We've developed alternate approaches for different audience sizes

Audiences From 10 to 25 People
Murder Mysteries in this range have cast sizes from 1 to 3 actors. These are usually done in a "Bed and Breakfast" setting over a weekend, so audience members are given parts to play while the cast facilitates the unfolding of the story. At the end, the cast evaluates written solutions and closes the show by revealing suspects' motives and announcing both winning and losing teams.

Audiences From 26 to 50 People
Murder Mysteries in this range have cast sizes from 3 to 5 actors. For these performances the "murder" has already been committed, so during the show the cast mingles with the audience, stages scenes with each other; organizes teams of audience members, grants interviews to the audience members, evaluates written solutions, and closes the show by revealing suspects' motives and announcing both winning and losing teams.

Audiences From 51 to 250 People
Murder Mysteries in this range have cast sizes from 6 to 9 actors. During the show the cast mingles with the audience, stages scenes with each other, commits a "murder", organizes teams of audience members, grants interviews to the audience members, evaluates written solutions, and closes the show by revealing suspects' motives and announcing both winning and losing teams.

Audiences From 251 to 1000 People
Murder Mysteries in this range have cast sizes from 7 to 12 actors. Most of the clues in this type of performance must be delivered from a stage, so during a Mystery show the cast mingles with the audience, stages scenes with each other; commits a "murder", organizes teams of audience members, answers questions from the stage, evaluates written or verbal solutions, and closes the show by revealing suspects' motives and announcing both winning and losing teams.