Nosh & Knock Off: A Mystery Experience!!! October 18 & 19, 2025!
- Ages 21+
Join us for live-acting, sleuthing, scrumptious bites & sips, and fundraising for the Waterville Public Library!
Location
Waterville Public Library
73 Elm Street Waterville, ME 04901Refund Policy
About this event
- Ages 21+
- Free venue parking
Nosh & Knock Off, an Immersive Mystery Experience, returns on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19, 2025! This 6th annual fundraiser is SO GOOD and popular that there will be two performances for the first time ever!!
This fantastical, fun, marvelous mystery fundraising event is incredibly special and one-of-a-kind. Nosh & Knock Off features an original script, Dead as a Dormouse, written by local playwright and beloved friend of the Library, Emilienne Ouellette. The mystery is live-acted and features some of our region's most illustrious and remarkable theatrical talent! Nosh & Knock Off is a sure bet for an outing full of whimsy and frivolity. Delightful bites and sips are also included with ticket purchase. Nosh & Knock Off is so wonderful, you will probably want to attend both shows! We hope you will join us for at least one!
Tickets are now on sale and will sell out quickly! Buy tickets here: https://wplnosh25.eventbrite.com.
A ticket to attend the event is $50 per person for a Reader Ticket. Deepen your role in writing our Library success story by purchasing a $125 Author Ticket or a $250 Book Ticket (special commemorative surprises will be given to Author & Book ticket buyers at the event)! Thank you for helping us reach our $50,000 fundraising goal! All proceeds go to supporting Waterville Public Library programs and services. We are so grateful for your support! You make a difference, you really do. And with Nosh & Knock Off, you will have a blast too!
Culinary delights and libations are provided. This is a 21+ only event.
Thank you so much for supporting the Waterville Public Library! 🙂
Dead as a Dormouse: A proclamation from Her Royal Majesty the Queen of Hearts! It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sir Douglas Dormouse. A popular couture fashion designer and notable Poet Laureate, Sir Dormouse was a beloved member of Wonderland society. His untimely end is considered suspicious and a full investigation into the incident is currently being conducted by the Knave of Hearts. Friends and family are invited to attend the funeral services which will be held at the Wonderland Library.
Culinary Delights And Libations TBA!
Presenting Sponsors TBA!
Donor and sponsorship recognition opportunities are available! Call 207.680.2611 or email office@watervillelibrary.org for more information. Thank you!
The Nosh & Knock Off interactive mystery theater production, starring esteemed community members and cast members on loan from the Waterville Opera House, is the Waterville Public Library’s annual event fundraiser. Please note this is a 21+ only event! All proceeds from the event go directly to support Library programs and services. Thank you for being a part of it all!
Frequently asked questions
No! You do you! Costumes and dress up are encouraged and welcome, but absolutely not required!
For the first time, the Nosh show will be performed twice: Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Doors open half an hour before each show. You can buy tickets to attend either show or both!
To gain admission to the show and support the Library's fundraising goals, a $50 ticket will get you in! However, many supporters are so passionate about helping the Library that they have asked for options to give more. (Special commemorative surprises will be given to Author & Book ticket buyers!)
No! You can pay cash or a check for tickets! Email office@watervillelibrary.org or call 207.680.2611 to learn more.
Options for parking: Appleton Street in front of the Library's public entrance, Elm Street, Park Street, Concourse across from the Library, fenced parking lot adjacent to the Library on Appleton Street (Andwell's), and the church parking lot across Elm Street (off of Park Street).
Doors open half an hour before the show starts. The public entrance to the Library is on Appleton Street. When you enter the Library, tickets are taken at the desk. You can check a coat to the right of the desk (Children's Room entry for those familiar.)
You proceed up one level via elevator or stairs to the first floor, where friendly folks greet you and help assign you to a team. Want to be on a specific team with specific people? No problem! You will be given a souvenir program guide.
Once you have your program and are assigned to a team, move through the stacks towards the round bar (Information Desk most days! :). Put on your name tag, grab a cool beverage, and mill about exploring the first and top floors, where you will find food and friends, old & new.
Folks have different approaches to the Nosh experience. :) Some attendees are very serious about solving the mystery, while others are more casual. Some people attend just for a fun time out and - (don't tell the cast and director) - don't follow the clues much at all. It's all good! Enjoy!
The show begins on the 1st floor with all. Act I: Teams guided to 1st rooms; all acting rotates through each room. Brief intermission. Act II: Teams guided to 2nd rooms, all acting rotates. All reconvene in main room on 1st floor. Teams make guesses. The finale is acted out; mystery revealed!
It's all good. You do you! Teams are assigned to balance the number of folks in each room at a time. If you want to join another team, just do it. it is totally fine. All acting happens in all rooms in each act. Huh? You'll see. It is so much fun! :)
Scrumptious bites and sips are available on the first and top floors and are included with ticket prices! (Tips at both bars are encouraged and greatly appreciated to help us meet our $50,000 fundraising goal!)
To help us reach our $50,000 fundraising goal, there will be a 50-50 raffle!
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Through free access to information and the advancement of knowledge, the Waterville Public Library empowers people and strengthens community. The Waterville Public Library is an inclusive gateway to knowledge and lifelong learning. Working with partners, the Library provides access to opportunity, fosters economic and workforce development, promotes arts and culture, supports positive youth development, encourages literacy, and builds an informed, democratic society. he Waterville Public Library supports a variety of business, career, and creativity programs and services.