Community theaters in Swoyersville and Scranton are preparing events, with one beginning Friday.
“Murder at the Music Box: An Inspector Falls,” an audience participation mystery and pasta dinner, is Friday through Sunday. A murder takes place in a 1936 English manor drawing room. The police are called to investigate, and the audience is invited to interrogate the suspects.
Prizes will be awarded. The audience can fill out a solution sheet to guess the murderer and the motive.
The cast members are Harry Powell, Jennifer Frey Abdalla, Kevin Burke, Ari Gardner, Branda Angel, Matthew Murphy, Dana Jackson Burke and Alison Scott.
Friday and Saturday performances are at 6:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6. The Sunday show is at 1:30 p.m., with doors opening at 1.
Writer Orlando “Lonnie” Barone (Diva Theater)
Cari Barone Tellis is part of an upcoming event by Diva Theater. (Diva Theater)
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Writer Orlando “Lonnie” Barone (Diva Theater)
Tickets for the buffet and show are $40, available through musicbox.ticketleap.com or by calling 570-283-2195. The Music Box Dinner Playhouse is at 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville.
Diva Theater has two events coming up at the Olde Brick Theatre, 126 W. Market St., Scranton.
Its quarterly celebration of local writers, “Page to Stage,” is Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The spotlight is on the father-daughter musical writing team of Orlando “Lonnie” Barone and Cari Barone Tellis. Featured writers are novelist David Hicks, playwright Paul Miscavage, songwriter Christopher Alu, filmmaker Erika Clay and fiction writer Lori Green.
“It’s for anyone who is interested in hearing good writing,” said Marcie Herman Riebe, who handles publicity for Diva Theater. There are adult themes.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
Next up, Diva Theater will stage a comedy, “Incorruptible!” by Michael Hollinger, Nov. 7-9 and Nov. 14-16. It is set in the year 1250 A.D. in Priseaux, France, where the Dark Ages are very dark for the destitute monks of St. Foy, a saint who hasn’t performed any miracles in a long time.
The cast is Sam Falbo, Bob Balitski, Joe Palumbo, Jason Belack, Justin O’Hearn, Letizia Cwikla, Betsy Seaforth and Meggie Roche. The director is Paige Balitski.
Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m, and Sunday shows are at 2 p.m. General admission is $15. Student, senior and veteran tickets are $12.
Reservations are suggested and can be made by contacting a cast member or leaving a message at 570-209-7766.
Originally Published: October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM EDT