Since 1993, Jon Avner and The Killing Kompany® has performed throughout the country, for major corporations, fundraisers, family parties, etc. And The Killing Kompany® creates a new show each time, with professional Broadway, TV and film actors seated among you and you are part of the show! Not only world famous for murder mystery shows, but for other interactive events like game shows, wedding shows, psychic night...you name it!
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES OF "THE FBI VAULT" - PART 3
However, our audience was not interested in becoming actors (except for one - thank you Tara) so I decided to move ahead and use actors - but not the actors I usually work with; actors I have never worked with; and in the beginning of October the following casting notice was submitted to "Backstage":
"Casting "The FBI Vault," a virtual murder mystery. Seeking five actors, as diverse as possible, to be five "suspects" of the mystery. All you need is a phone or a laptop. Production will work with talent to develop about five minutes of personalized scenes, dialogue, etc. in which you are a suspect and possible killer. It's all done in your home by yourself on your time. Once all the scenes are broadcast, audience members vote on who is the killer."
I received over 160 submissions and 36 of them struck my interest and stated they wanted to be a part of the project. And it was at that point, that I decided to change the plot from a real FBI story to one of my own: the murder of a millionaire who was trying to fund research for a vaccine to stop a pandemic. And I chose to set it for the early 1950's and the polio pandemic as the time period, etc.
I developed a basic plot and concept: each actor would have just 4 lines. And to the 36 actors, I sent the following email which indicated my intent to make two different versions with their instructions, etc.:
"Hi everyone – I’m doing this by mass email so thank you all for participating. We have actors from all over the world so this will be special…hopefully.
You have been divided into groups. Group A the victim is a male millionaire, Group B the victim is female. Same story just sex reversed. In each group, one of you is the victim, 5 of you are suspects/killers, each with a motive, and one of you is my assistant.
This all takes place in an interrogation room. Do your lines shooting horizontal camera position and put each line or beat in a separate file. If you can have the background as a blank wall, that is preferred but not required. For the props, whatever you have or just shoot it so that it appears you have something. Use your skills as there is no direction other than the victim is rich, the suspects are each nervous as the audience can choose any one of you as the killer. The assistant character is “bad cop/good cop” bit.
Email me at killing@killingkompany.com if you have any questions or need to have me set up a Zoom for you to film your stuff."
However, out of the 6 actors this was sent to, only 13 submissions were received, only one version could be made, 7 of the submissions were used, and based upon that, I was able to refine the plot and how the production/contest will operate, all without the actors having to make any changes to their submissions.
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES OF "THE FBI VAULT" - PART 2
Now at the same time I was working on the concept of "The FBI Vault", I was performing in several unique programs at The Actors Studio where, via Zoom, ten minute plays were being written and performed by a team of writer, director and actors, from coast to coast, some of whom never worked together before - and it was that concept that intrigued me: putting together a cast from all over the country who never worked together.
Bearing in mind that one of the concepts of our shows is making members of the audience our guest suspects (hence the slogan of The Killing Kompany "...where you can be part of the show"), in early September 2020, I came up with the idea of putting together a cast for "The FBI Vault" of non-actors from our audience working with me and posted the following on our followers on social media:
"We are creating a new virtual
murder mystery and are looking for 5 non-actors, our audience, to be the stars
of the show. All you need is a phone or a laptop. It’s simple – we will work
with you to develop about 5 minutes of personalized scenes, dialogue, etc. in
which you are a suspect and possible killer. It's all done in your home by
yourself on your time. Once all the scenes are broadcast, you will compete with
the other non-actors for the most votes as the killer. The non-actor with the
most votes wins $100 and we will then broadcast the summation in which you are
revealed as the killer (and you are arrested, or a shootout, or whatever you
wish).
TO SEE THE SHOW AND ENTER THE CONTEST: https://forms.gle/f2QrRtSqvp5nQsKZA
Monday, 28 December 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES OF "THE FBI VAULT" - PART 1
During the summer of 2020, while working on "The Sarge", I came up with the idea of doing an FBI murder mystery and came across, on the FBI web site, a page called "The Vault":
"The Vault is our new FOIA Library, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort of your home or office. Included here are many new FBI files that have been released to the public but never added to this website; dozens of records previously posted on our site but removed as requests diminished; files from our previous FOIA Library, and new, previously unreleased files."
So I discovered on this page that several cases on "The Vault" were never solved so the first concept was to dramatize these FBI cases. A brief draft was created based upon the death of Abraham "Kid Twist" Reles, a New York mobster who was widely considered the most feared hit man for Murder, Inc., who later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc. to the electric chair, but died from falling through a window while in police custody as he was set to testify against future boss Albert Anastasia.
TO SEE THE SHOW AND ENTER THE CONTEST: https://forms.gle/f2QrRtSqvp5nQsKZA
Sunday, 27 December 2020
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
NEW SHOW, NEW CONTEST, STARTS TONIGHT AT 8PM
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
WE DID NOT HAVE A WINNER
The prize was $25 and no one was able to correctly identify the correct name and the crime of the "mystery killer" . The answer is revealed at The Killing Kompany Internet Murder Mystery
Monday, 21 December 2020
CONTEST ENDS TOMORROW DECEMBER 22
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge.
During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.comSaturday, 19 December 2020
Friday, 18 December 2020
NEED A LIVE VIRTUAL MURDER MYSTERY SHOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT HOME?
Be a detective, find the clues, interrogate with the police and have a few laughs while you solve a murder in the safety of your homes! Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Thursday, 17 December 2020
THROWBACK THURSDAY - THE NIGHT WE HAD A SHOW WHERE WE HAD NOWHERE TO PERFORM
December 17, 2015, it was a private event at a popular restaurant in New Jersey; however, the client decided not to have it in a separate private room (as required under the contract). They reserved one long table in the bar area of a venue which had about 100 people on 2 open floors in a relatively small area. We could not be heard, we could not be seen...but we did a show. And this is at least a memory of when restaurants were open and crowded.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
LAST CLUE AT WHAT'S MY CRIME? - CLUES 1 THROUGH 6 - WINNER, IF ANY, ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge.
During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.comMonday, 14 December 2020
AND WE JUST PERFORMED A GAME SHOW!
Saturday, 12 December 2020
AND WE DO GAME SHOWS TOO!
With a real live Master of Ceremonies and our own lovely hostesses, we create your very own TV game show where you are the stars of the show! Live or by Zoom!
Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Friday, 11 December 2020
Thursday, 10 December 2020
NEED A SHOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT HOME?
Be a detective, find the clues, interrogate with the police and have a few laughs while you solve a murder in the safety of your homes! Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
NEW SHOW AND CONTEST STARTS DECEMBER 23
One victim, 4 Suspects, Solve the Murder, Win $100 - All at The Killing Kompany Internet Murder Mystery
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
NEW CLUE AT WHAT'S MY CRIME? - CLUE 1 THROUGH 5 AND ONLY 1 MORE TO GO
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge.
During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.comMonday, 7 December 2020
IF YOU ARE ON OUR YAHOO GROUPS MAILING LIST, YOU HAVE ONE WEEK TO SWITCH TO NEW LIST
Yahoo Groups is ending on December 15 so we invite you to sign up for our monthly email newsletter of upcoming shows and event at our Mailchimp Email Lists. You can sign up directly at our home page www.killingkompany.com or just click on this link and add your email address:
or
https://killingkompany.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e68da5093f7b890fe22a0e02d&id=75a5c62028
Hope to see you at one of our events!
Saturday, 5 December 2020
FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY - GO BACK IN TIME TO 1940'S FILM NOIR
Be a detective, find the clues, interrogate with the police and have a few laughs while you solve a murder in the safety of your homes! Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Friday, 4 December 2020
FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY - GO BACK IN TIME TO 1970 HOLLYWOOD
Be a detective, find the clues, interrogate with the LAPD police and have a few laughs while you solve a murder in the safety of your homes! Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Thursday, 3 December 2020
HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY? THINK OF US!
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, have been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but until pandemic restrictions are removed, they have developed a mixture of live and virtual murder mystery shows which can be performed for public and private events and comply with current Covid guidelines.
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
NEW CLUE AT WHAT'S MY CRIME? - CLUE 1 THROUGH 4 AND ONLY 2 MORE TO GO
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany.
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge. During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.comTuesday, 1 December 2020
OUR DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
Monday, 30 November 2020
IF YOU ARE ON OUR YAHOO GROUPS MAILING LIST, YOU MUST SWITCH TO NEW LIST
Yahoo Groups is ending on December 15 so we invite you to sign up for our monthly email newsletter of upcoming shows and event at our Mailchimp Email Lists. You can sign up directly at our home page www.killingkompany.com or just click on this link and add your email address:
or
https://killingkompany.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e68da5093f7b890fe22a0e02d&id=75a5c62028
Hope to see you at one of our events!
Saturday, 28 November 2020
BEHIND THE SCENES RE: NEW SHOW AND CONTEST STARTS DECEMBER 23
I do miss the audience participation with our audience as guest suspects, I do miss the comedy, the singing, the music, the dancing, etc. in our shows and I am sure the actors who regularly perform with me miss it too and especially miss the free dinners...but at least with Zoom, we can put on a show where you can still try and solve the murder and win a prize.
Wear a mask, socially distance, stay healthy so we can come back to you LIVE!
Friday, 27 November 2020
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
NEW CLUE AT WHAT'S MY CRIME? - CLUE 1 THROUGH 3 AND ONLY 3 MORE TO GO
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany.
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge. During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.comMonday, 23 November 2020
Friday, 20 November 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
WHAT'S MY CRIME? WEEK 2 WITH CLUES 1 AND 2
Monday, 16 November 2020
Saturday, 14 November 2020
THANKS TO ALL FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
...and hope to see everyone soon in live performances. In the meanwhile, we'll see you online. Currently, we have "What's My Crime?" running and coming soon "The FBI Vault"
Friday, 13 November 2020
Thursday, 12 November 2020
ANOTHER THROWBACK THURSDAY
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
WHAT'S MY CRIME? IS BACK
The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, announces their next free interactive event “What’s My Crime”, a weekly game show where you have to guess the identity and crimes of the mystery criminal. Here’s how you play: once a week, up to 6 weeks, they give you a clue as to the identity of this month's mystery criminal. And as soon as you know the answer, submit it on their game form. The first person who submits the correct name and crime wins a $25 cash prize and other prizes. It is being presented at the group’s Facebook Group site at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany.Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, has been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but since the pandemic, they haven't been able to perform anywhere. Until they can be back live, they will be doing virtual interactive murder mystery events for free on their Facebook Group page. Since April, they performed such online interactive murder mystery shows like Murder at The Family Reunion, their film noir tribute Murder Is In The Air and their 1970's police show tribute The Sarge. During this pandemic, The Killing Kompany® is also available to work with private events and with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at killingkompany.com
Monday, 9 November 2020
PLEASE DON'T INFRINGE
The Killing Kompany® is a service mark of THE KILLING KOMPANY MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW, INC.
We have noticed that recently some individuals/entities have been using our name to promote their work or services. Please don't.
NOTE: When we asked one infringer to stop, they replied "OK Boomer" but did not make the change.
Saturday, 7 November 2020
THE SARGE NOW AVAILABLE FOR LIVE/VIRTUAL PRIVATE EVENTS
Be a detective, find the clues, interrogate with the LAPD police and have a few laughs while you solve a murder in the safety of your homes! Call or email us for details - 212 772-2590 or killing@killingkompany.com
Friday, 6 November 2020
Thursday, 5 November 2020
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
CASSANDRA ANZALONE is our latest Ace Detective when she solved the murder in "The Sarge: This Was Your Life".....and thanks to all who watched our latest online murder mystery.
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Monday, 2 November 2020
TONIGHT AT 8PM - THE SARGE WILL BE BROADCAST TONIGHT IN FULL AND WINNER ANNOUNCED
Our latest show "The Sarge”, a 1970’s police show comedy tribute, concludes tonight November 2 at 8pm.
No need for a Zoom invite on the broadcast as it will be presented in full with the conclusion and our winners will be announced, at our Facebook Group Page so join up now at
www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany\
Sunday, 1 November 2020
OUR NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Some of our other live/virtual shows include “Murder Is In The Air”, a 1940’s film noir tribute and we are in post-production of a new virtual murder mystery called “The FBI Vault”. In all shows, cash and other prizes are awarded to the first person who can solve all the “who, what, where, why and how” of the murder. We also created “What’s My Crime”, the game show where cash prizes are awarded to the first person who can guess the identity and crimes of a famous mystery criminal. Free versions of these shows are also presented in part at www.facebook.com/groups/killingkompany
Since 1993, The Killing Kompany®, New York's leading mystery dinner theater group, have been performing comedy murder mystery shows everywhere; but until pandemic restrictions are removed, they have developed a mixture of live and virtual murder mystery shows which can be performed for public and private events and comply with current Covid guidelines, as well as their free online shows. The Killing Kompany® can also customize and perform these shows in a mixture of live and virtual entertainment and can work with venues either in limited indoor/outdoor seating or in delivery/takeout mode. For more information call THE KILLING KOMPANY® at 212 772-2590 (toll free at 1 888 SHOOT-EM). Or visit their web site at www.killingkompany.com
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Saturday, 31 October 2020
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
MURDER AT HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 2015
AMERICAN HORROR STORY by Jon Avner (Copyright 2015 Jon Avner)
CHARACTERS
Elizabeth Countess - Crystin
Gilmore/Her manger Iris - Cindi Kostello/Detective John Lowe - Darin Chumbley/His
wife Dr. Alex Lowe - Rori Nogee/Lt. Dorsey
- Jon Avner