Now booking New York, Connecticut & New Jersey events daily with our New York team. We also have teams in Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, San Franscisco and now Tuscon too! Ask about daytime midweek discounts as well as discounts for schools and not for profits.
EMAIL NOW to get dates and rates, pick a theme, and let’s turn your next event into a killer occasion!!! We send our top comedic actors from New York City out to interact as highly suspicious characters, stage a death and then call upon all your guests to help solve the crime!
Typical Dinner Theater Show
THE ARRIVAL: As your guests arrive, our characters meet & greet, as hosts, party goers, etc.
THE DEATH: Either before, during or after sitting for dinner (depending on the catering etc) our lead actor (mob boss, owner of the mansion, etc) makes a big speech before dropping dead.
INTEROGATIONS: The entire crowd is deputized as detectives to solve the crime in teams, usually by table. Our detective (same actor playing the deceased) leads the investigation.
THE ACCUSATIONS: All is revealed and prizes are awarded for top detective teams.
Our Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Show are perfect for:
Public events at restaurants, pub, breweries, community centers etc
Corporate Team Building Events and office parties.
Birthday Parties for the big 30. 40, 50, 60
Wedding Rehearsals and Receptions: do something different for your special occassion.
We even have family friendly and teen events.
THEMES? Endless Possibilities!
The Cat’s Meow: The 1920s Speakeasy Show
The Codfather: The best Seafood Restaurant in town is a haven for organized crime!
1980s Rocker: A washed up 1980s hair band front man is trying hard to keep the magic alive!
The NOT so Guilded Age: Think House of Usher meets Romeo & Juliet set in the 1890s
Murder Mystery Mansion: we can turn any room into a crime scene for the upper crust.
1970s Disco: Morris than a fever THIS Saturday Night
Murder at the Marina:
Murder on the Green: Beware of a chip shot TO THE HEAD!
And so many more…. We can even turn the lastest pop Culture crazes into a show, but won’t lost those trade marked franchises here!
THE NOT SO GILDED AGE is a murder mystery clue party character game that takes inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe HOUSE OF USHER and Shakespeare ROMEO & JULIET set in 1892.
FYI… This is possibly my favorite scripts I have written. I charge $800+ to show up with printed scripts and clues, answer sheets and my new murder boards, and pens… AKA everything but the red string! We also bring prizes for top detectives OR the murder if they get away with the crime AND BEST ACTOR & BEST COSTUME awards, so encourage folks to dress up and play along!
EMAIL to book this or another one of my shows, or let me write a new show for your imagined theme! I am based in Manhattan, and weekly travel to events DC to Boston but I also have detectives now based in Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, Chicago and San Francisco. OR order the 20.character box / digital download and hire an actor locally anywhere in the world. We can also customize a box/pdf download for your guests list. Email for those rates!
You can order the 20 character box mailed to you anywhere USA for as little as $100. This digital download of the 20 character set is available.anywhere your internet service can reach just $50. HOWEVER FOR TODAY ONLY, I am practically giving it away for $5. Every week I am going to do a similar deal with one of my scripts, or books. Stay tuned.
WHAT’S A CLUE PARTY?
Invite your friends…
Order the box, digital download or hire one of our detectives. Invite your friends. Encourage all to dress for the theme.
As each guest arrives they receive an invitation addressed to their character and instructed to review but not to share any details until the game starts. Inside each finds their character bio, written in 1st person (they can literally read off the page if not feeling up to some improvisation), and THREE unique clues about other characters.
FYI The prefab DIY kits include 20 characters but we customize shows for 300+ guests.Up to 40 or so EVERYONE plays a character. For larger events we recommend 20 guests become the “actors” while everyone splits up into teams of detectives. Great for corporate team building.
SPEED DATING FOR SUSPECTS
Each guest is double cast as their character AND a deputized detective! After the host reads the introduction to the show, presenting the crime scene location and type of weapon used, everyone inteogates each other, collecting story and clues that lead to a single murderer. But beware of red herrings and human nature.
THE FINAL REVEAL
The show ends with everyone filling out answer sheets with their best guest for WHO DID IT, WHERE, HOW & WHY? (Murderer, Location, Weapon and Motive). If no one guests correctly we name the perp THE WINNER. Make sure folks vote for best actor and costume and give them the Award Winning Speech moment.
The NOT So Gilded Age Story…
Nearly 14 month ago, I was hired to create an original show around the theme, Gothic Garden Soiree, based on the venue selected for the event. The result is my show, The NOT So Guild Age, a multicharacter murder mystery clue party. The event was a huge success. Especially as EVERY guest committed to their roles.
The key to the Gothic aesthetic that became the backdrop of the greatest horror stories – Frankenstein, Dracula, Jeckle & Hyde, etc – is the crumbling of centuries old castles, cleaned up with lush draperies, oil lamps, candles, and lush gardens including many tropical varieties brought back to Europe and America from expeditions to Africa, Asia, Polynesia, South America, etc.
The aristocracy of the late Victorian Era lived large while the masses suffered the shadows of the industrial revolution. This is the world that gave birth to true legends like Jack the Ripper as well as Literary legends like Sherlock Holmes.
Our story starts at the engagement party for two young loves from two rival families, BOTH former titans of industry – one making their fortune off Whale Oil Lamps, the other from Beeswax Candles.
But our story takes place 10 years after Edison turned on electric lights in New York City and both families are crumbling and the aging stone palaces slowly are becoming the future crypts.
Some names will survive. We still have streets and neighborhoods and institutions named after Astor, Vanderbilt and Carnegie.
But come the turn of the century, no one will remember Beatrice Shaw (no relation) of Shaw Wicks. Today, no one mourns the passing of The Vale family, or their one time international monopoly on Whale Blubber lamps and the oil that kept the world lit for over 100 years.
Hope everyone had an amazing holiday season. Santa is official done for 2025. As we have for the past 15 years, we have shows every day this week at 3pm at the Broadway Comedy Club at 318 West 53rd Street. CLICK HERE for discount tickets to 3pm shows December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. My code is technically better than group rates, but EMAIL me for private show requests AND if you have small group request on a day we don’t currently have a show schedule, we can often add a show to the calendar!
20+ Years of Professional Comedy, Times Square NYC
The cast(s) of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH has been delivering bring the laughs since 2002, live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide. Every show features interactive skits and songs. Numerous guests are invited on stage while the entire audience is engaged in inspiring the artists with your favorite movies, books, TV shows, songs, etc. So the show is always topical, current and customized to you, today’s audience.
This is why are shows are so popular at private events – corporate parties, college campus activities, birthday parties for friends and family and even k12 schools and younger family audiences.
Now that Santa is resting, I’m back in Improv Comedy & Murder Mystery mode and I am beyond stoked for 2026. In addition to our weekly Times Square shows and classes we are branching out our public touring schedule akin to prepandemic times.
1/10 MANHATTAN ***NEW*** MONTHLY SHOWCASES 2nd Saturday for students, guest teams & Our pros getting some time to play!
1/21 7pm LONG ISLAND Murder Mystery, South Shore Craft Brewery Oceanside, NY, 21+ only MADCAPPED MYSTERIES
1/31 MANHATTAN Improv 4 Kids 1pm Bloomingdale Library W 100th Street
2/14 MANHATTAN Improv 4 Kids 1pm Washington Heights Library
2/15 LONG ISLAND 2pm Improv Comedy South Shore Craft Brewery Oceanside, NY Recommended for 12 & above
2/17 CONNECTICUT 10am Improv 4 Kids Brookfield, Ct Community Family Event
CLICK HERE to discover Trivia, Family Game Night & More. We take fun home & TV games and turn them into exciting events for family, friends and corporate team building. HIRE a professional MC Game Show Host or use our FREE web apps to run your own event or simply test your knowledge! Trivia, Family Feud, Pictionary & More!
I now have a dozen scripts ready to rock for Clue Parties and a few are available for download. Book a professional detective and we arrive with character bios, clues, murder boards and answer sheets, aka everything you need to host a KILLER event.
2:45 Saturday January 31st SHOWCASE Get on stage. FREE for January students to perform/attend. Just $10 for guests. NO DRINK MINIMUM.
3pm Saturday January 3, 17, 24 FREE TICKETS to professional improv comedy by EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH, live from Times Square NYC since 2002. $25 plus two drink minimum. January students get free tickets for you and a guest anytime. Come EVERY week if you like.
2:45pm Saturday January 10 MADCAPPED MYSTERIES $25 plus 2 drink minimum. January students get FREE TICKETS for you and a guest!
The most original murder mystery show EVER!!! Madcapped Mysteries is a fully immersive experiences where YOU and your guests help create then crime scene before becoming characters in the story and eventually deputized detectives. This show has the most amazingly create endings.
Improv Theater LLC is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Cushman Wakefield, Google, Merck, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Bank of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Disney, American Express, WeWork, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more including 1000s of public and private events in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska….
We have amazing Clue Party shows. Hire one of our professional actors, or use one of our prefab scripts to throw your own event. For live events, we can work with up to 50 guests and we customize the scripts to your RSVP list. We handle all the printing, pens, prizes and a top actor to lead the festivities. EMAIL for dates and rates on live events!
Turn your next event into an immersive Murder Mystery party with Murder2Nite.com DIY kits.
Everyone at your party is a suspect, a character in the story, as well as deputized detective charged with mingle with other guests, collecting story and clues and solving the crime.
Every digital download is filled with original characters, complete with biographies/scripts, clues, answer sheet template, character checklist and more. Every kit includes THREE potential outcomes, with sealed solutions and corresponding game introduction and how to play instructions. (Upon receiving kit, immediately print out solution pages and sealed, folding over twice)
Turn your home, office or any venue into the perfect murder mystery theater with simple decorations. accessories and costumes.
Ask about hiring one of our professional detectives to help make the night memorable. We customize the character to your specific guest list up to 50. We also have full Murder Mystery Dinner Theater shows, and dozens of other scripts / themes.
Order your DIY Clue Party Kit today!
Download & Print the Scripts and other materials. Any paper will due, but you can add some character with mock parchment paper or other fun designs.
Print extra copies of the answer sheets and character checklists, at least 1 per player or team.
Immediately seal the solution sheets. No envelope required if you trust your guests. They fold over twice to hide the final reveal.
If you don’t trust your cheating friends and family, you can add a little tape or sticker to seal 😉
Fold up the character sheets to create mock invitations.
PRE GAME
As your guests arrive, distribute character invitations. Instruct all to review their character information over drinks and snacks but refrain from sharing before the game starts.
Distribute answer sheets, character checklists and pens.
When it’s time to start, either read the Introduction, which announces the scenario and murder OR, play the corresponding video, if available. There is a QR code on the solution sheets.
GAME PLAY
GAME PLAY #1 Speed Dating for Clues: Instruct every character to mix and mingle with every guest, sharing character bios and clues.
GAME PLAY #2 Public Declarations: One at a time, have every guest share their character script, written in first person, folks can literally read off the page. OR they are welcome to paraphrase and go off script. Then, mingle and collect clues.
Deliberations: Either individually or in small teams (often couples, etc), players can now sort out the clues.
Final Solutions: Either collect all the answers sheets and have one play detective, reading the answers OR have each team read their answers aloud.
Final Reveals: You can now open and read the final solution for your game, make sure it’s the corresponding solution to the introduction used as there are three potential combinations.
OSCAR / TONY / EMMY WINNING SPEECHES: The final piece of the puzzle are the BEST ACTOR & BEST COSTUME awards.
PRIZES
Optional: pick up some prizes. At our shows, we get fun things from Five Below, Including Murder Mystery games, candy, season kitsch and more. Rarely, folks go a little bigger. If this is a corporate team building function, maybe gift cards from Starbucks or similar.
Walt Frasier 