HOW LARGE A GROUP CAN AN INTERACTIVE SHOW BE PERFORMED FOR? MURDER TO GO has produced functions for groups as small as 11 and as large as 500, although we have produced main stage productions for an audience as large as 1,700. The amount of audience involvement will somewhat descrease with the increase in the number in attendance. Wireless microphones and staging are required once the audience grows larger than 150.

WHERE CAN AN INTERACTIVE MYSTERY BE PERFORMED?
Anywhere from hotlel and restaurant banquet rooms to mansions and state parks. MURDER TO GO has even created shows for on board dinner yachts and private railroad cars - including on board the real Orient Express. The only main requirement is a single space that can accomodate all guests at once, or two spaces that the audience can be divided into, for the performance of the finale.

MUST THERE ALWAYS BE A MURDER?
NO and YES! As a professional business theater company, MURDER TO GO/MTG Inc. has produced a wide variety of events, both with and without mystery themes - such as "Corporate Spirits", an interactive comedy seance with magic & illusions for UNION CARBIDE and "The R-PRO $64,000 Question" an humorous educational product product kick-off for REVLON.

For a mystery event to keep an audience involved and entertained over a long period of time such as a dinner or teambuilding event, the crime must be one that demands action. And nothing demands justice and is more dramatic than a murder. Rest assured, we never use blood or gore in our productions and everything is done stylishly and in good taste. We are always aware of coporate and audience sensitivity and all our scripts utilize humor and are rated "PG". There is also that fine line of not making the mystery too hard or too easy. We gear our mysteries to have around 10% solve it correctly.

HOW LONG DOES AN INTERACTIVE MYSTERY LAST?
While the average dinner program lasts three hours, custom created events can last as long or as short as the clients needs and desires. For MCI and TOTAL TRAVEL MANAGEMENT the event began with scenes throughout dinner and concluded the following day with a half day of investigative teambuilding. For IBM the teambuilding adventure began at breakfast and concluded by lunch, while for companies such as AT & T and LUCENT we have produced numerous daytime events that have encompassed lunch and ended by "tea-time". For ZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS, we created a mystery event that concluded within an hour and a half to accomodate their guest doctors schedules.

DO YOU TRAVEL?
Of course - our name is MURDER TO GO! From Scottsdale for JOHNSON & JOHNSON to Venice and the Orient Express for WABC RADIO, from Woodstock, Vermont for APPLE COMPUTER to Jacksonville, FL for IBM, from Landsowne, Vr for MCI to Dallas for REVLON, our production staff and cast will go wherever your meeting is.

MUST THE CAST BE BROUGHT IN OR CAN LOCAL ACTORS BE HIRED?
It is always best to bring in the cast and crew from our base location outside of New York City. The reason is quality and reliability. While most major cities now have local weekend mystery dinner shows, many lack the quality and corporate sensitivity which are essential to a successful business event. The majority also lack the liability and workmen's compensation insurance most companies require of an outside vendor.

More importantly, since all our shows are custom scripted, we rehearse our professionally trained cast for two weeks prior to the performance date, assuring our clients a production that will really "knock 'em dead". Our company will then arrive on the morning or day before the performance for final dress rehearsal in the actual location. On occasion, depending on the style of the event, actors can be hired locally from our producing affiliates in such cities as Miami, San Francisco and Southern California, but a producer/director must always be brought in. MURDER TO GO has even written scripts for our clients to perform themselves.

HOW MANY ACTORS ARE USED?
The cast requirements are dictated by the script and vary according to the style of program. Our mini-murder, which was designed for small groups and utilizes six guests as suspects, has a professional cast of three. A typical dinner show would have a cast of seven to eight, while teambuilding events utilize anywhere from seven to ten based on the number of attendees. At least one stage manager is always present to coordinate and run the production.

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