Category Archives: Murder Mystery

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, May 10

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, May 10

Maryland Ghostlight Company Presents:
Deadline: A Murder Mystery Comedy
by Don Zolidis
directed by Keegan Perry and Matthew Dietrich

Saturday, May 10 • 2PM & 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline by Don Zolidis, premiering May 10th at the Cafritz Foundation Theatre in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center! A student-led theater club dedicated to straight plays, this will be the company’s fourth production. TDPS students Keegan Perry and Matthew Dietrich directed the play, and stage management is done by Jaylyn Manu, Amelia Du Bois, and Rushi Jain.

Tickets: free, no tickets required, click here.

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, Apr 11

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, Apr 11

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Maryland Ghostlight Company Spring Cabaret
Deadline: a murder mystery comedy

Friday, April 11, 2025 • 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents, Deadline: a murder mystery comedy.

When eight mystery writers arrive at a legendary writer’s fog-shrouded island mansion in the North Atlantic, they think they’re ready for the Deadline Challenge—twenty-four restful hours to write as much of their new novel as possible. But the Deadline Challenge is anything but restful. In reality, the writers are brought together to solve a murder—the victim yet be determined, and the killer yet to strike. If a writer can design and execute a perfect murder and get away with it, they’ll win a million dollars (which is a lot of money for a writer). Who will live? Who will die? Who will survive the Deadline?

Ghostlight provides a place for UMD students to produce, perform and design published contemporary plays in a student-run environment.

Tickets: Free, no tickets required, click here.

Clue on Stage, High School Edition at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 7-9

Clue on Stage, High School Edition at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 7-9

Bishop McNamara High School presents
Clue on Stage, High School Edition

March 7 – 9, 2025
Friday, March 7 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 8 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

Get ready for a night of mystery and laughs! Clue is a hilarious murder-mystery based on the classic board game—you won’t want to miss it!

Tickets are $15. Click here or here.

Witness for the Prosecution by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 22-Dec 15

Witness for the Prosecution by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 22-Dec 15

“Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie
Directed by Alan Barnett

Performance Dates: November 22 – December 15, 2024
Except for Thanksgiving weekend
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock, and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose. Generally regarded as one of Christie’s most accomplished plays, this suspenseful thriller keeps audiences guessing until the very end.

Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.

A Murder is Announced at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 8-24

A Murder is Announced at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 8-24

Laurel Mill Playhouse presents:
A Murder is Announced
by Agatha Christie
adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon
Directed by Larry Simmons
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Performances November 8 – 24. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and 2 selected Sundays at 2pm.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

An announcement in the local paper states the time and place of an imminent murder. When an unknown visitor to Miss Blacklock’s Victorian home dies under the prescribed circumstances, Miss Marple turns up to solve the case.~ DPS

Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $20, Children 18 and under, Seniors 65 and over, and active duty military: $15

For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.