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Murder Mystery Dinner Party Comedy Improv

by Creative Cal Gal

A Murder Mystery Dinner Party – Comedy Improv at It’s Zaniest

So, Haley’s Games has these awesome murder mystery dinner party comedy games that thrive and succeed on the joy of flying by the seat of your pants, your love of seeing where a road takes you, your love of using your imagination and your love of a good belly laugh at your expense.

Another name for it: improv.

Flirting fun at a murder mystery dinner partyIt is such a natural high, getting into a soap opera like character that has ‘permission’ to be naughty, to flirt, to be outrageous.  Playing with the audience in that character and seeing the realization dawn that they can play along too.

Some of the most memorable stories I have come from my murder mystery dinner theater performances.

Our murder mystery game kits provide you with 2 versions of the mystery:

  • The Know It All Version: The prime suspects get a sequence of actions to carry out as well as their detailed character descriptions and other pertinent details ahead of time – and they will know whodunit. Your suspects won’t have to memorize a lot of dialogue but they will have to be familiar wit h a timeline of events and actions. They’ll have to carry out suspicious activities to set themselves up as suspects and make sure their guests know some key facts. This is not a typical play in that all the dialogue is fully scripted. Our format will allow them to better play off the guests and get them actively participating in the mystery.
  • The Narrator Version: You’ll add a narrator to narrate the mystery (tell the story) while the prime suspects act out what the narrator is saying. The suspects will not need to know whodunit in this version. They’ll only get their character descriptions and some set up information ahead of time.

Sounds Take my picture! Murder mystery dinner party fun.like fun right?  It IS!!!

Here’s a little movie of one of our murder mystery dinners in action.

 

Here are five elements of improv that give improvisers like us the life skills they can use everyday (by ImprovBoston’s National Touring Company Director Deana Criess)

They apply to the murder mystery dinner show too.

Say “Yes” no matter what

  • Say yes to a murder mystery dinner party.Saying “yes” allows us to create something out of nothing on stage.
  • “Yes” also allows us to build relationships and stay invested in each other.
  • Saying “yes” doesn’t mean you have to agree with your partner’s opinions, just that you agree to have the dialog – that you respect his or her truth.
  • Saying “no” builds a wall; saying “yes” opens the door to understanding.

Add “And”

“Yes and…”  What do you want to add to the scene?

“YES, I see why you feel that, AND l feel that way too sometimes, like when I accidentally took mom’s wallet….” Now you are in a truly collaborative conversation. The “and” gives you ownership.

Support each other
As improvisers, our job is to make our scene partner look good. The funniest scenes come from this simple principle. We serve the ensemble. The ensemble serves the show. And the show serves us in return. If my partner has an idea on stage, I support it and know that if I have an idea, it will be supported right back. In business and in relationships, we often get hung up on owning ideas or competing internally. Everyone will get farther faster if we all agree that a rising tide lifts all boats. The team’s success is everyone’s success, on stage, in business, and in relationships.

A suspect makes a detective laugh at our murder mystery dinner party.Make a choice
Make a choice. Any choice. Take that risk. In improv as in life, be the person who gets things moving. You can always make a new choice later – in fact, great scenes are simply a series of committed choices and discoveries. When we refuse to make choices, it’s often out of fear or the paralysis of too many options. Understanding that any choice can lead us to connection and collaboration, we open up our creativity. The more choices we make, the more discoveries we enjoy and the more momentum we build. Be the person with momentum.

Fail big
In improvisation, failure is our friend. Fear is our only enemy. … Some of the best moments on stage happen when we step out of our comfort zones. … Fear of messing up leads to stagnation and closes us off from creativity. Some of the biggest innovations in history have come from “failures.” Penicillin, the microwave, Velcro, and the Slinky all were born of “failed” experiments.

Failure is simply another step to success.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwcomedy/article/ImprovBoston-Teaches-Everyday-Life-Skills-Through-Improv-20170227

Ready for a natural high?  Download one of our murder mystery dinner party games now.  You and your guests will have the time of your life!

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