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Thursday, February 25, 2016

"To Wake The Dead" at Kirby-Hill House in March

To Wake The Dead by Lee Mueller
The historic Kirby-Hill players, in their 29th season of dinner theater performances, will present an interactive murder mystery/comedy "To Wake The Dead" by Lee Mueller at the historic Kirby-Hill House in Kountze Texas. Grand prize and door prizes will be awarded for best dressed guest in vintage 1930s or 1940s fashion. Dates are March 5, 11,12, 18 and 19 at 7:00PM ​ Call (409) 246-8000 for Tickets; $64.00 per person


Renown Supernatural Mystery writer Fred Finnegan has died under unusual circumstances and all his friends have gathered at his wake. His friend and literary agent Lenord Elmore presides over the wake along with Fred's widow Joyce. Also in attendance are all of Fred's old friends: ex-police Chief Wambaugh and officer Francis. Danny Runyon, a reformed "wise guy" and his doll (date) Peaches Marie Crabtree. Agatha Fletcher, a news reporter from the Associated Wire. There is also a faction of the 'Fredrick Finnegan Fan Club' at the wake: president Stephanie King, vice-president Deanna Koonz and secretary, Clyde Barker. 

The wake starts off in a traditional nature with good old Irish toasts and amusing stories about Freddie and his life, but the circumstances of Freddie's death keep coming into question. The one guest who would appreciate answers is Fred Finnegan himself. Problem is, only the nerd-ish Clyde Barker has the gift to "hear" dead people. Can Freddie use Clyde to find the answers he needs? Was Fred murdered by someone at the wake? He's dying to find out.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Crossroads Community Theatre Present "Last Call At Chez Mort"


Last Call At Chez Mort

Make plans now to attend this year’s Crossroads Community Theatre Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre! “Last Call At Chez Mort “by Lee Mueller, will be performed on February 26th & 27th and March 4th & 5th.  Join them at the WOWSPACE, 114 Vinal Street in Wittenberg, WI where you will take a step back in time, dining at a swanky French Nightclub, the Chez Mort, in 1940’s New York.

Start your evening out at 5:30 with a drink and mingling with other nightclub patrons.  Dinner will begin at 6:00. 

Don’t be surprised to become part of a flashback, as Chief Inspector Constantine (Dale Hartleben) brings ace news reporter Smitty (Mike Gilbertson) up to speed with information about the “murder “ you have all witnessed this evening.  Please be patient with the Inspector, as he is a veteran of hundreds of cases and sometimes confuses things.

During the flashback settle back and be entertained as your host and nightclub manager Joan Paulette Truffaut (Melissa Anderson) brings to the stage the glamorous lounge singer Lady Lelu (Kimberly Timm) who croons songs of the era for you.  That is if the stage manager Mack (Lucas Lyons) can get the microphone to work correctly.  Don’t be surprised if you are treated to another singer, up and coming diva wannabe Sweet Sue (Nancy Pehlke), who will be performing as a special “request” of her boyfriend, Big Suit Stu (Robby Johnson), whose bodyguard (Lois Anderson) is on hand to make sure Stu gets what Stu wants.

Above all try to keep everything straight, because Inspector Constantine will undoubtedly ask for your help to figure out whodunit.

Tickets for the dinner show are $35 and must be purchased in advance from cast members or at the office of The Wittenberg Enterprise-Birnamwood News, 600 S. Webb St. Wittenberg.  Or you may call us at 715-253-3525.

Friday, February 05, 2016

"A Plot Of Murder" by Lee Mueller in Meyersdale PA Feb 19 & 20th

Meyersdale Community Players in Meyersdale PA will present the 16th annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Production at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and 20 at the Meyersdale fire department social hall 202 Main Street.

This year’s presentation is “A Plot of Murder” by Lee Mueller. This play centers around a Neighborhood Board meeting in Irwinville, West Virginia, and its assortment of council members and concerned citizens.
Lou Braunhorst, friendly neighbor and conspiracy theorist, has information that the quiet streets will soon be re-zoned for commercial development. (but he also believes that Black Helicopters are transmitting signals through his satellite dish that put a "liberal spin" on his T.V. programs.
But Lou's concerns do have validity. (The re-zoning, not the helicopters.) There is a 'secret' real estate scheme to institute "Eminent Domain" over the subdivision to make way for a Family Fun Pizza Parlor and a Strip Mall.
Councilman Ratcliff who knows more about the neighborhood 'take-over' than he wishes to reveal, can't stay around because he is participating as an Elvis Impersonator at Elvis-O-Rama and must leave.
Before Elvis can 'leave the building', he turns up dead in the restroom. Was it foul play or the ultimate Elvis impersonation? Special Secret Agent McManshon is quick to arrive and conduct an investigation. It seems Secret Agent McManshon knows a lot about this plot of murder, but unfortunately, it's a secret. 
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Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Premier Of New Murder Mystery "A Murder Has Been Renounced"

Affton Center Stage will premier the new comedy murder mystery "A Murder Has Been Renounced" by Lee Mueller on February 13th at 1:00pm and 7:00 pm and February 14th at 1:00pm. 
"A Murder Has Been Renounced"


The play finds private Detective Nick Dashell and his wife Darla (who were last featured in the play "Irritation To A Murder") seeking assistance and shelter on a dark and stormy night. On their way to a costume party, their car breaks down and they happen upon a large creepy estate populated by some very odd ball characters. Only seeking to use the phone, they learn the phone lines are down and the roads are washed out due to the storm. It that were not enough, they also find themselves involved in some mysterious events: a stolen necklace and an alleged murder.  Should they hang out and help solve the mystery? Sure, why not? After all, they can't leave. 

Perhaps stranger than the inexplicable occurrences of the evening, are the actual guests they find at the estate. Everyone is acting very oddly and using really bad British accents. And when one of the guests is found strangled in the kitchen, no one seems to be alarmed except for Nick and Darla.   Typical.