31st Season

All-New Original Shows

The mystery continues.

September 2027 – May 2028

Better Mysteries, but Still Hilarious.

Mystery Theatre Unlimited’s 31st season features four brand-new interactive comedy mysteries — four different worlds of clues, chaos, suspects, surprises, and laughs.
Written by Butch Maxwell.

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September – November 2027

Café Rescue

♪ Musical Show

A failing café. A reality-show makeover. One recipe for trouble.

Can they save the business before someone gets served their last cup?

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Thanksgiving 2027 – New Year’s 2028

Good Grief, It’s Christmas!

♪ Musical Show

One last Christmas pageant rehearsal brings Charlie Braun, Loocy, Minus, Schrader, and Sloopy back together for fifty-one years of baggage, bad decisions, and holiday nostalgia.

The camel costume still smells. The wise men are entering from the wrong side. And before the night is over… somebody’s going to get hurt.

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January – March 2028

Elliot Brick’s Case of the Black Velvet Notebook

♪ Musical Show

An heiress with a mysterious black velvet notebook goes missing, and Elliot Brick — MTU’s famously bungling detective — is on the case.

A locked-box mystery full of suspicious beverages, shadowy motives, and one detective who may stumble into the truth despite himself.

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Late March – May 2028

Dead Reckoning

A murder mystery told in reverse.

The victim is already dead. The killer may already be standing beside you.

Every scene moves backward toward the moment everything went wrong. The clues were always there. You just hadn’t reached them yet.

Last updated: June 3, 2026