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A Westerly Murder Mystery
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The year is 1930. It’s a busy summer evening in the coastal downtown of Westerly, Rhode Island. Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder just opened at The United Theatre, the downtown cinema. Travelers wait for the night train back into the city at the Westerly train station. Librarians are closing the quiet Westerly Library for the evening. Author Dashiell Hammett, summering in nearby Watch Hill, is giving a reading of his new hard-boiled detective story The Maltese Falcon at the Savoy Bookshop. Everyone is abuzz for the big jazz dance party scheduled at The Knickerbocker dance hall. But the night is interrupted when a body is found in the picturesque Wilcox Park at the center of town. A mystery is afoot! Everyone’s a suspect!
Step back in time on Sunday, July 21st and join us on a walking murder mystery tour through downtown Westerly to benefit The United Theatre. Participants will be separated into five groups and led across the downtown, stopping at the Savoy Bookshop, the front of The United Theatre, the Artists Cooperative Gallery at the Westerly Train Station, the Westerly Library, and of course Wilcox Park. Actors from the Newport Murder Mystery Company will lead the groups along on an interactive mystery (7-8:30 pm) full of colorful characters, clues, riddles, and fun! The night will culminate at The Knickerbocker, where the mystery will be solved, and everyone can enjoy a night of swinging jazz from The Cartells (from 8:30 to 10:30).
Tickets for this unique event are $75 per person and benefit The United Theatre renovation project. Complimentary appetizers and hors d'oeuvres, as well as complimentary beer and wine will be served at each stop along the tour. Drinks at The Knick are not included, though the full bar will be open. Ticket-holders can request to be in groups with other specific ticket-holders, but this must be done at the time of purchasing tickets. Everyone who purchases tickets will receive a notice (via email) one week prior to the event on where to go to meet their tour guide the night of the mystery.
ABOUT THE UNITED THEATRE
The United Theatre is a regional center for the arts and arts education located in downtown Westerly, Rhode Island. The mission of The United is to showcase world-class performing, visual, and creative arts and to serve as a regional center for arts education. First opened as a vaudeville theatre and cinema in 1926, The United was reestablished as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2014 and is currently undergoing extensive renovations to transform the space into a campus for the arts. The vision of The United is to unite the community as a hub for arts in the region and a home for local, national, and international artists to showcase their work, including; film; music; theatre; opera; dance; visual arts; and more.
