Prime Stage Mystery Theatre

Mystery solved! Or is it? You may have found your missing actor, but the story of his disappearance is not as clear as it seems. Get ready for some final surprises as August LaFleur reveals that a good story need not be bound by the reality that inspires it.  This episode was first released on March 25, 2020, from Prime Stage Theatre .

The clock is ticking. In a few minutes, you'll be needed on stage – but right now you're hot on the trail of your missing co-star. Can you find him in time to make your entrance and save the show, or are you both about to be caught up in an actor's nightmare?   This episode was first released on March 18, 2021, from  Prime Stage Theatre .

Not all clues are things you can see. Sometimes, you have to listen. Join us as we separate acoustic red herrings from audible clues in this week's installment of "The Play's the Thing." This episode was first released on March 10, 2021, from  Prime Stage Theatre .

There's more than one way to find a missing person, but how would you do it without looking for them? Today's episode invites you to consider not one but two prompts that could lead to solving the mystery.  This episode was first released on March 4, 2021, from Prime Stage Theatre .

It's opening night, and a player is missing. Now it's up to you to follow the clues, find him, and deliver him backstage before his all-important scene. Written especially for Prime Stage by author, playwright, and screenwriter Lawrence C. Connolly. "The Play's the Thing" reunites the cast of eccentric characters featured in our previous five-act podcast "A Knavish Piece of Work." The world is ful...

You have just presented an explanation as to how Toby Payne fled the locked dressing room, but his whereabouts remain unknown. Fortunately, you have a theory--one that leads you back to the basement and toward a final revelation that none of the New Towne Players see coming. Mystery Theatre is written and performed by  Lawrence C. Connolly . This episode was first released on October 29, 2020, fro...

Bestselling mystery writer August LaFleur has found missing actor Humphry Jones lying on the floor of the men's dressing room of the New Town Theatre. But the hot-tempered Toby Payne is still unaccounted for. And even more perplexing is how LaFleur managed to enter the locked space after closing himself in the women's dressing room two doors away. Now … he is asking you to explain how he did it. M...

One would think that the best way to solve a locked-door mystery would be to open the room and see what's inside. But what happens when what's inside proves even more confounding? In today's episode, we discover that the solutions we seek may not be solutions at all ... and our knavish piece of mystery may be more puzzling than even a master sleuth might imagine. Mystery Theatre is written and per...

Strange things are afoot at the New Towne Theatre! Two actors are missing. Another has run off to hide in the bathroom. And the New Towne players are struggling to open a locked room that may harbor a terrible secret. But August LaFleur holds back. An expert at devising and solving mysteries, he's convinced that the real answers may lie deeper within the theatre's renovated rehearsal space. And so...

Get out your spy glasses and notepads and prepare to take part in a behind-the-scenes adventure that explores the intersection of life and storytelling--an investigation in which you will discover that mysteries are everywhere. Something strange is afoot at the New Towne Theatre. A dressing room is locked. Two actors are missing. And you are there to join the investigation as a cast and crew confr...

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