peppard series "Banacek" had temendous luck switching the "whodunnit" concept for "How could it have been done? The crime is virtually impossible" and always dealt with something valuable being stolen. There was almost no violence on the show ever.
2007-01-24 23:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by actor22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about something like the game clue. Solve the mystery of the missing diamonds. have different character like a house wife, plumber,gardener, maid, spoiled rich kid, husband, etc. Leave clues for the audience to guess who stole the diamonds,and the winner gets a prize.
hope you find my idea OK
good luck
2007-01-26 14:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by majean52 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋