Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

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22nd Annual Mystery Dinner Theatre

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Our appreciation to the many donors who made the
21st annual Murder Myster Dinner such a great success!

The Murder Myster Dinner Theatre is held each year at:

Yakima Convention Center, 10 North 8th Street, Yakima, Washington

Doors open / Silent Auction 5:30 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m
Murder Mystery Play 8:00 p.m.
$50 per person

Catered, delicious, full course dinner featuring Northwest wines
Over 300 gift and donated items in the Silent Auction
Limited Unique Live Auction and Raffle Items

To buy tickets, please contact us.

Read an article from the Sunnyside Daily Sun News regarding the 2008 play.

The Zonta Club of Yakima has one major fundraiser each year to raise funds for local and international service projects. That fundraiser is called “Murder at the Center”. This annual event takes place the first Saturday in March of every year at the Yakima Convention Center. In 2009 we will have our 22nd annual Murder Myster Diner Theater.

The evening event features dinner, silent and live auction, raffle, and a live play. The evening starts with doors opening at 5:30 PM for previewing and bidding on silent auction items through out the room. Dinner is usually served 7:00 pm. Dinner is always a magnificent meal, catered by M&M Catering, complete with wine and dessert. There is a live auction after dinner, the results of the raffle items are announced and the play usually begins around 8:00 and lasts until 9:30.

Murder Mystery Play

The 2007 and 2008 plays were written by Terry Sexton, a comedy writer with writing credits for Laugh In and the Carol Burnett Show. Previous to that the play had been written by Larry Cearlock with early plays written by Esther Shrader (a former Zonta member). Actors are local with an occasional Zonta Thespian in the mix.

One of the best parts of the play is the opportunity given to each table of guests to try to “solve” the murder after the play is finished. There is a short question and answer period where members of the audience can ask questions of the cast prior to having each table try to guess “WHO DUNNIT”! For the past 21 years, this question and answer period has had some of the most creative and entertaining dialogue exchanges in the entire evening. The guests at each table are then asked to fill out their table's solution sheet with their best guess on who committed the murder, how they did it, and why they did it. Prizes are awarded to the winning table!

Tickets

Seating is limited to 500 and the cost is $50.00 per person. Tables can be purchased by companies/individuals for $500 for a table with 10 seats.

To receive an email notification when tickets go on sale for the 2009 Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, please contact us. The deadline to purchase tickets is the Monday before the performance.

Support

The success of this fundraising event is due to the fantastic support Zonta receives from the business and civic community. Businesses can use this opportunity to showcase new products, announce new services, etc. by donating particular items or services for the auctions. The ten largest ticket items are auctioned off in an live auction - providing the business even more publicity for their donation and their product/service.

To donate an auction item to this worthy event, please contact us.

Watch the PSA from the 2007 Murder Mystery

Watch the video [1.88 MB]

Video courtesy of KNDO's Community Connections

Recent Murder Mystery Programs