Cleveland and Northeast Ohio Murder Mystery Troupe
We do fundraisers, corporate events, private home parties, and restaurants, hotels, or event centers who want to offer their customers a special occasion. We'll bring everything including programs, props, and audio equipment, so you and your guests can just show up and have fun, and maybe even play a role in the story.
We'll travel to Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Medina counties, and beyond to deliver an entertaining show that will keep everyone engaged and laughing. We can accommodate audiences from 25 to 250 people.
Want to attend a show? Check the Show Calendar below for public events.
Want to host an event? We'll come to your venue and tailor a custom show just for you.
Contact us at cmplayers@gmail.com or call/text 440-606-6789
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCandlelightMysteryPlayers/
How does the show work?
If you are participating in your first murder mystery with us, you are in for a treat! And if you’ve been to one before, you may see that we are a little different.
It's not a stage play, it’s live improvisational theater. You don't have to sit there quietly. It’s a social event and we’ll have some interesting characters wandering around. We may say and do some things for everyone to witness, but mostly we will circulate and interact with a few people at a time. Don’t worry if you don’t hear every conversation - we’ll talk to everyone and make sure you know when something happens. But we won’t just tell you everything, we need you to ask us questions to get clues and reveal the story before and after any crime. You can move around to observe and listen or exchange info with your fellow guests. You can even ask the actors to come to you.
You won’t have to analyze physical evidence or solve complicated logical puzzles. Our primary goal is to have fun, not to confound you.
Before the show starts, we'll ask some audience members to participate in small roles, but we won’t make anyone do anything they don’t want to.
Take notes, you are the sleuths! A crime will occur at some point and before we reveal the ending you will be asked to fill out an answer form with who did it and why. Awards will be given for correct answers and creative (ridiculous, elaborate, clever) answers.
Why us?
What truly sets us apart is the way you guide the show. We aren't fixated on reciting specific lines and we don't deliver endless monologues. We have conversations with you that push and pull the story along. You may ask a question we didn't expect and rather than rejecting it because it doesn't fit a rigid script, we'll explore it with you and maybe uncover a new wrinkle to the mystery together. Because the flow varies with the guests, even when we repeat a show, it's never the same.