This roving murder mystery party invites guests to uncover the killer among them.
Last capitulation , Instagram advertising start appearing for a mysterious experience in Los Angeles call Hotel Who . There have been many immersive experiences , from art show to themed bars to haunted houses , but Hotel Who promise something new .
launch in time for Halloween , Hotel Who was LA ’s first nightlong murder mystery experience at the historical Hotel Normandie over five weekends . The backdrop of that immersive experience was a wedding party in the 1920s of the hotel owner doubling as a celebration of the hotel ’s opening ( fun fact : The Hotel Normandie was indeed built in 1926 ) . Guests fall dressed to kill in ululate mid-twenties costumes , and interactions with cast penis flowed along with drinks during the one - hour unresolved ginmill . After the murder outcome at dinner , guests spend the next two hr explore the designated hotel room for motives and the murder weapon system before retiring to bed . The slaying was then solved during brunch the next break of day , with the plaster bandage impressively staying in eccentric the integral time .
Long - metre friends Monica Sharon and Angela Fegers , who are both from dance and performance background and have been doing interactive performances together since college , started Hotel Who . Sharon moved to Los Angeles for body of work but notice herself lack the performance artistry . When the two began discuss doing a show together , they decide they needed to make one that would be viable as a business rather of simply a infinite to partake in graphics .
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It was then that Fegers brought up the approximation of doing the show at a hotel . “ That ’s actually glorious because there ’s so much that we can practice at a hotel . It ’s a sustainable mannikin since you do n’t have to build a set and break it down each clock time , ” said Sharon , “ We can make different show inspired by different hotels . ”
Everything fell into piazza for their first show last October with Hotel Normandie . “ It was a new thing so it was gruelling for us to explain what we desire to do , because we have n’t done it yet . We get really lucky with the Normandie , they were really undefended and interested in what we wanted to do , ” said Sharon .
Despite the slow beginning in marketing last year , the show pull in traction , and Hotel Who is yield for an entirely Modern immersive experience in April . This meter the event will take place at the historical and opulent Millennium Biltmore . While all guest had to stay overnight during the first loop at Hotel Normandie , look the liquidator reveal at brunch , because an nightlong stop may be prohibitive to some , Sharon and Fegers adjudicate to offer three different just the ticket types this time around , so more people can join part of the experience .
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The VIP just the ticket offers an overnight experience and include a suite stay at the Biltmore , costing $ 350 per room for single occupancy and $ 425 per room for twofold moving in ( up to 2 extra Guest can be added for $ 215 per person ) . The mid - grade admission fee for $ 150 includes access to activities on the first Nox , while the general admission tag is $ 50 for the 1950s nut .
The new show is a dearest story in four acts , and similar to the first one , it centers on an engagement party . The engagement party is determine in 1955 between two characters constitute John Sunflower and Judy Rose from two match household , à la Romeo and Juliet . There will also be supernatural element to the plot line , with nance and wizardly elixirs making an coming into court .
While there wo n’t be a murder in this special show , there will still be a mystery that needs solving , and the show will have a heavy interactional portion . The night will take up with a cocktail hour and passed hors d’oeuvres in the hotel ’s ornate Gallery Bar , where node will meet some of the characters . During this cocktail hr , the very important person and mid - tier tag holders will receive two drinks , and extra drinks will be uncommitted for purchase . Guests will then move to the penthouse for a more sexual , interactive part , where the mystery will be introduced . VIP ticket holders , however , will have the opportunity to become one of the character in the narration themselves . They will be arrogate a eccentric complete with their own background report and instructions on how to act . These characters will be tied to a second enigma that other guests can not get at .
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The dark ’s finale will be a 1950s ballock with hoarded wealth hunt - expressive style puzzles , performative moments , and a live stria . This ball is the only routine included in the oecumenical entrance fee , with drinks usable for purchase . The first whodunit will be solved at the night ’s end , and those staying overnight will reconvene for brunch the following day to solve the second enigma , which is tie to their specify characters from the Nox before .
The first Hotel Who show attract hoi polloi who sleep together hand - on puzzle resolution , immersive upshot , and , most of all , lop up agree to the radical . With the newfangled show , Sharon and Fegers made sure they incorporated those elements the guests loved , with hand - on tasks required to correct the mystery and a lump to set up to the nines for .
Each of Hotel Who ’s new shows will be performed at a different historical hotel because one of its central conception is that the performance and the space depend on each other , and each show is tailored to the hotel ’s history . Fegers love history and digging into newsprint archive to find as much information about the hotel ’s past as potential . The two create characters establish on existent - living figure . Hotel Normandie was originally a residential hotel , so most of the characters were based on challenging locals from the past . The Millennium Biltmore , on the other bridge player , has a much more storied history .
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“ For model , we sleep with that Al Capone used to shop the Biltmore , so we have a graphic symbol that ’s inspired by [ him ] . The Biltmore has a very interesting array of people that used to give ear out there throughout the decades just because in the 20 and XXX it was the epicentre of the Academy Awards and there were a lot of fame and the great unwashed that we know about , ” Sharon excuse . “ It would be interesting to see how that changes things from the hearing experience , ” aver Fegers . Only plaster bandage member and guests will know how a love tale , the mob , and fag derive together in one storyline .
Sharon and Fegers are also front to dilate Hotel Who beyond Los Angeles . They ’re in the cognitive process of incur hotels on the East Coast for a summer show or two before returning to LA for another Halloween murder mystery . Hotel Who at the Millennium Biltmore will start on April 15 and hunt through July 15 . Ticket selective information will be available onthehotelwho.com .
