The Willows
From the same folks behind the nightmarish Creep (which is taking the year off), JFI Productions’ The Willows is an immersive play in which you are one of 25 guests at an intimate family gathering at the historic Beckett Mansion near West Adams. The two-hour experience is part dinner theater, part murder mystery and part escape room in which you’ll find yourself in the middle of seven different unfolding narratives. For JFI Productions’ 10th anniversary, it’s promising a fresh story and “new artistic and commercial heights” for the popular event, which is a favorite of celebrities including Trent Reznor and Brie Larson. The performances before Halloween—two each night—are mostly sold out, but luckily the dates extend into early December, leading up to the opening of a permanent venue.