Solve the crime from your seat during mystery theater

Jefferson City West Rotary Club will present a Roaring "20s murder mystery, "Murder at the Half Moon Cafe" at Revel on High Street on Saturday, March 28, from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $50 for individuals or $90 per couple. Proceeds from the show will go to benefit the Jefferson City Boys and Girls Club and Rotary West's Global Grant for an orphanage in Sierra Leone.
Jefferson City West Rotary Club will present a Roaring "20s murder mystery, "Murder at the Half Moon Cafe" at Revel on High Street on Saturday, March 28, from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $50 for individuals or $90 per couple. Proceeds from the show will go to benefit the Jefferson City Boys and Girls Club and Rotary West's Global Grant for an orphanage in Sierra Leone.

The audience is able to play sleuth at the dinner mystery theater "Murder at the Half Moon Club" by naming the murderer.

The play takes place in 1925 during the Roaring '20s and Prohibition era. The Half Moon Club is a speakeasy owned by Lucky Coleman. The only other club of this kind was shot up by a gang, leaving no survivors except Lucky and Sammy Birchwood.

During the show the audience must find the guilty party before the same thing happens at the Half Moon.

There are 18 suspects and as they are revealed the audience tries to solve the who-done-it while enjoying their dinner and drinks.

The list of suspects includes: Dick Devins, Hazel Turner, June Jenkins, Joe Little, Elmer Kugler, Mildred Birchwood, Evelyn Ellis, Charles "Lucky" Coleman, Fred Ford, Ruby Miller, Virginia Shaw, Leonard Lewis Buckles Schmitt, Irene Woods, Louisa Payne, Eugene Collins, Warren Woods and Clara Kelly.

Sally Graham is a fundraiser for Rotary and is in charge of the production along with Rita Esterly.

"I encourage people coming to the show to dress in '20s costumes to enhance the flavor of the show," Graham said.

At a glance

What: "Murder at the Half Moon Club" presented by Jefferson City West Rotary Club.

When: 6 p.m. Saturday, March 28

Where: Revel in the Old Lohman Theatre, 102 E. High St. in Jefferson City

Tickets: $50 for individuals; $90 per couple, includes dinner buffet catered by Johnny Graham. Available by calling 573-291- 2206. Proceeds benefit Boys and Girls Club building fund and Jefferson City West Rotary Club Global Grant for work in Sierra Leone.