Monday, April 26, 2010

Opening Night at Spaghetti Mama's in Sandy

On Saturday, April 24, 2010, Hunt Mysteries staged its first weekly comedy murder mystery performance at Spaghetti Mama's at Jordan Commons in Sandy, Utah.
We were pleasantly surprised over our sellout first night with "Get a Clue: The $tocks Caper," with Jeremy Jonsson as Col Dijon, Shea Potter as Mauve Green, Heidi Potter as Miss Rose Redd, Krystal Day as Miss Blanc, Tonia Sayer as Mrs. Peahen, Scott Thompson as Simon Lively and Chris Kucera as Professor Prune.
The cast did a great job in a different venue and with a different setup. There were a few bugs with the format, which we expect to smooth out for the next show, Friday, April 30th.
The manager of Spaghetti Mama's and The Mayan was very pleased with the turnout and with how the our first night went -- including the revenue.

The audience just loved the interaction with the actors -- especially Heidi's song numbers. Actually all the cast's song-and-dance numbers were terrific.
Nancy and I especially enjoyed the evening with my Uncle Clifford and his fiancee, Susan, who attended the dinner show. They didn't solve the mystery -- but they came close!
One of the guests brought her 10 year old son to the show as his birthday request. He had a great time interacting with the actors during the sleuthing. He didn't solve the mystery right, but I told him that the first one is always the hardest -- but now that he knows how everything goes, he'll do better next time.
We especially appreciated having Brittany Nielson as the head waitress at the show for Spaghetti Mama's because she's been in several of our shows. She understood what we were doing and was able to coordinate the food service.