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There are immersive theater experiences, there are murder mystery dinners and there’s opera—but a new Brooklyn event is fusing all three into one champagne-fueled evening of suspicion and song.
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Running May 14–16 at Bad Therapy, Dinner to Die For is an intimate murder mystery operatic experience from the ICEBERG New Music Collective that turns a dinner party into a live-action whodunit. And with only 20 guests admitted per night, the event is leaning hard into exclusivity.
Rather than sitting back and watching a stage production unfold, attendees become part of the drama itself, navigating an evening of secrets, accusations and live musical performances while dining on a three-course meal prepared by executive chef William Emery. Wine, beer and champagne are included, with cocktails available via cash bar.
The menu will include "Green With Envy Soup," "Kitchen Knife Tartare" (minced lamb or beef), "Darkened Alley Black Sea Bass" or "A Walk in the Woods Cassoulet" and a dessert that includes an edible funeral bouquet for those looking to murder a good meal.
At the center of the production is composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, whose original work shapes the evening’s emotional and theatrical arc, particularly during what organizers describe as the score’s climactic final scene. (As opposed to those dreaded anticlimactic final scenes.)
The cast includes mezzo-soprano Raphaella Medina, baritone Michael Weyandt, soprano Sharon Harms and multidisciplinary performer Alice Teyssier, a flutist, soprano and sound artist who also serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Music at New York University.
The production arrives amid New York’s growing appetite for immersive performance experiences that blur the lines between theater, nightlife and dining. But while many immersive productions aim for spectacle, Dinner to Die For sounds intentionally stripped down, in the best possible way. With just a 20 guests gathered around the action, there may be nowhere to hide once the murder mystery begins.
Bad Therapy is located at 1008 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn. Tickets and additional information are available here.