Friends of the Irmo Branch Library join LTC Hospitality Solutions for encore edition of Murder on Main Street that sold out in 2024

Irmo, SC 06/11/2025 - The Friends of the Irmo Branch Library, in partnership with LTC Hospitality Solutions, will present an encore presentation of the sold-out 2024 Mystery Dinner Theater play “Murder on Main Street” at The Venue on Main Street in downtown Columbia on Friday, July 25.

Tickets are limited, so if you missed seeing the show last summer, be sure to sign up early. The Vaudeville EXTRAVAGANZA is the hottest show at The Grand Theater on Columbia’s Main Street in 1910, and things get even hotter when the knife-thrower’s assistant stumbles out of the theater with a knife in her back.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see “Murder on Main Street,” on Main Street in its historical setting. The Venue is right across Main Street from The Grand. “Murder on Main Street” was written by local writer Licia Jackson. Who could have wanted young Flo Conway, who works for local Madam Maude O’Riley and dreams of making it big as a vaudeville performer, dead?

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Policeman Barney Brumby is convinced it’s the knife-thrower Marco the Magnificent, but Maude isn’t so sure. Could it have been philandering State Senator Hampton Huger, who is running for governor? His wife, Zinnia, who would do anything to become First Lady of South Carolina? Jilted ex-boyfriend Bill Brown? The Rev. Obadiah Wright, who is known to hold long counselling sessions as he tries to reform the local ladies of the evening? Or the Marvelous Marvelline, the vaudeville magician who is jealous of Marco’s top billing?

Attendees at this audience-participatory evening of fun, prizes and mystery will enjoy dinner and be entertained by local actors as Maude enlists audience members to help find the guilty party.

One lucky audience member who correctly identifies the murderer will be named the "Super Sleuth" and win the Grand Prize. In addition, audience members are encouraged to dress in their best vintage attire to compete in the 1910 costume contest. A prize will be awarded to the best costume as voted by audience members.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the action starting at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets are only available through Eventbrite at: Murder on Main Street