MAY 25 SHEPHERDSTOWN WV MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATER WILL BENEFIT FRIENDS OF MUSIC

The Friends of Music are sponsoring a murder mystery dinner theater performance at Shepherdstown’s Clarion Hotel the evening of Friday, May 25.

The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends, and everyone in the community is invited to attend. It will combine a seated dinner and an original, lighthearted murder mystery performed by Murder Mysteries Will Travel, a professional acting troupe from Winchester, VA. The mystery will be entitled “A Melodious Murder,” with a plot revolving around the murder of an orchestra singer in the 1920s. Like all the troupe’s productions, it will be a comedy that spoofs the murder mystery genre, and it will be interactive; the audience will work to solve the crime, and audience members may play roles in the drama if they wish.

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine and a cash bar. This will be an opportunity to mingle with the actors, learn more about the evening’s performance, and decide whether to play a role in the performance.
There will also be a wine-pull raffle, with several dozen bottles of donated wines. All the bottles will be numbered and wrapped so their labels can’t be seen; raffle-ticket holders will get to keep the bottles that correspond with numbers they draw.

Dinner and the performance will follow at 7:00 p.m. A choice of entrees, including a vegetarian option, will be available.
Dinner tickets will be $100 per person, with $45 of that amount tax-deductible.
All proceeds will benefit the Friends organization and its Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets are available by clicking HERE. Or call or email the Friends office at 304-876-5765 or info@friendswv.org.
The deadline for reserving seats is May 10.
The Clarion Hotel is offering rooms to those who attend this dinner at $99 for the night.
Please call them directly at 304-876-7000.

Program Notes

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