The Mystery Cafe at the Library Restaurant & Pub.

The show takes place at the Library Restaurant & Pub. A casual but fine dining restaurant.

Seating at 7pm-show at 7:30- finished by 10pm (unless you all ad-lib your parts and extend the evening)

We create a make-believe world for your enjoyment. Our stories are about a fictitious group having a gathering when murder interrupts their proceedings.

There are two very talented performers that play multiple major characters and help the audience move the story along. Volunteers out of the audience play minor characters in the story with actual speaking parts. All you must do is stand up when your character is questioned and read from your cue card. We do encourage you to get into the story and ham it up. It is not a Shakespearean production but a light comedy.

The current make-believe story takes place in Hollywood California where we are live on the set of an awards show called, Excellence in Motion Picture and Television. The winners instead of an Emmy win an Empty. The life time achievement award goes to a famous director. Before he can finish his acceptance speech he drops dead in front of all. He was not a very likable director. Who dunnit?

Mystery Café is Indianapolis’s longest running and most successful Interactive Murder Mystery Comedy Dinner Theater. Since the fall of 1992 the Mystery Café has been delivering a unique style of dinner theater.

Each play unfolds in four acts, with a course of the meal served after each one. Members of the audience may participate as much, or as little, as they like in the mystery.

When the first scene starts keep a watchful eye out for clues, and jot down anything that looks suspicious, play detective during dinner.

At evening’s end, we give a prize to the person who best solves the mystery. We also give a prize to the biggest ham…uh, well…the best actor or actress from the audience.

Every performance is unique because the audience is so directly and deeply involved.

The magic lies in the interaction and unbridled creativity which occur in a room full of people who began the evening as strangers but go home as friends.