The New Murder Mystery Musical Comedy
Family ties, lies, and the treachery of old New Orleans aristocracy boil over in Hot Jambalaya, the new murder mystery comedy musical that’s making toes tap, and laughter erupt, for sold-out audiences.
When Papa Joe “the Sewer King” Van Horn takes a fatal spill from a French Quarter balcony, his eccentric family, friends, and associates gather for his funeral aboard the aging steamboat Fleur de Lis only to make a series of startling discoveries: Papa Joe was murdered, every single passenger wanted him dead, and the killer intends to strike again!
Trapped aboard the Fleur de Lis, our hapless cast—including Van Horn’s pretentious widow, his flamboyant son, his embittered daughter, a violent chef, an amorous French Captain, an obsessed ex-cop, and a New York reporter with a fatal attraction to all things murder—must uncover whodunit, and whydunit, before the killer strikes again!
The Reviews Are In!
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“Spectacular!”
Lois Reitzes
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“A triumph”
Benjamin Carr
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“Hilarious”
Dr. Yuko Kurahashi
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“Twists, turns, and belly laughs”
Malika Bowling
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“The Big Easy just got a whole lot hotter!”
KISS 104.1 FM
Hot Jambalaya Original Cast Album
COMING SOON
01. Goodbye Papa Joe
02. Benny’s Notes (Part 1)
03. Lagniappe Handclap
04. Time to Say Goodbye
05. Over My Dead Body
06. Benny’s Notes (Part 2)
07. Dance in the Dark
08. Face the Music
09. She Died!
10. Benny’s Notes (Part 3)
11. Business Card
12. I Shoulda, I Coulda, I Didn’t
13. Alone Together
14. I Shoulda, I Coulda, I Did It
15. Alone Together (Reprise)
16. Hot Jambalaya
Meet the Creators
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Born and raised in New Orleans, Matt Hobbs is an award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music producer based in Atlanta. In 2019, Matt was named “Reader's Pick - Best Songwriter” in Creative Loafing’s “Best of Atlanta.” In addition to composing original music, his career includes creating music for TV, film, and advertising. Matt is also the songwriter and creator behind the internet sensation Puppy Songs—home to dozens of viral hits like “Cheese Tax” and “Stuck on My Teefs.”
Matt has been a resident Music Director and Musical Improviser at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta since 2012. Matt has provided on-the-spot musical accompaniment for countless improv shows, and he’s written and produced songs for more than a dozen scripted productions including the sketch comedy revue Woman of the Year and the Suzi Bass Award Winning Black Nerd by playwright Jon Carr.
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Travis is an improv comic, playwright, and actor. He’s written several produced plays, including Lawrenceburg, Song of the Living Dead, The Change (Another Teenage Werewolf Musical), Musicals Suck: The Musical, and Wicket. Travis has been part of Dad’s Garage Theatre Company since 2000, where he’s created and co-created multiple improv comedy formats including B.R.A.W.L.!, Movie of the Weak, Pub Crawl, ImprOper, Understudied, and the popular Invasion format.Travis has performed around the country and internationally and has taught improvisation and playwriting at Dad’s Garage; served as a visiting instructor at The Actor’s Theatre, Geva Theatre, and the Florida Studio Theatre; and created the Adprov curriculum for teaching advertising professionals improvisational methods to improve their work. By day Travis works as a Creative Director in the world of Advertising.
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