2021 Shows

Although we stopped performing live once Covid-19 restrictions and guidelines were enforced in March of last year, we present a description of the shows Murder Cafe will have available for public, private and fundraising events once we return to our established venues.

For additional information or questions on show content or availability email: murdercafe.ny@gmail.com.

MURDER AT THE SPEAKEASY

Infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz has opened a new speakeasy, the Abba Dabba Club, to give girlfriend Lu Lu a place to sing but flapper Rosie isn’t having it. You’ll dance, dine and gulp the best hooch anywhere until tempers flair, bullets rain and the law shows up. One body will fall and it doesn’t look like the Charleston did it.

A Roaring 20’s Night of Flappers, Moonshine, Mobsters and Murder now in its 5th year!

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE

Danny Crunkle, owner of Dan-Dee-Can-Dee, is merging with Hershel Crackleberry his biggest competitor. Danny’s dinner guests include his soft son Goobar, nutty ex-wife Sister GODIVA, creamy girlfriend COCO, crunchy attorney FANNY FARMER and brittle chocolatier RUSSELL STOVER. Before your salad is served someone will poison Danny’s sweet deal and you’re either a suspect or a witness to murder!

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LIVE STREAMING IN FEBRUARY!

MURDER AT THE MIC

You’re invited to enter the glamorous and cutthroat world of karaoke competition. Someone is killing the contestants at your annual Karaoke Clash. Jock Monte Bloch will invite audience members to sing from a pre-selected playlist. The contestants competing for the trophy include punk rocker Jools, hard rocker Judd, Broadway diva Berdie Zimmerman, lounge legend Jerry Saks and America’s sweetheart April-May.

Murder at the Mic is one of our most popular whodunits, and one that premiered in 2012. 

MURDER ME ALWAYS

The 1940s mysteriously come to life as hardboiled detective Archie Morgan enters Café Malta searching for an escaped con. He discovers the café owner, was murdered and his widow wants Archie to solve the crime. The new bartender, has a lot to hide. Other suspects are Laura, the cafe's lovable songbird, scamming Doctor Grimaldi and his ruthless sidekick Trigger Dolan. Enter Queen Farona an exotic dancer who was Waldo’s last lover and Private Bob Ford, a young soldier with amnesia. In order to find the guilty party Archie might need your help weeding through this group of shady suspects!

MURDER AT THE MANSION

The year is 1890 and the Vanderbilts dominate Hudson Valley society. Your evening begins when Frederick and Mrs. Vanderbilt host a summer garden party; you'll mingle with their wealthy neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. John Astor IV, as well as Vassar professor Percy Longfellow. You'll be fussed over by loyal butler, Horace, and fortune-hunting maid, Charlene. Katherine Kerry, a reporter on the scene, observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder.

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This show can be customized for any venue that has historic significance. 

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND OF DEATH

Ahoy for murder on Gilligan's Island!  The castaways become the target of a new "reality show" when TV producers and a film crew descend upon them, and - for the sake of ratings - try to pit them all against each other.  But when the castaways on Gilligan's Island start to drop dead one by one, the survivors soon realize a murder is among them - and the "reality show" is becoming far too real!  Who's bumping the castaways off one by one?  Could it be The Skipper, Mr. Howell, Ginger ... or Gilligan himself?  Join us for Gilligan's Island of Death and see if you can

figure it out!

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Gilligan and the castaways will be back on THE PRIDE OF HUDSON beginning in May. They're also available for your private party or fundraising event.