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Mystery Dinner Playhouse Celebrates 16th Year and New Website



On September 5, 1993, Jim 's38; Laura Daab rolled into Richmond, VA from Minneapolis, MN to start Mystery Dinner Playhouse. Sixteen years later, the theatre is going strong with locations in Richmond, Williamsburg and Virginia Beach and Arlington, VA.



We'sre thrilled with the success and longevity we'sve achieved. says Jim Daab, who co-owns 's38; operates MDP with his wife, Laura. A lot of hard work, blind faith and luck went into building the business to where it is today. And we'sre pleasantly surprised that it'ss turned out so well, especially adding the other locations. The Daabs opened the Williamsburg location in 1997, and Virginia Beach the next year, and the D.C. area location in 2005.



Each location employs a cast of 6 or 7 actors - all hired locally through auditions. About six months after we opened Williamsburg, we decided to move our office out of our home, and hire some help for the office and to run the shows. says Laura. For the first six years, we did everything - answered the phones, did the bookwork, ran the shows, wrote the shows, made the costumes 's38; props - and sometimes even acted in the productions. We really needed to get a life!



We like to think that our success stems from putting out a good product and knowing how to market it. We'sre hoping to expand again soon in another state. Richmond is our incubator where we debut and tweak the shows. he adds. Daab writes all of the mystery scripts with 34 currently in his Killer Scripts (http://www.killerscripts.com) catalog.



Mystery Dinner Playhouse is also celebrating the launch of their redesigned websites, http://www.mysterydinner.com the dinner theater site and http://killerscripts.com where you can purchase the rights to produce Daab'ss murder mystery dinner show scripts. It'ss been a long time coming, but it'ss finally here and we hope that our customers enjoy it as much as we do. Not only is it a better functioning site, it'ss a lot prettier too. said Ms. Daab, who handles all the marketing and website management for the company.



The website has a lot of new features that should make browsing the site quick, easier and more fun. They include a pop-up calendar for a quick look at show dates, times and locations. It also has a link to an online ticketing service. View a huge collection of our show photos from past to present. There is also a nifty slide show feature. Keep on the look-out for our video feature.



Subscribe and share on our Facebook page and our Twitter page. Along with all the other latest social networking sites. Sign up to be MDP fans and followers! Bookmarking our website and social pages are a breeze. The blog has updates on what'ss happening, including the latest shows, info about MDP actors, and the mystery biz in general. Customers can share comments, suggestions and experiences. A new search feature makes it easier for customers to find what they are looking for. Just enter a keyword or phrase and a list of where you can find that info will appear. Send an ecard to family, friends and co-workers. It'ss a fun way to organize a night out at the theater. Content is organized so that it is easier to read and more accessible. Navigation is more intuitive, so you spend less time clicking in and out of pages.



The site was redesigned by Nate Yungkans of Heroic Dreams Graphic Design LLC (http://heroicdreams.com). Ricky Raymond of Get Gnarly (http://www.getgnarly.net) is handling all of our SEO and online content marketing strategies.



Mystery Dinner Playhouse performs weekly comedy murder mystery dinner shows (http://www.mysterydinner.com). Audience members try to solve the mystery while enjoying a delicious four course dinner. The dinner is served by a zany cast of characters who all the while are providing clues to help audience members solve the crime. Patrons are given a clue dossier, and bribe money to entice the characters to give them better clues. A Super Sleuth prize is awarded for correctly solving the murder.



For more information or to make reservations, call 888-471-4802 or visit http://www.mysterydinner.com






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