If you're looking for programming that engages with your community in a new way, presenting Mystery House in a private home, or at a historical house in your area, provides an accessible, welcoming, and utterly unique experience.
An eloquent audience member wrote this to me after seeing the show in a Los Angeles living room: “I loved the intimacy of the viewing alongside the intimacy of the subject… It reminded me why I so love live performance: to feel the asserted humanity of it.”
During runs in both L.A. and New York, we served homemade pie after each performance. Pie has a small thematic connection to the show — but really, I just wanted to provide an easy way for the audience to talk to me and each other.
I've been blown away by the reactions to these evenings. People have been so delighted by the experience of seeing the show in this unexpected space, and sharing dessert afterwards. Audience members have opened up on all different levels – from trading their family recipes for pie to sharing their own experiences of grief.