It's just a typical Prohibition-era night at Ruth's Speakeasy, where you can find the best moonshine and jazz singers in town before one of the patrons is murdered.
To solve this crime, the cast of Batavia Players needs your help.
"Murder at the Speakeasy" is an immersive and interactive murder mystery and scavenger hunt.
Audiences are encouraged to register in teams of up to four people each and dress in period-correct costumes.
Ruth's is a place with simple rules -- no business and no guns. It is the haunt of gangsters, crooked cops, businessmen, and rising stars. The perfect environment for betrayal, vengeance, greed, and, ultimately, murder.
Who done it: the crooked police chief? The sultry jazz singer? A scorned woman?
You and your companions will have to figure it out.
You will be provided clue questions to ask the possible suspects and a map of all the local places the suspects hang out so you can track them down and find the clues.
The adventure begins at check-in. Audience members will receive the secret password to gain entry to the Speakeasy. Upon entry, they will meet the host of characters, and that's when the game begins. Sleuths must keep their eyes and ears open for any hints that might be dropped.
The scene will unfold, the murder will happen, and then the questioning begins. Then the audience is released to follow the leads and track down the clues scattered throughout Batavia's local business community. When the audience returns, the members will cast ballots for who they suspect is the likely killer before reentering the Speakeasy to see if they got the details right.
There are prizes supplied by local businesses.
Batavia Players encourage audience members to take pictures and post to social media but they ask, "please, however, at no time share the solution so the other groups can have the pleasure of solving the crime on their own."
The show is Saturday at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at Main St. 56 Theater in Downtown Batavia.
Tickets are $30 per person or $100 for a team of four people. For tickets, click here.
Photos by Howard Owens.
