A mysterious night out Enjoy The Dinner Detective and stay at the Embassy Suites Denver Gene Davis, DDN Staff Writer Wednesday, March 10, 2010
THE DINNER DETECTIVE — It’s no mystery why these people are enjoying themselves. They are in the middle of The Dinner Detective, a murder mystery dinner theater that takes place at the Embassy Suites Denver.

Stay at one Denver’s most convenient hotels and solve a (fake) murder under the same roof.

The Dinner Detective, the wildly entertaining murder mystery dinner theater show, has partnered up with the Embassy Suites Denver, 7525 E. Hampden Ave., so that Denverites can get in on the detective fun while staying close to home.

What sets The Dinner Detective apart from the area’s other murder mystery dinners is that the cast members disguise themselves as audience members. The cast is integrated into the audience from the very beginning, which means that the odd man at your table might be the show’s murderer. Or then again, maybe he’s just an odd person who enjoys dinner theater.

Either way, the cast-as-audience approach makes the show a much more social outing. To find the killer, people have to talk with as many other “audience members” as possible. The approach differs from most dinner theatres in which all of the action happens on a stage of sorts.

“It adds an extra layer of complexity,” said The Dinner Detective Executive Producer Stephen Wilder of having the cast members pose as audience members. “Not only do people try to find the killer, they try to find out who is in the show.”

Wilder started out performing in dinner theatre shows in California in 2004. He was heavy into improvisational acting at the time, and was contacted by a colleague about being a performer in the show.

Wilder found that his improvisational skills lent themselves to the dinner theater format, and when he moved to Colorado in 2007, he partnered with a Boulder hotel to start The Dinner Detective. The Dinner Detective has rapidly grown since then Ń it is now operating in three Colorado locations, with more franchises on the way.

 “People keep coming to our shows, ” said Wilder. “They really enjoy the approach we have taken.”

A ticket to The Dinner Detective costs $55.95, and includes a four-course meal. To make a night of it and book a room at the Embassy Suites Denver, which includes a wet bar area, two televisions with video games, cable, and Pay-Per-View, and high-speed Internet access, call 303-696-6644.

Information: 888-5-3884, TheDinnerDetective.com

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