Delicious Menu and Outstanding Dinner Theater

Combining some of the best from the Anzio Landing menu with outstanding shows produced and performed by Murder Ink Productions, the Mystery Theater has been an instant hit and a fantastic way to spend an evening at Anzio Landing Restaurant.

Murder Ink first performed at Anzio Landing in 1994 and has since gone on to become the largest professional mystery dinner theater troupe in the southwest United States. Currently, they perform mostly private shows and corporate events – Their only public shows in the Phoenix metro area are those performed at Anzio Landing.

Murder Ink is currently performing three different shows on a rotating basis at Anzio Landing: “The Mafioso Murders” (A Godfather Theme), “Never Say Murder Again” (A James Bond Theme) and “Lights, Camera, Murder” (A High School Class Reunion Theme).

Tickets & Reservations

Seating is limited and reservations are required. Reservations can be made by calling the restaurant at (480) 832-1188 or by filling out the on-line reservation form at the bottom of this web page. While many of our theater guests come as singles, couples or groups of four or six, we also can accomodate large groups with seating available for as many as twenty people at a single table. Because the dinner theater is very interactive, attending in a group can make the experience even more fun.

Menu & Prices

All tickets include dinner and the show and are $49.58 per person (including tax and gratuity). The dinner includes a choice of an entree from a selected menu (typically we offer our garlic pork, one of our chicken entrees and a vegetarian selection), a dinner salad, our famous garlic breadsticks, a dessert, and your choice of any of our non-alcoholic beverages. Our full wine list and bar selections are available at an additional cost.

More About The Show

Our Dinner Theater is designed to create a sense of involvement for our guests. Unlike other theater experiences where the audience is separated from the the actors who are up on a stage, our actors perform the play while wandering among the tables where you are seated enjoying your dinner. How interactive the experience is for you is up to you to decide.

Typically, our theater company looks for about a dozen volunteers from the audience to play parts in the production. These volunteers are given props to help them get into character and are given prepared scripts to read. Often, both the actors and volunteers find ways to add to the script by “ad-libbing” and the result is both unpredictable and amusing.

Our doors open at 6:15 PM and the show begins at 6:45 PM. This half hour period before the show is a great opportunity to relax with a drink, meet your table companions and enjoy the company of friends. It is also the time when the theater company is looking for their volunteers – So you will want to arrive early if you plan to be a part of the show. On the other hand, if you prefer to just sit back and watch, you can do that as well. Throughout the course of the performance, numerous clues will be discovered and all members of the audience will have the opportunity to “solve” the case. At the end of the evening, there will be a prize for the super sleuth who figures out who committed Murder at Anzio Landing.

Winter 2012 Schedule

Friday, January 27th: The Mafioso Murders
Friday, February 10th: Lights, Camera, Murder
Friday, March 23: Die-Nasty in Dallas
Friday, April 13th: The Mafioso Murders
Friday, May 25th: Advertising is Murder
     (New Show World Premier) 


The Shows

The Mafioso Murders

It’s 1931 and Prohibition is in effect – though it’s hard to tell given the flow of illegal booze. The rackets in Mesa are run by the Calzones, the ruling Mafia family.

The Godfather of the Calzone family has invited his friends, as well as some of his enemies, to celebrate his birthday at his favorite restaurant – Anzio Landing, the only place where he feels safe due to the bulletproof walls.

Nothing could possibly go wrong.  Unless, of course, some uninvited guests show up.  Like the police.  Or even worse, the East Side Family – The Scampinis.

The stage is set for a showdown…….. So, fasten your Zoot Suits and hang onto your Boas because you have been invited to become a witness to:  Murder at Anzio Landing. 

Die – Nasty In Dallas

The year is 1982; Reagan is in the White House and Dallas and Dynasty dominate the airwaves.  Computers are changing the workplace and cell phones are as big as bricks.  It’s the 80′s and “greed works” – stockbrokers and bond traders are demi-gods in corporate America.

In the midst of this economic up-swing, all of America is fascinated with one of our wealthiest families – The Barringtons.  Brock Barrington is a self-made man and his three children all work for Barrington Enterprises. Brock has gathered his family and closest friends to celebrate the first anniversary of his marriage to Chyna Evans-Barrington, his former secretary. And, you’re invited!  Brock is expected to give his darling wife a very special surprise… Until an unexpected guest arrives – His former wife, Randi Barrington, now the Countess Von Grainger.

The sparks are bound to fly as the dynasty unravels and murder and mayhem prevail…….. So, synchronize your watches and let the countdown begin as you find yourself a witness to:  Murder at Anzio Landing. 

Lights, Camera, Murder

Join us as you and your friends attend the grooviest Class Reunion ever – Prickly Pear Prep’s Class of 1968. All of the far out characters you remember from your own high school days are there – Georgie Gorgeous, the head cheerleader, the football hero, the yearbook editor and the political activist, to name a few.

As the class’s most famous member – the Hollywood legend, Melinda Malevolent – joins the group, the stage is set for a showdown…….. So, hang onto your seats because you have been invited to:  Murder at Anzio Landing. 

Cancellations And Refunds

As is the case with virtually all theater venues, tickets for our dinner theater must be paid for at the time the reservation is made and they are non-refundable. If you run into a problem that affects your reservation, however, tickets are transferrable. Let us know and we will work with you to accommodate you on a different date or to transfer your reservation to another person that you designate.

Online Dinner Theater Reservations

To make the reservation process easier, you can make your dinner theater reservation on-line using this form. Mandatory fields are marked with a * and must be filled in with valid information. Please note that the reservation will not be submitted without this information.

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We will contact you by phone or e-mail ONLY if we are unable to accommodate your reservation or if further information is required.

A minimum of 24 hours’ notice is required by this on-line reservation service. If you require a reservation at shorter notice, please call us directly so that we can make certain that your needs are met.