WHEELING, W.Va. – Live History, a theatre company that specializes in bringing your local history to life, will feature two showings of “A Knock at the Door: A History Mystery” at West Virginia Independence Hall (WVIH) in Wheeling on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Showtimes are 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the WVIH courtroom and will last one and a half hours each. Audience sizes will be limited to 30-35 people per show. The shows are free and open to the public.
Live History’s shows take audiences on a one and half hour adventure through time. Audiences will experience information on the Custom House (WVIH), while interacting with the characters and assisting them in solving an urgent issue that can only be resolved with the audience’s help. What better way for visitors, old and new, to enjoy and experience the history of Wheeling!
“A Knock at the Door” employs both an escape room and characters from the past. You received an odd invitation. Someone well known in town has invited you to the venue, to inform you of what they claim is an important message. However, when you arrive with the other guests, your host is nowhere to be found. Just when you are considering leaving, there is a knock on the door, and a messenger appears.
The messenger is Robin, a vagabond who used to frequent the streets of this town begging for food and money. Robin was often avoided by the members of the community and eventually faded from the town’s memory. Robin has been promised a large sum of money if they deliver this message and follow all the instructions given to them. It appears that your host is in peril and needs you to solve a series of clues to find them.
Deciding to lend your aid, you must join forces with Robin, who seems to hold the key. Your host is the only one who understands Robin’s unique personality and views on the world. It seems Robin’s memories, combined with the letters left to you, hold the answer to rescuing your host.
Join us as we return to the past, and hear lost voices speak once again. Live History; bringing Wheeling’s history to life.
For more information about this Live History experience, visit https://www.livehistoryshows.com/shows/a-timeless-gathering.html or contact Debbie Jones, WVIH site manager, at (304) 238-1300 or Deborah.J.Jones@wv.gov.