Gypsy Theater - where all the world's a stage
Original Productions
written by C.A. Sperry
written by C.A. Sperry
 Auld Lang Syne — times stands still when San Francisco society rings in the 20th century. A play in multiple spaces simultaneoulsy (Details)
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 Blind Pig — speak easy and carry a hip flask. An ongoing jazz age soap opera (Details)
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 Broken Silence — a silent film star speaks volumes.
Get the scoop at a press conference with a less-than-silver-tongued
luminary of the silver screen who gives reporters plenty to print (Details)
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Brother, can you spare a diamond — a classic cops & robbers caper
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 Cincinnati Smith & the Tomb of Doom — join the hunt for buried treasure and hidden motives. Set in 1899 British-occupied India, a mercenary
from down under leads a band of relic hunters in their search for an
ancient artifact, the key that will unlock the secrets of the universe
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 Cirque de la Lune — It's a three-ring circus when a killer goes for the juggler... and we're not clowning around
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 Clotted Crime — mind your manners, or you could end up scone cold dead!
A milk-curdling scream is heard and a TV talk show's 'live' audience members find themselves in very hot water indeed at this highly participatory whodunnit (Details) 
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Crime & Punishment Hands-On Crime-Solving Experience -
Real crimes, real cases, a real-life opportunity to prove just how good a detective you arePHASE I: HOMICIDE 101
There’s been a death. Foul play is suspected. As an investigative trainee, you visit the crime scene and work through the process of detection & deduction to establish motive, weapon and opportunity. You search for clues, gather evidence and ultimately charge your chief suspect…with murder!
PHASE II: BURDEN OF PROOF
After a brief refreshment break, all assemble in the ‘court room’ to participate in a re-enactment of the actual trial. You may serve as a witness, juror, or assistant counsel for the prosecution or defense — the choice is yours. Once the jury has deliberated (in record-time) and a verdict has been rendered, the historic results of the original case and trial are revealed.
What happened to the suspect?
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 Crime Brulee — the proof is always in the pudding. Tempers rise and souflees fall when there are too many cooks in the kitchen
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 A Dickens of a Christmas — when family gets together things can fall apart; a Victorian Holiday Caper (& murderless mystery)
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Fair Game — a mingling scenario in a Casino setting
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 For Love of Money starring everyone's favorite detective, Jack Dobbs — relive the golden age of radio in fully staged audience-participatory WWII era radio play. Our tale noir plunges listeners into a world of danger and drama, heightened by audience-produced mood music and sound effects.
Along side our “on-air” talent, participants may play bit parts, run the sound effects or Foley, read commercials or just sit back and help create the laugh track.
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At philanthropic fetes, participatory roles may be auctioned off as an additional and festive way to raise funds. Prior to the start of the show, the in-studio audience enjoys a variety “off-air” entertainment, including behind-the-scenes highjinx, singing performances straight from the Hit Parade and a quasi-comedic warm-up act.
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 Gallery of Corpses — where death imitates art ...and collectors hope to make a killing off an
up-and-coming artiste (Details)
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 Grape Expectations — who's wining now? when Vino Corleone dies his winery is up for grabs, but which team will grab first? (Details)
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 Haunted Hallways — at the Ghost's Inn some corners should not be turned… based on the true story of an old English inn and its ghosts, er, guests (Details)
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 Masque of Murder — a Carnevale masked ball turns into a cadaverous dance macabre and a Venetian villain exacts revenge while disguised as a reveler. Volunteer participants may conceal their own identities with masks designed to hide a multitude of sins.
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 A Mid-Summer Night’s Murder — picking the wrong flower can mean the difference between a love potion and lethal poison. It's the bard's story but with a fatal twist (Details)
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 A Mid-Winter Night's Murder — same story, different season & setting! Faeries, fiends, feuding friends and foiled lovers find themsleves mixed up in mischief and murder in this classic though fatally twisted tale (Details)
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 Mistaken Indemnity — your Monet or your life! Sophisticated sleuths Pete & Patsy Charleville exchange quips in this audience-participatory mystery a la The Thin Man series (Details)
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 Mrs. Boston’s Tea Party — what’s a turn of the century socialite to do when she faces poverty, ruin and scandal? Find out at this popular ‘scenechronous’ show where guests follow any of six seemingly civilized characters who take tea while they take on each other. There’s something happening in every area
and guests are free to choose the story or
character that interests them most (Details)
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 Murder at the Moulin Rouge — find the killer if you can…. can.
A variety show yields a cache of corpses at this delightfully deadly musical revue. (Details)
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 Murder in the Garden of Good & Evil — where Southern hospitality turns to salacious homicide. It's not your garden variety murdery mystery. (Details)
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 Red Herring — cold war, hot spies. Something’s fishy in the world of 1950’s international espionage (Details)
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 A Room with a View — A stage adaptation of E.E. Forester's whimsically comedic novel about the clash of English & Italian cultures and a girl caught in between (Details)
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Royal Flush — a mingling scenario in a steamboat poker game setting
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 A Royal Wedding — a marriage of political convenience proves most inconvenient when special interest groups decide to play cupid. Star-crossed lovers and political opportunists abound in a story full of twists and turns set in the middle ages (Details)
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 Sherlock Bones & Dr. Dachshund — the case of the pilfered pooch. A canine worth her weight in dog biscuits is missing, but who will find her first - may the best team win (Details)
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 Stagefright — Performing The Mousetrap can be Murder. An Agatha Christie tribute stageplay (Details)
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 Stages — OnStage-OffStage-BackStage. The ground-breaking production wherein three plays take place simultaneously. OnStage guests will view the 1920's farce Till My Parents Do Us Part. OffStage viewers will witness what happens in the wings of the theater with everything from talent tirades to romantic trysts. And BackStage viewers will learn what goes on in the personal dressing rooms and private lives of the show's stars (Details)
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 The Supper Club — feast on the deliciously scandalous secrets of card-carrying members. Rub elbows on or off the table as you dine with the characters of this ongoing modern day soap opera (Details)
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 A Tale of Two Suspects — "It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes...." The French aristocracy stand to lose their heads and more in this dark and diabolical tale (our producer's favorite show!) (Details)
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 The Tempest in a Teapot — trouble brews when a community theater stages a production of The Tempest. Part of the Boston trilogy, a play you follow on foot froom room to room (Details)
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