The 18th annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Mount Hope on the grounds of Mount Hope Estate & Winery kicks off on February 6, 2026 and continues Fridays, Saturdays, select Sundays, and select Weekdays through April 26. Accept this invitation to the interactive culinary "who-done-it," enjoy a sumptuous four-course meal and the opportunity to become the detective, interrogate the suspects, put the clues together and uncover the truth!
Enter Victorian Mount Hope Mansion, a most unique setting for a theatrical interactive dining experience. Performances run Fridays, Saturdays, select Sundays and select weekdays, February 6 through April 26, 2026 and are each roughly three hours in length. Dates and times listed below subject to change.
General Admission: $72.45 ($69.95 Ticket + $2.50 Service Fee) • Purchase Today!
Please Note: There is no children's price for this event.
Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more through Mount Hope's Group Sales Department. This unique and exciting experience makes the perfect setting for our group outing! Private and/or mid-week performances can be scheduled for larger groups! To reserve your spot or to learn more, please visit PaRenFaire.com/Groups
Enjoy an enchanting four-course banquet within the historic Mount Hope Mansion while you put together the clues and help solve the mystery! Please Note: Meal choice must be selected at the time of ticket purchase. If you or anyone in your group has allergies, please list them in the comments section at the time of ticket purchase. No substitutions can be made day-of. Menu subject to change.
Step back to July 4, 1876 and join the centennial celebration at Mount Hope Estate—where the fireworks aren't the only things about to explode! The night is alive with music, laughter, and our crafted drinks and food… until one guest meets an untimely end. Secrets simmer, tempers flare, and the celebration takes a deadly turn. Can you uncover who turned this patriotic party into a night to die for?
Photo below is from the 2025 Murder Mystery performance.
Interact with the talented cast members inside the historic Mount Hope Mansion as you put together the clues and help solve the mystery. Guests will long remember this experience.
Miss Grubb is our hostess for the evening. She is a wealthy Lancaster woman who has never been married. She is the youngest daughter of Clement Brooke Grubb and Mary Ann Brooke Grubb. Daisy inherited the family's Mount Hope Estate, which is the centerpiece of the family's vast iron business.
Played by Camille Bechac
Mr. Gray is a U.S. inventor. He is on progress to the Philadelphia Expo where he hopes to get a first-hand peek at new inventions making their way onto the scene. He is a contestant with Alexander Graham Bell in a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone.
Played by Pete Hedberg
Ms. Dickinson is a notable American lecturer on abolitionism, women’s rights, and other reform topics, remembered for the articulate but emotionally blistering rhetoric that characterized her speaking style.
Played by Michaella Owen
Mrs. Braswood is a recent widow and mother to 3 boys. Her husband died in the civil war leaving the child rearing square in her lap. She is a woman of wealth from her late father’s business dealings in the steel trade. She is somewhat influential in Pennsylvania but remains a step below the Grubb fortune and status, a fact that rubs her in all the wrong ways. She is quick to share her position and soured by any note that she is not at the top.
Played by Kaitlin Noble
Baxter is in his early 20s and is a chauffeur by trade. The horseless carriage is a rather new occurrence in these parts, and Baxter is very proud to be one of the few entrusted to operate such an expensive and prestigious mode of transport. He is calculating, but clumsy in his efforts, and his desires are routinely undone by his lack of social graces and refinement. Still, a river of ambition courses through his veins.
Played by John Wuest
Swing for Elisha Gray & Baxter Boyd
Played by Tyler Rossi
Swing for Daisy Elizabeth Brooke Grubb, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson & Philomena Braswood
Played by Mimi Dietsche