Citizen Detective

In their continuing series of newly-produced Zoom shows, Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse offers up a brand new virtual murder mystery called Citizen Detective.

Written and directed by Chelsea Marcantel, Citizen Detective finds best-selling crime author Mickie McKittrick (Mike Ostroski) enlisting the audience’s help in trying to solve a mysterious Hollywood murder from the 1920s. Also in the cast is Paloma Nozica as Andrea.

Either as one large group or broken out into smaller rooms, audience members while have to find evidence and see where that might lead them. No two shows are going to be the same.

One week before seeing the show, each viewer will be asked to take a personality survey. This is so Citizen Detective can assign you to the right detective squad (part of those smaller rooms mentioned above).

You’ll want to have a pencil or pen and some paper to take notes that might help you solve the mystery at the center of the play.

Playwright Marcantel is the writer of such plays as Airness, Devour, Everything is Wonderful and Tiny Houses. She is currently working on projects with the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C. and is collaborated on multiple musical projects.

The show runs 85 minutes without an intermission.

Citizen Detective‘s original announced run sold out. The show has been extended through February 7th with those tickets going on sale on November 27th. There are only 24 tickets available for each performance. Tickets are $65 per household.

Photo: Citizen Detective (Photo by Jeff Lorch/Courtesy Geffen Playhouse)